As colorful as nature: The tex–lock reflects your love of nature

Cycling and nature go together like a bike lock around a solid object. And because the tex–lock in its colorful garments combines closeness to nature, security and style like no other bike lock, you can make a statement about your love of nature with this piece of jewelry on your bike.  

If you've mainly been cycling in the city so far, you can find out in this article why it's all the more important for you to take your bike and your neon earth out into nature from time to time. 

Out of the city. Into nature! That's why connecting with nature is so important for us: 

No wonder so many of us seek rest and relaxation in nature . After all, nature automatically softens negative feelings and instead evokes all the more positive emotions in us. 

In addition, being close to nature strengthens our innate protective mechanisms: for example, with the natural oils we breathe deep in the forest, the iodine on the coast that blows around our noses with the sea breeze, and the microorganisms in the air that we need to survive. Protective mechanisms that are usually severely weakened in city dwellers (and city cyclists). 

So let's take a look at the different ecosystems and why it's worth taking time out every now and then to connect with nature. 

These eight ecosystems are reflected in tex–lock 

Each of these eight ecosystems has its own natural characteristics and is worthy of being explored and appreciated by you on your bike. 

Ecosystem (wild) meadow

A flowering wild meadow, unlike a fine English lawn, is a real ecosystem that provides food and shelter for a variety of living things. This is because countless animals, fungi, lichens, bacteria and microorganisms are involved in the meadow ecosystem. 

However, this habitat must be actively kept intact by us humans. So that no plant is displaced by another and a wonderfully diverse flowering meadow from becoming a monotonous bush. 

Our tex–lock chateau red with its dark red robe and golden highlights is reminiscent of the sight of colorful meadows rushing past, which appear again and again during a bicycle tour in the vineyards between the bulging vines.

(Coniferous) forest ecosystem

The forest climate is as different from forest to forest as the many tree species that grow there. 

This is because the canopy of the trees and the forest floor balance the temperature and humidity in the forest, dampen the wind and the incoming light. 

As a result, it is cooler and wetter in summer and warmer in winter in the forest than in the surrounding area. 

Our closeness to nature with the bike in the forest is reflected in our tex–lock wild hemp with its rich black color reminiscent of the deep shadows of the treetops, while the gold captures the warm rays of sunlight shimmering through the canopy.

Rainforest ecosystem

The rainforest ecosystem is not only home to impressive flora and fauna. It is also the green lung of the earth. 

This is because the rainforest absorbs very large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, converting it into valuable oxygen and storing the carbon that is produced in the process. 

In this way, the rainforest ecosystem stabilizes our climate. However, if it is increasingly destroyed, our global climate is also threatened. Because the less carbon is stored, the more the earth warms, causing the polar ice caps to melt and the Gulf Stream to die off. 

Because this would inevitably lead to a massive extinction of species, our blue and black shimmering tex–lock morpho blue symbolizes both our solidarity with the preservation of the rainforest and with the exciting trails in the jungle. 

Ecosystem desert - gold 

In the desert ecosystem, which includes not only sandy deserts but also, for example, ice, salt and rocky deserts, there is extremely little precipitation and therefore little to no vegetation.  

Nevertheless, deserts are neither lifeless nor empty. They are home to the most amazing creatures that manage with very little or even no water at all. Only with an extremely adapted way of life is it possible to survival in the desert possible.  

Just like cycling. Even if the thought of it may seem absurd to some at first, deserts offer an incomparable backdrop and spectacular trails for mountain biking. 

We take our hats off to this extreme closeness to nature and dedicate our tex–lock wild hemp to the ecosystem. 

Ecosystem Glacier & Snow - Silver 

Glaciers are a unique ecosystem that reacts very strongly to environmental influences such as global warming, but also microplastics. Some microorganisms have specially adapted to this sensitive habitat. Their life in and on the glacier happens as if in slow motion.  

Yet glaciers still hold many undiscovered secrets. But one of them, namely why glaciers are becoming greener and greener, has already been uncovered: algae thrive beneath the glacier surface. They perform photosynthesis and store CO2 in the process. This makes glaciers both very beneficial to the global climate and extremely threatened by it. 

However, for some of the most wicked mountain bike trails, glacier and snow must be preserved at all costs.  

That's why we show our closeness to nature for the ecosystem and our absolute respect for daring mountain bikers like Fabio Wibmer with the color silver at tex–lock electric grey .  

Ecosystem rivers & lakes

The inhabitants in or along streams, rivers or floodplains have to adapt extremely quickly to living conditions ranging from extremely dry to wet. This is because living conditions change with the seasons to varying degrees: for example, watercourses near the Alps often have high water in spring due to the snow melting and usually have low water in summer.  

Constantly changing water flows as well as different gradients and soil types do not make it any easier for the living creatures in or along the river ecosystem. 

But all the more interesting for cyclists. In Germany alone, there are countless excellently developed cycle paths along the German riverssuch as the Elbe, Danube and Moselle cycle paths and many more. 

And because we usually also come across vineyards where we can enjoy a delicious glass of red wine, tex–lock chateau red seems to have been made for the ecosystem.

Ecosystem sea

Although most people associate the sea with relaxing vacation spots, it is in fact an impressive habitat for some 2.3 million animal and plant species and the largest interconnected ecosystem in the world. After all, oceans cover more than 70% of the earth's surface. 

Among the most important organisms in the ocean are the tiny, single-celled algae. As they float through the water and photosynthesize, they produce every other oxygen molecule we need to breathe.  

Cycling along the coast is enormously healthy. Because the climate at the sea stimulates our defense system through strong winds, temperature fluctuations, salty air and intense UV radiation. This causes immune reactions of the skin and respiratory organs, loosen mucus in the respiratory tract and are also beneficial for allergy sufferers. 

Many good reasons that speak for our closeness to nature and the sea and for the blue in the tex–lock morpho blue speak. 

Moor ecosystem

Peatlands harbor remarkable biodiversity and store vast amounts of carbon.  

However, the peatland ecosystem stands out with two other characteristics: Peatlands have the special ability to retain floods with their water-rich soils that function like buffer zones. And peatlands are the only ecosystem that can store carbon for a long period of time. 

And the more steadily a natural bog can grow, the greater its carbon store will be. However, only as long as man does not drain the bog.  

Adventurous cyclists certainly don't want to drain the moor. The muddier the ground is, the more fun a bike tour in the moor ecosystem is. However, the risk of getting stuck or even sinking in also increases. Reason enough for our tex–lock acid orangeto set a bright warning signal in the area. 

Connect with nature through your tex–lock

No matter in which of these eight ecosystems you seek relaxation, recreation or excitement with your bike.
For every time of day and season, every mood and every tire profile, there is an ecosystem in which you can treat yourself to a break from everyday stress. 

And because we appreciate this varied beauty of nature so much, into which we are only too happy to escape from the sometimes more and sometimes less stressful everyday life, we are constantly finding new color combinations and patterns that reflect our connection between man and nature.

If you also want to show your connection and love of nature with your bike, then a colorful bike lock from tex–lock is the right bike lock for you.  

With this in mind: Get out of the city. Into nature.

Have a good trip!

Your tex–lock Team