Privacy Policy


Publisher info


Company Name: XBits / Bicycle Rolling Resistance

Main Contact: Jarno Bierman

Address: Contact


Your privacy


Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.


Bicycle Rolling Resistance does not collect personally identifiable information, except when such information is voluntarily submitted by the user. We will not sell, rent or share any such personally identifiable information with any third parties. Like many websites, we automatically log non-personally identifiable information about visits to our websites; this information is used internally e.g. usage statistics, and is not shared with third parties.


Statistics


If you visit our website to browse, read, or download information:

  • Your web browser automatically sends us information such as the:
    • Internet Protocol address of the computer you are using
    • Type of browser software and operating system you are using
    • Date and time you access our site
    • The Internet address of the site from which you linked directly to our site.
  • We will use this information as aggregate data to help us maintain this site, e.g., to determine the number of visitors to different sections of our site, to ensure the site is working properly, and to help us make our site more accessible and useful.
  • We will not use this information to identify individuals, except for site security or law enforcement purposes.
  • We will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site.

Cookies


Bicycle Rolling Resistance may use cookies in order to customize our site for return visitors. All cookies are first party cookies served from the .bicyclerollingresistance.com domain and are not shared with third parties.


Third Party Cookies


We use some third party content but great care is taken to load all content from cookie less domains when available, or hide the content behind a button click when a cookie less domain is not available.


Third Party Content


  • Some pages contain an embedded YouTube video from our BicycleRR YouTube channel which is loaded from the youtube-nocookies.com domain. No cookies are placed.
  • Some pages contain a commenting plugin loaded from Disqus.com. The content is hidden behind a button click clearly marked as "Load Disqus comments". When clicking "Load Disqus comments" third party cookies are placed on the user's computer.

Matomo Analytics


Bicycle Rolling Resistance uses a local cookie-less instance of Matomo Analytics Server (mas) to collect information about use of this site.


Our analytics server collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from our analytics server only to improve this site. Our analytics server collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of our analytics server with personally identifiable information.


Affiliate Advertising


We use affiliate links on our site, we earn a commission if you decide to buy through our links. This way we can buy all tires* in stores and it keeps us independent from tire manufacturers.


For some countries, Bicycle Rolling Resistance is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates (Amazon.com), Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.jp, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.es, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, Amazon.com.au, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. When an Amazon link on Bicycle Rolling Resistance is clicked, an affiliate cookie gets placed on the users computer.


For some countries, Bicycle Rolling Resistance is a participant in the Affiliate Window affiliate program. If a RoseBikes.de link is clicked on Bicycle Rolling Resistance, an affiliate cookie gets placed on the users computer.


For some countries, Bicycle Rolling Resistance is a participant in the alltricks.fr affiliate program. If a alltricks.fr link is clicked on Bicycle Rolling Resistance, an affiliate cookie gets placed on the users computer.


* Back in 2015 when we just started we received some touring bike tires from Continental. They also supplied the Continental Grand Prix TT. Schwalbe supplied the Schwalbe Pro One Tubeless and Schwalbe Thunder Burt TL-E PaceStar. We clearly indicate in the review if the tire was bought by us or supplied by someone else.


Questions about your privacy


If you have more questions about your privacy, feel free to Contact us