Ortlieb Bag Guide: City, Gravel and Travel Models
For a short ride in Paris, a small bag for your phone, keys and a light jacket is enough. For a gravel ride, you also need to pack tools, a...
Bicycles
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Gravel for women: do women need a specific bike?
Catalogs offer gravel bikes specially designed for women as well as models with a common size range. At first glance, they stand out because of their colors, saddles, and available...
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How to protect your bike from mud in autumn
In autumn, on the streets of Paris, bike wheels spray water and road dust. On gravel routes and forest trails, you can add dirt, leaves, and mud to the mix....
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How to properly position bottle cages on your bike
During physical exertion, the body loses water through perspiration and respiration. Significant dehydration can degrade one’s general condition and, in the most serious cases, become life-threatening. It is therefore important...
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How to maintain your bike in autumn
Autumn brings cooler air, often empty roads, and beautiful scenery, but also frequent rain, wet leaves, sand, and mud. Water mixes with fine dirt particles to form an abrasive paste...
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How to properly prepare for your first cyclosportive: our complete checklist
A first cyclosportive often means a dense start, a high pace from the very first kilometers, long ascents, and the atmosphere of a major sporting event. To make the most...
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Top 5 jerseys for a stylish coffee ride
A coffee ride is generally not about breaking records, improving your average speed, or racking up elevation. It is first and foremost a ride where the bike becomes an opportunity...
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Top 5 versatile cycling glasses for road, gravel, and city use
Good cycling glasses protect your eyes from UV rays, headwinds, insects, road dust, and small gravel. In the rain, they catch water droplets and mud spray, while on fast descents,...
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Which mudguards should I choose for riding out of town
A sudden change in weather can easily disrupt plans. All it takes is for the rain to start falling for you to end up riding on wet asphalt, through puddles,...
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Top 5 best city cycling helmets
A bicycle helmet is essential equipment for ensuring a cyclist's safety in France. Wearing one is mandatory for riding a bike before the age of 12 and strongly recommended from...
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Bib shorts: types and differences
Bib shorts are tight-fitting cycling shorts with an integrated chamois pad and straps that hold them in place without a waistband. This construction ensures the stability of the shorts and...
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The best bike lights for autumn riding
In autumn, bicycle lighting becomes essential for daily life: night falls earlier, we ride more often in the rain, and even a regular commute can easily end in the dark....
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How to choose your cycling glasses
Cycling glasses are useful in many more situations than you might think. They protect your eyes from intense light, wind, dust, insects, rain, and small particles thrown up from the...
