A little Düsseldorf bike success story – Cyclingworld 2018

When we launched in March 2013 under the banner of the classic exit visited the Berlin Bicycle Show for the first time, we walked through the halls at the Gleisdreieck with wide eyes. Good location, successful mix...

    Cyclingworld 2018 – Düsseldorf’s cycling fair is establishing itself…

    The fact that a bicycle fair in the Areal Böhler, whose debut in 2017 didn't even make it into the official supporting program for the Grand Départ, has developed into a project in the bicycle...

      Wednesday at 6 - The cap celebration evening round 2018

      Even if spring feelings are still difficult at the current temperatures, one cannot deny that a new cycling season is just around the corner. The clocks may be going back to daylight saving time for...

        Gravel with Brooks - It's cold as ice

        A few weeks ago we planned a gravel ride with Brooks hoping for a really great first spring loop. Nobody could have guessed that snow flurries and temperatures around the freezing point would prevail in...

          Explore Corsica – short break with the Tour de France

          No matter what we do in the cap, no matter what moves us, keeps us busy, inspires us: in the end it's always about cycling. Here in Düsseldorf or somewhere else in the world. We...

            Farewell, you Hammersport year. And welcome to 2018!

            Outside, the winter weather is showing its lousy side, inside it's warm and your legs feel thick from the #Festive500 of the last few days. We allow ourselves a short, necessary break. Exactly the right...

              What's the name of this winter trip again? With the weird name?

              winter bitch parade time. From November to February. Every Sunday at 11 am Meeting point on the Rheinterrasse. And then we crank off together. Two to three hours. Flat stretches on the left bank of...

                The great awakening – Düsseldorf after the Tour de France

                It has been more than a week since the Tour de France convoy left Düsseldorf for Liège. A lot has happened in the peloton since then, falls and sprint duels have claimed prominent victims. We...

                  And the world is watching... - The cap in the days of the tour

                  The time has come. Starting next Thursday, Düsseldorf will be associated with cycling all over the world. 60 million people in 190 countries will view images of this beautiful city on the Rhine via TV...

                    Sunday morning in the cap - the Rapha cap ride number 2.

                    Espresso and a good mood before the start of our second trip with Rapha in the run-up to the Düsseldorf Grand Départ. Seventy participants, bright sunshine and a landing in front of the NRW Forum...

                      And now all! The countdown to the Grand Depart…

                      We still get questioning and skeptical looks when we claim that Düsseldorf is expecting the biggest event the city has ever experienced in just over thirty days. It is of course clear that we put...

                        Myth of the Tour de France – La Grande Boucle in the NRW Forum

                        Next weekend, one of the program items in the run-up to the Düsseldorf Grand Départ, which we in the cap are looking forward to, will start with the exhibition "Mythos Tour de France" in the...

                          Two-wheeler weekend in the city - 100 days before the big departure.

                          Sometimes we ask ourselves how much bike goes in and with the cap. How many bikes can we get? Answer: mostly quite a lot. A weekend with a shop, three trips and two days at...

                            Bonjour le Tour – Düsseldorf in final sprint mode

                            A hundred days before the start of the Grand Départ, our hometown switches to sprint mode – numerous cycling-related activities form the countdown to the largest sporting event Düsseldorf has ever hosted. Whether it's the...

                              Gabba Gabba Hey – New York's Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Germany

                              When Brendt Barbur started the Bicycle Film Festival in New York in 2001, you had to be a great visionary to imagine that New York could be a good place for cyclists. In 2010, Eben...