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...

“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...

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...

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...

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 - 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...

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...

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...

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...

...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...

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...

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,...

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Rapha did a pretty good job of that. For a few years there has been an International Women's Day for road cyclists, on which women all over the world get on their bikes with a...

When we started with the hat a year ago, we knew the rough direction in which our journey should go, the first few kilometers were well planned. A really precise preparation of the route fell...