Sometimes it turns out differently than you think - 2020 in the look of the hat

When we planned our season with the team at the start of 2019/2020, scheduled our events, defined our goals and our wishes, none of us could have guessed what challenges 2020 had in store for...

    Everything you always wanted to know about gravel bikes but were afraid to ask...

    Sometimes things are invented that seem so natural that you wonder why they weren't always there. Some of these things become trends. Or to hype. And then at some point they completely disappeared again. Or...

      Movie time with the hat: Onboard – The Transcontinental Race

      ATTENTION! NEW APPOINTMENT! NEW PLACE! Saturday, August 8, 2020, Dusseldorf Grafenberg racetrack. 8:00 p.m. As part of the home summer series. We look forward to being able to invite you to the cinema again on...

        The hat and the strange times of Corona

        Even if we managed to maintain a basic service of the hat during the so-called lockdown weeks with a creative combination of pick-up service, advice on the phone, extensive emails and short conversations in front...

          Cyclingworld, hat and a stupid virus

          Immediately after the Corona-related cancellation of Cyclingworld in March 2020, we were in good spirits that we could still implement some of the activities planned for the trade fair that we can handle with our...

            The hat in 2019 - five years chain right

            An exciting year is coming to an end, so it makes sense to take a look back. At our events, at the bikes that we set up here, the excursions that we made and everything...

              Apidura Free Repair Service - bags, travel, sustainability.

              Thanks to a busy customer who introduced us to the bags of Apidura drew attention to the topic of bikepacking found its way into the cap very early on. Excitedly, we currently stock almost the entire range...

                Winter bitch parade season 2019/2020

                Icy, sunny winter days when light and colors compete and you can see pin-sharp and endlessly. Cold that feels like countless pinpricks at the start and, thanks to movement, is slowly replaced by cozy warmth....

                  Arty Erik, Coh & Co., IRIS and the Hat. A bike, an action, a trade fair, an exit. And much more.

                  We have seen the future of the city bike. Well, at least a future of how city bikes can be. Or should be. As long as you enjoy cycling and modern, exciting bikes. Bikes that...

                    Gravel, gravel, moss and a very special prologue

                    Tom Ritchey @ Fancy Hat. Gravel ride as a prologue to gravel, gravel & moss. from chic hat on Vimeo . On September 1st we invited for the second time to a dusty day under...

                      Over hill, dale and Rhine – gravel, gravel & moss 2019

                      CarYou Gravelistas and gravel kings, heroines of the unpaved paths and princes of the forest highways - it can be gravel again. On Sunday, September 1st from 08:00 a.m. Two routes, 70 and 120 kilometers...

                        Düsseldorf300 – Great fun over long distances

                        When the graduates of the pilot edition of Düsseldorf300 rolled into the courtyard of the cap last year, hungry and thirsty, one look in their eyes was enough to see how much fun and fulfillment...

                          Königsallez - The cap and all about the Kö 2019

                          Maybe we just got rid of a little midlife crisis. Or better: helped to get through it unscathed. No matter how you look at it - when Düsseldorf's last local race around the Kö attracts...

                            Cyclingworld Düsseldorf 2019. Two days of cycling²

                            Two days dedicated to the bicycle. Two intensive, demanding, instructive and never boring days. Countless conversations, countless impressions. Two days that leave us amazed. Because the development that the fair has experienced in three years...

                              Cyclingworld 2019 - A small preview

                              On March 23rd and 24th, Areal Böhler at the interface between Düsseldorf and Meerbusch will for the third time exert a significantly increased attraction on bicycle enthusiasts from all over the world. The public fair...