Ritprofielen
In Nederland fiets je een groot deel van het jaar in de regen én in het donker. Wat je nodig hebt, hangt af van jouw rit. Kies het scenario dat het dichtst bij die van jou ligt.
The same ride every working day, rain or shine. You want to arrive dry and pull your laptop and clean clothes out of your bag dry — without having to think about it in the morning.
You ride faster, so the rain hits harder. And you have expensive electronics on board: a display on your handlebars and a battery you would rather not leave out in the rain for hours.
From lectures to your side job to home, with your laptop on the back. Your bike is often parked outside and you rarely leave at exactly the moment it happens to be dry.
Daycare drop-off first, the office after. You want your child to stay dry and the two of you to stand out in traffic, even when it is already dark at five.
From late October well into February you ride out and back in the dark. A light shows that you are there; reflection makes you light up the moment headlights fall on you.
Binnenkort beschikbaar — onze producten staan er bijna op.
Eerlijk over water
Drie woorden die vaak door elkaar lopen en die iets heel anders beloven. Hieronder staat wat ze betekenen, wat je eraan hebt op je woon-werkrit, en waar elk niveau ophoudt.
Meeste bescherming
Keeps water out completely, including in sustained rain. Recognisable by welded seams, so without the holes a sewing needle makes, and by a roll-top closure or a covered zip.
Gemiddelde bescherming
Keeps splashing water out from every direction: short, light showers and water thrown up from the side. This is the level IPX4 describes; for sustained road spray, IPX5 is the minimum.
Minste bescherming
The material beads off light drizzle thanks to a coating on the outside. The water is repelled, not held back.
Hoe we het controleren
We testen niets in een laboratorium en we doen ook niet alsof. Dit is de volgorde waarin een product bij ons binnenkomt — en waar het op afvalt.
We assess every supplier on paper: purchase price, delivery time to the Netherlands, a return address inside the EU and which product data they can supply. If a supplier doesn't get through that, the product doesn't get in.
Every product must have a named manufacturer and an EU Responsible Person. We don't sell anything that is shipped to your door directly from outside the EU.
We buy one of every product first and use it on our own commute: in the rain, on the rear rack, with the things you actually carry. Whatever disappoints us doesn't make it into the shop.
Waterproof, splash-proof and water-repellent do not mean the same thing. We use the word that matches the evidence the supplier gave us — and if there is none, we don't use the word.
Manufacturer, EU Responsible Person, safety warnings in Dutch and available documents are on the product page itself. If we don't know something, the field stays empty instead of filled in.
Fabrikant, EU-verantwoordelijke persoon en veiligheidswaarschuwingen staan op elke productpagina. Ontbreekt een gegeven, dan laten we het leeg.
Gidsen
Onze gidsen zijn geschreven voor het Nederlandse woon-werkverkeer: wat je koopt, waarom het werkt en waar het ophoudt.
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