Trail Test 2025 Invitation

Your Bike in the Spotlight

The mountain bike market is in flux. So is the media world. Those who freeze in shock will go under. We respond with constant updates to the most innovative platform for bike tests and gear up for the 2025 season. Join us with your bikes as we kick off the 2025 season with our trail tests.

Trail Test 2025
Let's put your bike in the spotlight for 2025 with our trail test.

83 brands, over 5000 bikes. The vast array of the market that we cover with emtb-test.com and bike-test.com is overwhelming. We developed our portals to offer bikers the best possible buying advice amidst this abundance. Evaluating all current mountain bikes based on consistent criteria and presenting them clearly with innovative features and filter functions, you will only find with us. This is our unique and consistent approach to fulfilling our mission:

We provide the best advice when a biker is making a purchasing decision for a new bike.

Ludwig Döhl – ride better bikes

With our trail tests, we offer bike brands the opportunity to spotlight their bikes at the moment of purchase decision. All we need for this is a test bike from you.

Trail Test 2025
With our trail test, we offer the opportunity to put individual bikes in the spotlight.
Trail Test 2025
Each bike from our trail test is professionally featured with an individual review.

Our Conviction

Statistically speaking, we reach anyone who is serious about buying a mountain bike. However, beyond the statistical reach, it is especially the quality of contact that matters. A mountain bike for €4000 or more is unlikely to be sold through a social media story flashing across a phone screen for a few seconds.

That’s why we equip our portals with innovative features like our comparison function or truly fitting product recommendations. We provide high-quality, overarching buying guides, directly involve retailers, and delve into the details in our tests.

We don’t deliver much entertainment with our platforms, but rather a specific tool designed to help make purchasing decisions in the bike sector. And that’s exactly how it’s used.

Ludwig Döhl – ride better bikes

MTB Comparison Feature
We offer little entertainment, but truly useful features like our comparison function to systematically guide your purchase decision.

Our Strategy

With our trail tests, we offer the opportunity to showcase your bikes in detail and with high-quality, emotional images. In doing so, we work:

  • objective
  • professional
  • viewing bikes from the right perspective
  • With full attention

Every test bike goes through the hands of at least three people here. Anyone making statements about test bikes with us knows what they are talking about. We take the time to tune each bike to the best of our abilities and ride the bike within its intended use. Affordable bikes are not rated poorly with us, but are reviewed and categorized according to their market environment. Each bike is featured in an individual test format to ensure it gets the attention it deserves.

Chance for more

The best bikes on the market make it into our Best of Content for each category at the start of the 2025 season. We not only have an article on our homepage, but also a high-quality video.

Youtube Video

If desired
Video production of your bikes

If you want, we can also produce a video for your bike. This will increase the attention for your bike significantly on YouTube. And you ensure that high-quality images and statements about your bike are placed on this important channel. We take care of the work, but you need to cover the production costs. See for yourself what we can deliver for you on YouTube:

Youtube Video

Trail Test Dates
Your chance for 2025

For the 2024 season, we have physically tested over 80 bikes. This has allowed us to reach not only over 1,000,000 users but also the trust of the leading brands in our professional work. Join us with your test bikes as we kick off the 2025 season. Participation in the trail test is completely free of charge. All we need from you is a test bike in size M or L at the following time:

  • Wave 1 Trail Test: September 30, 2024
  • Trail Test Wave 2: November 11, 2024

Delivery preferred via freight company or parcel service. You will receive the test bike back cleaned and in the original box within 5 weeks. Detailed coordination of the test bikes is best done by email or phone.

Trail Test 2025
All we need is a test bike from you.

the fine print
The FAQs about our trail test

What does the test cost me?

Nothing!
Every manufacturer has the same opportunity to showcase their bikes with us. Regardless of the size of their marketing budget. You just need to provide the bike and cover the costs of delivery and return.

Trail Test 2025
Our reviews are free of charge. We aim to provide small manufacturers with low production volumes the same opportunities as the biggest players in the market.
Trail Test 2025
If your brand is one of the biggest players in the market, or you want to compete in the upper league with your bikes, we produce exclusive video content on request for even more visibility.

Where will the test take place?

The individual review will be published online on bike-test.com or emtb-test.com. In addition to its presence on our homepage, the trail test will also be linked on the model level of the respective bikes. This ensures that the test reaches everyone interested in purchasing a new bike in this category. If needed, we can also feature the bike in video form to increase visibility on YouTube.

Who's conducting the test?

Ludwig Döhl, a trained journalist, is responsible for the test. He is present during the testing process and creates or reviews the content related to your test bike. Ludwig Döhl’s impressions are complemented by those of at least two other test riders and our extensive, objective data pool. We conduct the test with absolute professionalism. You won’t find slander or incorrect terminology here. Our goal is to accurately represent bikes to find the right customers for them.

Ludwig Döhl
He has ridden more than 1000 different bikes in his life. But Ludwig Döhl is not just a passionate biker; he is also a trained journalist, ensuring the quality of the content pieces.
Maxi Dickerhof
Maxi Dickerhoff has an impressive riding style and not only takes care of our EMTB tests, but also loves to shred down trails on bikes without motors. He is an integral part of our test crew.

When will I get the bike back?

We need the bike about 4-5 weeks after the submission deadline to test it, produce images, clean it, and pack it again. You can rely on getting the bikes back in reasonable condition.

Trail Test 2025
You can trust us. Last year, we featured nearly 100 bikes with our trail tests. Our operational workflows are well established. We know how to handle test bikes professionally.

About the author

Ludwig Döhl

... has spent more than 100,000 kilometers in the saddle of over 1000 different mountain bikes. The essence of many hours on the trail: Mountain bikes are awesome when they match your personal preferences! With this realization, he founded bike-test.com to assist cyclists in finding their very own dream bike.

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