Who hasn’t fallen head over heels in love before? Falling in love is like looking to the future – no one really knows where the whole thing is headed. Before you know it, you’ll be married, have children and be paying off a mortgage, or you might be going your separate ways.
Yes, life can take unexpected turns and disappoint our expectations but it can also surprise us and make dreams come true that we didn’t even know we had! This is what happened to a few of our readers, who not only won an unforgettable trip with us and some special guests but also got to share their own inspiring stories in this issue!
The fact is, the future always begins right now – and that is exactly what ENDURO issue #049 is all about! The future is what we do today. It doesn’t matter if it’s a big leap or a small step in a certain direction, something that we continue to endure instead of changing, or a bold vision that we turn into reality. For this issue, we spoke with the invisible makers of tomorrow’s bikes, rocked the woods with kids and teenagers, created unique experiences and talked with visionaries who want to turn the parameters of development upside down, not just for ebikes. The best example of this the Croatian, Mate Rimac, one of the great visionaries of the (E-)automotive industry, alongside Elon Musk, and not only the CEO of the new Bugatti-Rimac joint venture, but also of Greyp Bikes, where the software plays a bigger role than the hardware. But is this what our future looks like? It might, because there is never just one future!
Obviously, kids are a fundamental part of our future. That is why we’ve created a big kids special, including a comprehensive market overview and plenty of inspiration, offering our readers an in-depth kids bike buyer’s guide. You’ll be hard pushed to find anything that can have as lasting an impact on the development of our kids as having fun on two wheels. Of this, Andy Loveland is just as convinced – so much so that he quit his job and founded the Early Rider brand a few years ago. With this in mind, be creative and get active, because then the future is yours!
The highlights of this issue
- The big kids bike buyer’s guide – 12 exciting concepts at a glance
- Dial in your bike – Setup bootcamp with Jack Moir and ENDURO
- Dream big – What does it take for the road trip of your life?
- The bear rides shotgun – Can you have fun bikepacking with a toddler?
- The Lab – After months of intensive use, we measure up 4 products
- Faction Bike Studio – The invisible creators of our future bikes
- Mind over Matter – Is software outpacing hardware in ebikes?
The latest issue is available now in our free magazine app. If you haven’t installed our app yet, now’s your chance to download it for free in the App Store (iPhone/iPad) or in the Play Store (Android smartphones & tablets).
All the bikes in this issue
Orbea Rallon M-LTD 2022 | GHOST RIOT EN Full Party | Tout Terrain Singletrailer Trailer | Shotgun Pro MTB child seat | Leg&Go balance bike | Mondraker Groomy | Early Rider Hellion 16 | Woom OFF 5 | Woom OFF AIR 5 | Woom UP 5 | Ben-E-Bike TWENTYFOUR-SIX E-POWER FS | SCOTT Ransom 600 | VPACE MORITZ26 | YT JEFFSY PRIMUS 24
Below, we’ve put together a small selection of articles that you will find in the current issue.
Regardless of whether it is a full-suspension trailer, a wooden balance bike that grows with your child or a mini freeride bike, our comprehensive kids bike buyer’s guide includes a wide variety of concepts and some ingenious solutions. That said, we also discovered huge differences in quality, lazy compromises and absolute no-gos!
Even the best bike in the world rides like a washing machine if it isn’t set up properly. That’s why we gave one lucky ENDURO reader the chance to spend a whole weekend with EWS racer Jack Moir and his mechanic Tom to learn more about riding technique and uncover the secrets behind a perfect bike setup.
Think of that amazing feeling as the fire crackles by your feet, with your 4×4 parked beside you, as you decompress from a day spent shredding the most unreal trails. For mountain bikers, this could well constitute the ultimate experience. But it can get even better as we dialled up the road trip antics a notch and invited our readers Anna and Amir from Zurich on the road trip of a lifetime.
Bikepacking is simple, relatively inexpensive (if you already have bikes) and will open you up to those beautiful moments that often mean the most. But can you have fun bikepacking with a toddler?
The bike industry isn’t known for holding back with bold marketing slogans and presentations of new products. But the two dozen French-Canadians behind Faction Bike Studio are practically invisible, even though they’re the ones creating the bikes we’ll be celebrating in five years from now! Who are these makers moving in the shadows?
In 1964, Pablo Picasso famously said, “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” We know now that he was wrong, but what does the future of software and digitalisation have in store? We wanted to find out from two of the biggest pioneers in the game: Mate Rimac, CEO of Greyp Bikes and Krešimir ‘Krešo’ Hlede, COO of Greyp Bikes.
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