The urban bike magazine

Routes & Travel

Graz and Forlì as Examples of Contrasting Bicycle Culture

A great way to spend a day in our home towns. The perfect discovery of a new life focus. A practical travel companion. Or simply a way to get to know a foreign city quickly and with heart and soul. By changing our urban environment, we also change our routines. Our routes, goals and perspectives. Each city has its own bicycle culture. Its own opportunities, as well as hitherto unknown challenges. By comparing different cities, we can broaden our personal cycling horizons and find inspiring examples and constructive input for improvements to city planning.

A Pastry Chef Who Went off for a World Trip by Bike

For Tilmann Waldthaler the dream became a vocation. For around 40 now years the Italian-Austrian globetrotter has been travelling across all the earth’s continents by bike. What motivated him? And what experiences has he had? Plus his top tips for long-distance cyclists.

Bicycle tours offer a new way to see Prague

Prague is one of Europe's most popular travel destinations. While foot, tram and tour bus have been the traditional ways of getting around the fabled Czech capital, more visitors are turning to two-wheeled touring.

Power to the Pedal: Easier Riding in Prague

On a cold early spring morning, Prague’s fabled Wenceslas Square is packed with tourists and crowded trams trundle along Vodičkova Street. Cars are everywhere, but here in the heart of the city, there is not a cyclist in sight. However, ...

Railway Lines Were Built for Cyclists

Among cyclists, railway line bike ways are “everybody's darling”. Families, touring cyclists and sporting pros are very fond of these routes because of the special features they offer.

#5minsbybike – a Look Behind the Scenes

Bike Citizens enhanced its routing algorithm to display which distances in a city can be covered by bike within #5minsbybike. Considering various factors and parameters the algorithm calculates which places can be reached within a given time from an arbitrary (freely selectable) spot in the city.

Discover over 400 Cities with Bike Citizens

More than 50 cities in the United Kingdom can be downloaded for free for a short time. The Bike Citizens app now covers all major cities in the UK with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Birmingham, Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and many other cities are waiting to be discovered by bike.