The great awakening – Düsseldorf after the Tour de France

It has been more than a week since the Tour de France convoy left Düsseldorf for Liège. A lot has happened in the peloton since then, falls and sprint duels have claimed prominent victims. We...

    And the world is watching... - The cap in the days of the tour

    The time has come. Starting next Thursday, Düsseldorf will be associated with cycling all over the world. 60 million people in 190 countries will view images of this beautiful city on the Rhine via TV...

      Sunday morning in the cap - the Rapha cap ride number 2.

      Espresso and a good mood before the start of our second trip with Rapha in the run-up to the Düsseldorf Grand Départ. Seventy participants, bright sunshine and a landing in front of the NRW Forum...

        And now all! The countdown to the Grand Depart…

        We still get questioning and skeptical looks when we claim that Düsseldorf is expecting the biggest event the city has ever experienced in just over thirty days. It is of course clear that we put...

          Two-wheeler weekend in the city - 100 days before the big departure.

          Sometimes we ask ourselves how much bike goes in and with the cap. How many bikes can we get? Answer: mostly quite a lot. A weekend with a shop, three trips and two days at...

            Bonjour le Tour – Düsseldorf in final sprint mode

            A hundred days before the start of the Grand Départ, our hometown switches to sprint mode – numerous cycling-related activities form the countdown to the largest sporting event Düsseldorf has ever hosted. Whether it's the...

              There is a right weather in the wrong one – the winter bitch parade 2016/2017.

              Dress warmly, we're going out. From November 6, 2016, every Sunday at 11:00 a.m. With the Renner, the Singlespeed or the Crosser. And with you, the friends of Chic Hats. And everyone who wants to...

                That rocked once - the cap and the Düsseldorf cycling weekend

                We had fun, cursed, suffered a little, drove fast and slow, cheered loudly, got angry and were happy to receive big praise. A great weekend with cycling, old and new friends, lots of emotions and...

                  Everyone races through the surrounding countryside and things really get going on the Kö – the Düsseldorf cycling day

                  Anyone who happened to visit the “Rund um die Kö” cycle race in May in recent years was quite astonished: hundreds of barriers, athletes who daringly pedaled handlebars to handlebars out of the saddle in...

                    The hat and the one gang

                    In flat, compact Düsseldorf, changing gears is more of a superfluous gadget than a necessity for most city trips, at least if you cycle regularly. We at the cap are big friends of bikes ourselves,...

                      Carhartt WIP x Pelago x Chic Hat - An evening around the bike, around the board and one gear

                      Skateboards and bicycles free you, expand your range of motion, put you in a good mood and blow the wind in your hair. If you fall, the wallpaper is off, whether it's off the bike...

                        Cap 100 – Three digits for everyone

                        Next Sunday, July 17th, we invite you to a nice 100 kilometer tour in the Düsseldorf area. As in the last three years, the reason is Rapha's commendable Women's 100 campaign: trips are organized around...

                          Suffering is tomorrow - Rapha and the peloton of smiles

                          “If you don't feel like riding, you watch a Rapha video and you immediately want to get on your bike. There's hardly a better motivation. Today we were all part of something like that, in...

                            Up + Down 2. The Rapha Mobile Cycle Club guest in the cap.

                            Our guests from the Mobile Cycle Club had a lot of fun on their first trip to Düsseldorf in May last year: the evening before the trip was wet and happy, the coffee in the...

                              Rookies, Chillah, Tempokillah: the weekly roll-out round for racing bike start-ups

                              In the last few weeks, there have been increasing inquiries as to whether we will again be offering a cozy weekly racing bike feel-good round like our starter package trips last year. A short tour,...