Bicycles and e-bikes are on the move, often every day and on varying surfaces. Our PERFORMANCE testing systems measure their riding characteristics as well as the characteristics of individual components. They provide measurement values, such as head tube stiffness, i.e. riding stability and comfort, under comparable conditions.
Riding characteristics and batch quality – Accurate testing and benchmarking
As a result, you obtain from us reproducible figures of riding safety and performance including the "Stiffness-to-Weight" factor (STW), a term which was coined by us, plus precise benchmarking with products of competitors and the test results of various bicycle magazines.
In addition, we check for you with our PERFORMANCE systems, whether a production batch is of continuously high quality.
PERFORMANCE – Tests
We test for you on bicycle/e-bike frames and forks
- Central frame stiffness (tracking stability for full-suspension MTBs and e-bikes)
- Fork stiffness (steering precision, tracking stability)
- Fork comfort
- Riding comfort (frame elasticity, seating comfort)
- Head tube stiffness (tracking stability, steering precision, wobbling)
- Stiffness-to-Weight factor, (STW, constructive intelligence)
- Bottom bracket stiffness (riding out of the saddle, frame efficiency, propulsion)
- Coating quality
We measure for you the geometry
We test for you on bicycle and e-bike components
- Crank stiffness
- Wheel stiffness and overload behaviour
- Seat post stiffness (seating comfort)
We test the riding stability of e-bikes
- Eight test criteria applied to the complete e-bike lead to the finger print making improvement potential transparent to you and classifying the e-bike as a whole.
For detailed information on the PERFORMANCE testing services see our product portfolio.
These bicycle testing systems are currently available for testing on your own.
