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Reading time 2:00 minutes
“Bicycles are the new toilet paper” – this phrase circulated widely in the cycling industry when demand surged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers flooded bike shops. Six years later, the bicycle market still appears far from normal: revenues are declining, and companies are filing for insolvency. What is driving this situation?
Reading time 4:00 minutes
Together with Robert Kühnen Dirk Zedler developed and launched the TOUR test 30 years ago: Today, the graduate engineer, expert witness and loss adjustor is a leading international bicycle expert: In this interview, we look back on 30 years of TOUR test history and the road bike present
Reading time 7:00 minutes
30 years of TOUR testing – With measure and courage
30 years ago, TOUR began testing and measuring road racing bikes systematically. This has had a significant influence on the development of the road racing bike. A look back and into the present
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Conditions for digital operating instructions
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DIRK ZEDLER: PAPER MANUALS STILL KEY
In these economically challenging times, we often hear that some players see potential for savings in the field of user manuals and declarations of conformity. Allegedly, the good news is that operating instructions may now be provided purely in digital form.
Reading time 4:00 minutes
DIRK ZEDLER ON CARGO BIKES [&] THE BABBOE CASE
What a joy it was when cashiers in the supermarket or pub conversations in Germany were all about road cycling and Jan Ullrich. The attention given to the cargo bike in the past few months was almost at the same level, but this time it was negative.