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Velomotion Readers' Choice 2023: These are our readers' favorite bikes

31 January 2023 by Marcus Degen

Velomotion Readers' Choice 2023: At the turn of the year, our readers' choice took place again. In the meantime, all the votes of the more than 12.000 participants have been evaluated - we in the editorial department are always eagerly awaiting the results. Of course, there are a few favorites to win again this year, but we were also quite surprised in some categories.

For three years now, our big readers' poll has been held on Velomotion at the end of the year. Our readers, i.e. you, choose their favorite bikes from a total of 17 categories - from non-motorized trekking bikes to cargo bikes and e-mountain bikes. This year, more than 12.000 readers cast their votes, almost twice as many as in the previous year - amazing! Thank you to each and everyone who voted.

The reader's vote is the most honest feedback one could ask for. This applies both to us as a magazine and to the manufacturers. Within the editorial team, the results are an important compass for planning content for the coming season - ideally about bikes and topics that interest you.



As in previous years, our readers' poll for the 2023 season also shows that the heavyweights in the industry have a high standing; with three wins each, the Bulls and Specialized were the big winners this year, and Scott was also able to celebrate twice. Otherwise, we have a motley bouquet of different manufacturers - and it's nice that a comparatively small manufacturer from Germany was able to assert itself with Urwahn when it came to urban bikes.

But now enough of the many words - here are the winning bikes of all 17 categories:



If you are particularly interested in a category, you can read about the respective top 3 in the corresponding articles:

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More than Marcus Degen

Marcus Degen is editor-in-chief and managing director of Velomotion. As a passionate Lower Bavarian, he enjoys the advantages of the region both on the bike and culturally and culinary. In 2003 he founded the German cycling magazine Procycling and was its editor-in-chief for nine years. During this time he also founded the magazines Fahrrad News and World of Mountain Biking. He studied physics and engineering in Munich and was already active as a student in cycling and later as a triathlete. In 2013 he started the digital bicycle magazine Velomotion.de.

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