Stiftung Warentest and ADAC test children's bikes in 2022: Brakes, breakages, and questionable substances; Stiftung Warentest and ADAC once again don't hold back on giving bicycles bad marks – this time, it's children's bikes that receive the most criticism. Ultimately, however, the test is more alarmist, even sensationalist, than informative. A test by... read more
In Stiftung Warentest's 2020 e-bike test, twelve city e-bikes were evaluated, including three bestsellers, who received poor ratings. But what does this test actually amount to in practice? E-bike fire hazards, cracked frames, harmful substances – the Stiftung Warentest testers once again take a hard look at modern e-bikes and suggest to readers... read more
Market/Test: Stiftung Warentest, together with its testing partner ADAC, tested 15 e-bikes and pedelecs. The test results, with five "unsatisfactory" ratings, are causing a stir in the bicycle industry. Velomotion critically examines the test and the results. As in 2014, Stiftung Warentest is once again delighting the cycling world this year with... read more
Stiftung Warentest: Everything in life is relative. Stiftung Warentest proves this once again quite impressively with a recently published test of 18 bicycle helmets. Once again, an outcry is coursing through the media, the tone of which is, "Oh my God, bicycle helmets aren't as safe as previously thought." Isn't it counterproductive to safe cycling if... read more
New materials criticizing their pedelec test are putting pressure on Stiftung Warentest (StiWa) and the ADAC (German Automobile Club). At a press conference in Berlin, the bicycle industry presented evidence that confirms the significant doubts surrounding the results of the StiWa and ADAC pedelec test from May of this year. Bicycle manufacturers are citing flawed test setups,... read more
