• Country
Background Category: <span>Socialising and Culture</span>

Socialising and Culture

  • riders-fade-brands-ride

    Riders Fade,
    Brands Ride On

    Red, white and blue, to match the colours of the French tricolore and weighing 1½ stones, the bike on which Maurice Garin won the first ever Tour de France was designed by “La Francaise” and made their name in history. (Maurice Garin won the first…

  • surely-true-heroes

    These Men Were
    the True Heroes

    467 kilometers in 18 hours. That is what it took Maurice Garin to win the first stage of the premiere Tour de France, leading from Paris to Lyon. Reading this you might wonder: How much has the race’s difficulty changed over the years? (The very…

  • cinelli-art-design-bicycle

    Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle

    There are names that become synonymous with entire areas of activity. Pele means soccer. Gretzky is a general synonym for ice hockey. And Cino Cinelli stands for cycling. With contributions by legendary riders such as Felice Gimondi and Gilberto Simoni, and by collaborators, from artists…

  • trip-tip-bikemuseum-central-germany

    Trip tip: Bikemuseum in central Germany

    Too cold outside to ride a bike? Don’t know what to do at the weekends? How about a  trip to the biggest bicycle museum in Germany? „Deutsches Fahrrad Museum” in Bad Brückenau, Bavaria has everything you need.