{"id":186616,"date":"2025-11-21T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/first-field-tests-january-april-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:24:39","slug":"first-field-tests-january-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/first-field-tests-january-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"First Field Tests (January \u2013 April 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of dirt, testing and honest performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we continued working on the dual-function concept, we began our first truly intensive field tests in January 2024. Our goal was simple: to find out whether the pedal \u2013 in its MTB\/Gravel version \u2013 would work under real, harsh conditions.<\/p>\n

We wanted the truth. No lab. No good-weather setup. Instead: rain, mud, sub-zero temperatures, dust, frost \u2014 and more dirt.<\/p>\n

One point was especially important to us, something many riders know from everyday use: \u201cWhat happens when I step into the dirt? Can I still clip in safely?\u201d<\/p>\n

The results were surprisingly positive. Even on wet ground or with contaminated cleats, the pedal clipped in and out reliably. This was a crucial milestone \u2014 TOURELLY performed just as well as many established systems, thanks to its round design.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In parallel, we were preparing for our first event where we would present our idea to real riders. One thing was clear: we needed visibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We began actively marketing on Instagram \u2014 posting regularly, sharing development photos, explaining our concept, and directly reaching out to riders who shared our philosophy: innovation through simplicity.<\/em> The goal wasn\u2019t to go viral \u2014 but to authentically show what TOURELLY stands for.<\/p>\n

Up to this point, everything was handcrafted \u2014 in the workshop, on the computer, and in our marketing. But the community began to form. Slowly, but noticeably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of dirt, testing and honest performance. While we continued working on the dual-function concept, we began our first truly intensive field tests in January 2024. Our goal was simple: to find out whether the pedal \u2013 in its MTB\/Gravel version \u2013 would work under real, harsh conditions. We wanted the truth. No lab. No good-weather…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13702,"featured_media":186255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186617,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186616\/revisions\/186617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourelly.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}