🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 Rotwild — the German engineering brand that doesn’t ask to be liked

If the Blindsee Trail is on your Alps bucket list, you’ve probably seen the headlines: closed to bikes from 2027. Before you cross it off — or rush to tick it off this summer in a panic — read this. W...

22 Jun 12min

Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportOne of the most loved natural trails in the Alps is heading for the chop. The council of Biberwier, in Austria’s Tyrol, wants to close the legendary Blind...

8 Jun 7min

Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportDJI’s e-bike arm Avinox went public on May 19th defending the rise of high-output motors. The arguments sound reasonable. Some of them even are. But the s...

1 Jun 7min

Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportOn 7 May, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia — home to nearly 18 million people and a substantial chunk of Germany’s mountain bike community —...

20 Mai 7min

A stabilized market, higher production costs, and a new economic baseline for the entire industry.Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportAfter years of turbulence, the mountain bike industry en...

18 Mai 4min

A skiing splash contest. A handful of furious neighbours. A Lutheran pastor as the landlord. And just like that, a complete bikepark in southern Germany is being shut down – with the bulldozers alread...

11 Mai 11min

Stuttgart just pulled off something impressive. The city hosted a stop of the Red Bull Cerro Abajo urban downhill series — 35 of the world’s best riders charging through the streets of one of Germany’...

6 Mai 3min

Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportA crash on a free-to-use flow trail in western Germany. €5,000 in damages and 50 percent liability for the volunteer club that built the trail. The Higher...

4 Mai 14min