The cap & a ride on the wild thirteen.

There are days that are a single test. You test yourself, your willingness and will, your buttocks, the new helmet, the new jacket and also the test saddle. As you know, that's what today was...

    Stutenbeiken 2016 – laughing with the spring

    Goodbye winter. It was nice with you, but we won't shed any tears for you this time either, but fall head over heels in love with spring again. Because there is no better time to...

      C13-C15-C17-C19-Go. Brooks ride with the cap.

      In 1882, the 36-year-old Englishman John Boultbee Brooks filed the first patent for a leather bicycle saddle - an important innovation that significantly increased comfort compared to the steel or wooden saddles that were common...

        Savoir vivre and Tour de France – Düsseldorf becomes the cycling capital.

        “How does it start in Düsseldorf? The Tour de France? Why?" For us, who share our excitement, it is amazing when friends and acquaintances react in disbelief and look at us questioningly because they think...

          Farewell, 2015. And welcome, 2016.

          It's hard to believe that only a year has passed since the fun New Year's Eve 2014/2015 party in the cap, so much has happened in the last year. We are now using the last...

            Traffic policy in the cinema. And almost everyone wants to be there.

            At half past six we stood with our guests Lerke Tyra, Dr. Stephan Keller, Norbert Czerwinski, Prof. Thomas Fenner, Dr. Suthold and moderator Jan Gathmann from Bike Tour Magazine in the foyer of the Metropol cinema. The...

              World Bicycle Relief guest in the cap

              When we announced last year that we would like to collect five Buffalo bikes for Africa as part of the Tour Du Faso demonstration, we thought we were optimistic but not unrealistic. Thanks to big...

                Bikes vs. Cars – The hat invites you to the cinema

                Bikes vs. Cars - Documentary, Fredrik Gertten, Sweden 2015 What a title: Bikes vs. Cars. Big fight, tough opponents. One quickly ends up mentally with the usual terms used by the car lobby and cycling...

                  Düsseldorf wants the big awakening

                  It shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone that we from the cap team are delighted that Düsseldorf will apply to start the 2017 Tour De France, the Grand Départ. But we're so presumptuous...

                    Would you like some motivational help? The winter bitch parade is back.

                    As a cyclist, you are happy about nice weather. Shorts, short-sleeved jersey, white socks, sunshine and a good bike: That fits like a glove on a road bike ride. But we also have a heart...

                      mare kicking. Road bike rides for women only.

                      What happened until now… In 2013, for the first time, we tried to mobilize as many women as possible for the Rapha Women's 100 as part of the classics ride. The call was followed by...

                        When the hat goes on a journey...

                        ...then she can tell something. When almost the entire team of the cap sets out on different paths in the direction of Bella Italia, then there are enough stories. A reason for us to fire...

                          Stutenbeiken Vol.6 – Daring women on their way to the rocket station

                          At the end of the summer season we round up all the girls from near and far who are crazy about racing bikes... We'll go with you from the Chic Hat on a wonderful, flat...

                            Stutenbeiken Vol. 5 - Behind the six or seven mountains

                            What has happened so far: The Women's 100 is certainly still vivid in the memories of the many female riders. What not so many will remember is the 3rd Stutenbeken, which took place in June,...

                              Rapha Women's 100 @ Fancy Beanie - The pictures from the start and finish

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