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- Check your road bike gears before the start of the season; electronic gears are self-adjusting, mechanical gears with Bowden cables wear out and require maintenance.  
- Check batteries: Shimano/Campagnolo with central battery, SRAM with CR2032 button cells in the shifters.  
- Adjust rear derailleur/front derailleur limit stops and lubricate joints and shifting mechanism with oil or WD-40 if necessary.

Spring check: Check the gears on your road or gravel bike

- Check chain wear by visual inspection or chain gauge; replace parts in the event of severe elongation and "shark teeth" on sprockets/chainrings.
- Before the first ride after a standstill, soften the release hardness of the pedals, check the tight fit in the crank arm and any bearing play.
- Wax instead of oil keeps the drivetrain cleaner and reduces wear, but requires thorough degreasing, careful application and attention in wet conditions.

Spring check: Check the drivetrain chain and sprockets for wear

- Low gearing is easy on the knees and muscles, enables a higher cadence and saves energy on long climbs; pushing remains a legitimate option.  
- The smallest gear is decisive: number of teeth of the smallest chainring divided by the largest sprocket; the smaller the value, the easier the pedalling.  
- 1x drivetrains are simpler, but with larger gear steps; 2x offers finer gradation and easier gears, but is more complex and requires more adjustment.

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Spring check
Check the gears on your road or gravel bike

Spring check
Check the drivetrain chain and sprockets for wear

Bikepacking bike
The right gear ratio for long gravel tours

Shimano GRX Di2
New affordable electric drivetrain for gravel bikes

Campagnolo Super Record Ultra
Hi-tech with carbon, titanium and ceramic

Shimano Cues
Special edition of the affordable road bike components

SRAM Rival AXS on test
The most advanced affordable gravel drivetrain currently available?

Rotor Uno
Exciting: New groupset for gravel and MTB presented

Benchmark for braking performance and modulation
Testing the new SRAM Force AXS

Shimano on test
Shimano cues on the Canyon Endurace Allroad

First 13-speed groupset
Campagnolo Super Record 13 on test

New 1x12 drivetrain for gravel bikes
Shimano presents wireless GRX Di2 gravel rear derailleur

Circuit

Circuit

Spring checkCheck the gears on your road or gravel bike

Spring checkCheck the drivetrain chain and sprockets for wear

Bikepacking bikeThe right gear ratio for long gravel tours

Shimano GRX Di2New affordable electric drivetrain for gravel bikes

Campagnolo Super Record UltraHi-tech with carbon, titanium and ceramic

Shimano CuesSpecial edition of the affordable road bike components

SRAM Rival AXS on testThe most advanced affordable gravel drivetrain currently available?

Rotor UnoExciting: New groupset for gravel and MTB presented

Benchmark for braking performance and modulationTesting the new SRAM Force AXS

Shimano on testShimano cues on the Canyon Endurace Allroad

First 13-speed groupsetCampagnolo Super Record 13 on test

New 1x12 drivetrain for gravel bikesShimano presents wireless GRX Di2 gravel rear derailleur

Spring check
Check the gears on your road or gravel bike

Spring check
Check the drivetrain chain and sprockets for wear

Bikepacking bike
The right gear ratio for long gravel tours

Shimano GRX Di2
New affordable electric drivetrain for gravel bikes

Campagnolo Super Record Ultra
Hi-tech with carbon, titanium and ceramic

Shimano Cues
Special edition of the affordable road bike components

SRAM Rival AXS on test
The most advanced affordable gravel drivetrain currently available?

Rotor Uno
Exciting: New groupset for gravel and MTB presented

Benchmark for braking performance and modulation
Testing the new SRAM Force AXS

Shimano on test
Shimano cues on the Canyon Endurace Allroad

First 13-speed groupset
Campagnolo Super Record 13 on test

New 1x12 drivetrain for gravel bikes
Shimano presents wireless GRX Di2 gravel rear derailleur