Csaba's Devil's Wheel cycling blog. Bike tours, descriptions of tours, tips, fun, everything about a cycling for the monitor.
Cycling trhough the passes of the French Alps has been a biug desire of mine. This mountain is far from Hungary in every respect. First, Austria, the Dolomites, the Italian Alps, Slovenia and many more mountains. Austria and Slovenia is more closer, than the Dolomites more beautiful, Italian Alps more
I’ve been using Garmin edge about for 8 years, I used Polar before (does anyone still remember Polar? 🙂 I let it go it when they let goes the cycling segment. Since then I’ve had garmin 1000, 1030, 1030+, 1040. I used everything for about 2 years, when the update
I’m fifty-five years old, I’ve been cycling for 30+ years, I’ve been roadbiking for a long time, but I’ve never used a smart trainer, I’ve never owned it. At most once a year, when I did an data analisis on an FTP test. Is the indoor trainer boring? I always
The segmentation of bicycle types is unstoppable. While 30 years ago we used only a few types (there were mountain bikes and a small group of road bikes), today there are dozens of bicycle types. (I wrote more about this in this article.) The birth of gravel One of the
Few things have been as good in the cycling industry in recent years as the invention, marketing, and rise of ebikes. Electric bicycles were developed for two groups: those who don’t want to and those who can’t do more strenuous rides. On our tours, I see that there are people
In 2021 the Basque brand caused a sensation with the introduction of the Aerolight equipped with the famous Air Bow fork. This summer, the Aerolight’s brother, the new Ultralight, was released, which was almost completely redesigned. With the spirit of the times they created the fashionable genre mix, that is,
BH (Beistegui Hermanos – Beistegui Brothers) has been synonymous with cycling in Spain for over a century. The three brothers, Cosme, Domingo and Juan Beistegui, have been true pioneers in bicycle manufacturing since the beginning, producing light, agile and reliable bicycles. (Read more about the BH story here!) This innovative
In 2024, Scribe came out with the new Superlight Élan wheels. The Northern Irish company has been producing quality carbon wheels since 2019, so it’s a relatively new company, but based on the number of quality units sold so far, most testers are already talking about one of the best
Winter is coming and the “official” cycling season is slowly coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop riding. In fact, you don’t have to stop at all, because usually after a short break, you can start preparing for next year with great foundations, which is
Just as there are some undeservedly overlooked climbs, there are also some particularly star-studded ones. One of the biggest stars is, of course, the Stelvio, as Italy’s highest mountain road pass (2,757 metres high – see here) and one of the highest climbable passes in Europe, which has become a
