Get your BQ for the holidays
The Winter Bicycle Quarterly is now arriving at our subscribers, just in time for reading over the holidays. It’ll be an opportunity to turn off their screens, make a cup of tea, and immerse themselves into long-form stories of rides, adventures, shop visits, product tests and history.
We’d like to send you a copy, too. If you subscribe today, we’ll include your magazine in this week’s mailing—the last mailing of the year. That way, your magazine will have a good chance to reach you before the holidays (if you are in the U.S.). On more than 100 pages of contents, there is a lot to enjoy in this edition.
Martin Bissig and Gerhard Czerner’s story of a bikerafting adventure in Montenegro will captivate your imagination and perhaps inspire dreams of a similar trip that combines bikes and paddling in equal measure.
The two stories from Unbound will take you on a different type of adventure, where the clock is ticking and doing one’s best becomes an opportunity to live to the fullest, purely in the moment. You don’t have to be a racer (or dream of racing) to enjoy Hailey Moore’s (above) and Jan’s different takes on this iconic event.
Bicycle Quarterly’s shop visits take you into the workshops of the world’s most famous and most innovative builders. We explore their philosophies about bikes and their manufacturing techniques—the things that make them unique. In this edition, you’ll join Nicolas Joly as he visits Edelbikes, one of the most accomplished of a new wave of French framebuilders.
Cycling history has inspired us from the beginning. There is a lot to learn from how mid-century riders and builders set up their bikes for riding long distances at high speeds over varied terrain. As they say: “Standing on the shoulders of giants, you can see further ahead.” In the Winter edition, Heiko Strömer explores the life of Daniel Rebour, the master technician and illustrator. His life is as fascinating as the bikes he chronicled with his famous drawings.
Decades of experience and a tendency to ask hard questions—that’s why our product reviews are so trusted by our readers. In the current edition, you’ll find out everything you need to know about Campagnolo’s new Super Record Wireless group. It’s no secret that Campagnolo has been struggling lately. The new group features some great design, but is it good enough to start a turn-around? Jan explains why he thinks it is. Enve’s new climbing wheels are superlight, and we found that they really do change how the bike feels. The long-awaited SON Ladelux headlight features an integrated charger and a high beam (above). Will it revolutionize night-time cycling like the first LED headlights? We take it on spirited night-time rides to find out. We also test Rapha’s top-of-the-line bib shorts and an ultralight backpack that is useful not just for bikepacking.
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