The Official Show Newspaper www.bikeshowdaily.com Organized by: TAITRA March 24, 2017 FRIDAY ENGLISH 日 本 語 中 文 TAISPO 22.03-25.03.2017 Nangang 4F L1012 & Extra Energy Test Track A show showdown Pump it, twist it, forget it 4 New Taipei Cycle dates court conflict 12 Tools & pumps make fast work of fixes Vox Pop Baggage claims 6 What do you think of 2018 show dates? 14 Bike bags that haul just about anything Friday, March 24, 2017 3 TONIGHT Table of Contents 0 TODAY 0 17 C (63F) Showdown in trade show land March 24 Taipei Cycle’s new dates leave 19-month gap between shows ..... 4 Rain Showers Taipei Vox Pop TOMORROW What do you think of the new dates for Taipei Cycle? ............... 6 0 0 0 More power 23 C (73 F) 0 18 C (64F) FSA, Watteam push into crowded power meter market .............. 7 Mostly Sunny Rain Showers Braking in the blink of an eye Award winners design a brake for beginners ............................10 Contact Us Pump it, twist it, fix it, forget it These new tools and pumps make repairs a cinch ....................12 Here's how to reach the key staff of the Taipei Cycle and Not sexy, but essential TaiSPO Show Dailies: The battery has to be right to get the e-bike right ..................... 14 Advertising New Products Tom Kavanagh, Publisher [email protected] Here‘s the stuff you ought to see at the show ........................... 18 On the TaiSPO Show Daily cover: Taipei Show Daily Editorial Radical Fitness instructors demonstrate Fight Do today. Doug McClellan, Editor-in-Chief [email protected] +1.505.660.9957 For TaiSPO coverage TaiSPO Show Daily Editorial Barbara Smit, Editor turn to page 38 [email protected] 4 Taipei Show Daily LIVE FROM THE SHOW Friday, March 24, 2017 Taipei Cycle date change sets up a show showdown It wouldn’t be a trade show unless everyone you meet on show floor has a strong opinion about when the show should really take place. This year, the discussions take on a lot that aftermarket customers shouldn’t more importance. be seeing yet because it’s a long ways Taipei Cycle organizers have away from being within their business announced that the 2018 edition of this plan,” said Jason Moeschler, OEM sales show will be Oct. 31-Nov. 3, moving far manager for WTB. from its traditional March dates. Dates for Taichung Bike Week have More important for TAITRA and the also evolved. Ten years ago, Bike Week Taiwan Bicycle Association, the shift was a December event. This year, the leaves a yawning 19-month gap between industry-run event, which eschews trade this show and the next Taipei Cycle. show booths in favor of hotel meeting The new fall dates also create a rooms, will be Oct. 17-20. potential showdown with Taichung Bike Steve Fenton, co-owner of Pro-Lite Week, the informal OEM event that has in Taichung and an informal organizer grown organically in recent years, driven of Bike Week, said the event could by the timing requirements of product move even earlier in 2018 if that’s what managers. attendees want. Taipei Cycle director Andrea Wu said “We will be looking and listening this Thursday that the results of an exhibitor year because I have a feeling we’ll be survey showed that most say March is asked to move it back even more. We will now too late. For Taipei Cycle to remain know by October this year whether we relevant, she said, it needs to take place need to move it or not,” Fenton said. in the fall. Because Bike Week works with Shifting to fall means Taipei Cycle individual hotels but is not tied to a attends both events. “We don’t know if Malaysia, Europe and North America. would return to its historical roots as an contract with an exhibition center, it has we’ll do both shows or just one.” TAITRA is committed to holding OE show instead of the aftermarket event more flexibility to change dates than a For TAITRA, the long span between Taipei Cycle at Nangang through 2019, is has become. full-fledged trade show like Taipei Cycle. the 2017 and 2018 editions of Taipei Cycle when a new hall is scheduled to open Wu said that Taipei Cycle believes “We’re not an oil tanker, we’re a little also means it will have to step up its across the street and provide relief for the that if it chooses dates that best serve its fishing boat,” Fenton said. marketing efforts in the interim. sold-out show. OE exhibitors, aftermarket exhibitors Some companies are concerned that Taipei Cycle will open registration for Meanwhile, some exhibitors aren’t will follow — especially now that OE they won’t have the time or staff to the 2018 show in July as usual, so it can losing sleep over the trade show shuffle. companies now own many aftermarket exhibit at both Taipei Cycle and Bike get an early read on exhibitor response to “The business will take care of itself brands. Week if they remain within a few weeks the new dates. no matter what,” WTB’s Moeschler said. But some brands say fall is too early of one another. It also plans to hold a series of press “To us, it doesn’t matter where the trade to share product lines with aftermarket “It’s going to totally conflict,” said conferences in key global markets to shows are. If we feel like it’s going to be distributors. Ollie Thomas, brand manager for Kore, promote the 2018 show, including valuable we’ll go.” ■ NF “We show OEMs product in October which has an office in Taichung and events in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, 6 Taipei Show Daily Friday, March 24, 2017 Vox Pop What do you think of the new dates for the Taipei Cycle Show? Markus Schulz Takuma Miura by.Schulz, Germany Mizutani Bicycle, Japan While I welcome the decision to Since the Taipei Cycle Show is move the Taipei Cycle Show to moving closer to Eurobike and fall, I’m afraid this will result in a Interbike, this fits my needs very rivalry with Taichung Bike Week. well. The first two shows give It remains to be seen who can visit me a broad overview of general both events. While visitors can do trends. After that I have enough this, many exhibitors will likely time to sort out my needs and then not be able to do so. So the change combine Taichung Bike Week and of date forces people to make a Taipei Cycle Show to set up my decision. business, as a distributor of frames and accessories for next year. Gareth Blom Bikecorp, Australia Francois Joly Mach 1, France I understand that the Taipei Cycle Show reacted to the changed dates For my taste, Taipei Cycle Show for Eurobike. As a distributor, this has moved too close to Taichung change does not bother us too Bike Week. Exhibiting at both much. So far, we’d source product shows will be hard, if not in March and have plenty of time impossible. Just like me, many to get it ready for the market when exhibitors will have to make a the Australian summer starts. Now decision, so in the end both shows we have much less time for this, so are likely to see lower attendance. the new date might fit Europe and More coordination between the Northern America better. two could avoid this outcome, however. Andrea Kmentova KCK Cyklosport, Czech Republic Jing Pan Momentum LTD, China Since Eurobike has moved its dates as well, the new dates for the This is my first visit to Taipei Taipei Cycle Show make sense. As Cycle Show, where I’m sourcing a distributor of various brands in parts for my employer, an e-bike the Czech Republic we welcome a manufacturer. And for this show at the end of the season. We purpose, the show is very good. know what sold well throughout I’m amazed how many products the last season and have time to are on display. As for the date of plan for the next year. the show, both March and end of October are fine with me. Friday, March 24, 2017 LIVE FROM THE SHOW 7 FSA, Watteam bring power meters to Taipei As the power meter market grows, so does the number of companies double mountain-bike chainrings. end of the crankarm, held in place by the trying for a piece of it. FSA and Watteam are two exhibitors here in pedal axle. Watteam 6F/609 was founded by With an accuracy of plus or minus 1.5 Nangang that are vying for sales with new systems. three Israelis who saw an absence of percent, the Powerbeat is as precise as affordable, but precise, power meters on systems that cost several times as much. cranks and chainrings the market. And at 20g per side, it is surprisingly with a spider-based power One of the three, Ofir Gal-on, became light. Instead of a proprietary display, meter from Power2Max. FSA PowerBox CEO of Watteam and set out with a any smartphone or computer with The result is a system that ENGLISH clear goal. He wanted to design a power Bluetooth Smart or ANT+ can display measures output of both meter that could measure the power readings from the Powerbeat sensors. legs. It is compatible with output of each leg separately, was easy The Powerbeat app allows for detailed FSA’s BB386 standard to install and calibrate, and would cost data analysis and also guides retailers for road bikes and BB392 significantly less than existing products.