In this blog, we occasionally write about our personal experiences with different bike setups.

My Lightcarbon LCR018-D Build - Endurance beauty right from the factory
October 28, 2025In this post, I want to introduce you to the bike I ordered in July 2025 from Eurobike and build together in Oct 2025 as my new main bike. There were some - new for me - hurdles, such as the T47 BB that I had to overcome and document here for other interested riders.

Decathlon ELOP after 1 year (about 1000km)
January 19, 2025My conclusion after riding the Decathlon Long-Tail Cargo bike primarily for children transport for 1 year

Retrofitting a DI2 hydraulic on my road bike
April 13, 2023After a couple thousand km I decided to upgrade my SensahEmpire to a Shimano 105 DI2

Bike build update: Aliexpress build after 3,000 km - The good, the bad, the ugly
July 09, 2022Re-evaluating my Aliexpress Road-Bike build after 3000km

Bike build: New All-Road bike (Sourced mostly from Aliexpress)
February 09, 2022Decided to source most parts of my 3rd sport bike mostly from Chinese sellers on Aliexpress, also due to COVID shortages. Paid in total about 1,500 EUR for an “all-road”, disc-braked, 2x11, deep carbon rims + tubeless tires and would call it a success.
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