1

Feature ime w t sho 2 Words & photos By Dave Atkinson Eurobike 2011 Dave Atkinson of road.cc reports from the world’s biggest bike show: Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It took place from 31 August to 3 September – in halls and Zeppelin hangers

1.Sitting sets everything in place. fix for rainy days, but interesting. BB gears take best looking, mounted comfortably? The carbon leaf springs their new system, the the weight from wheel via a spacer insert below This looks like a standard at the top of the post give Raceguard Long, looks to frame whilst keeping the stem. Hope expect road seatpost. In fact you 20mm of suspension like a big improvement. the maintenance-free the system to cost £300. the post is two separate travel. One for a long You fit small metal tabs internals. The Pinion hopetech.com semi-cylinders, and the audax, perhaps? Expected to your brake bolts and system needs a dedicated seat clamp is on pivots. price: £150. canyon.com dropouts, and the ’guards frame design and weighs 5.Powered You adjust your seat angle clip on and off in seconds. 3.7kg, but you get the pedalling and the two cylinders 2.racer ’guards They feel much sturdier benefit of 18 gears with a There’s always a ton of slide against one another; SKS’s Raceguard has long than standard Raceguards. range of 636%. It’s still in e-bikes at Eurobike. One

Top left:Top Messe Friedrichshafen, EUROBIKE, www.eurobike-show.com tightening the seat clamp been a favourite quick sks-germany.com development. pinion.eu of our favourites was the

7 3.18-speed BB 4.Drop bar discs Hub gears were Hope were one of several everywhere, but this companies showing off a bottom bracket gear converter to run hydraulic 9 system by German discs from a road lever. outfit Pinion was really Theirs was definitely the

8

16 cycle OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011 Show time

3

5

celebrate its 21st birthday. and a stowable fluorescent Fifteen of the 21 being tail at the rear. brompton. made are already sold – at co.uk an eye-watering €7,500 for the frame and fork. 10.Street bike cinelli.it renaissance There were plenty of 8.Smarter big manufacturers Rohloff shifter showing bikes with This Gilles Berthoud mudguards, hub gears 6 shifter is a big aesthetic and chainguards but with improvement on the a fresh, modern look. This Rohloff one, but it’s also BMC Urban Challenge designed so that it can be is one example, but of up to 150 minutes on 4 fitted at the top of a drop Specialized, Cannondale, full beam. lupine.de bar as well as on a flat bar: , and Giant had Cube ePO, which uses only is it more efficient, it comes to pieces to slide similar machines ready to 12.Rebuildable a battery hidden in the they claim, than any other round your drops. It costs go. bmc-racing.com bike tools seatpost for a clean and hub on the market, but it €119 and is in production ’s new range tidy look. The bike is also has a rotating ring to now. gillesberthoud.fr 11.Bright ideas of workshop tools are available in urban, utility turn the dynamo off so Lupine’s three main light rebuildable. You can and 29er MTB flavours, there’s no resistance when 9.Gentleman’s models – Betty, Wilma replace the chain on the and the drive system is you don’t need power. bike jacket and Pico – are all now chain whip if it wears out nearly silent. Price? Nearly supernova-lights.com Brompton’s Oratory jacket available as a torch unit or the bits on the Allen £2,500… cube.eu won a Eurobike award. with an integrated battery. key if they round off. In 7.Cinelli laser The cotton jacket features Easier to fit and remove fact, each Allen key tool 6.Supernova Cinelli have made a strictly a completely waterproof than a cabled system, the comes with a spare set of efficiency limited run of their classic coating, lapels and cuffs lights feature impressive bits, so you’re effectively Supernova’s new dynohub Laser Pista steel track that turn up and down to outputs – increased from getting two tools. is a wonderful thing. Not bike from the Nineties to reveal reflective highlights, last year – and run times lezyne.com

10

11

12

CTC.ORG.UK cycle 17 Show time

1

Feature ime w t sho

Words dan joyce photos By CTC and manufacturers cycle show 2011 What will the trends be at Britain’s biggest cycle show? Dan Joyce has a few suggestions, and picks out a handful of products for a closer look. The show is at Birmingham’s NEC from 30 September to 2 October

1.Tyre eyeing touring tyre (pictured) 2.Especially for SL is a carbon-forked day-glo sportsperson. New tyres are a barometer – a replacement for the sportives aluminium bike with Like Brompton’s Oratory of the popularity of Marathon XR. Continental Sportives have exploded Shimano 105 gearing. jacket, the Water Off different kinds of cycling, underscore the fact that in popularity in the UK. Stand L51, dawescycles. A Duck’s Back coats and we like checking 29ers are migrating from While you can ride one on com combine classic looks them out anyway. cross-country to ‘all any road, audax or touring with waterproof, Both Schwalbe and mountain’ with a 29in bike, it’s interesting that 3.Classier breathable fabrics and Continental should have version of their chunky we’re now seeing bikes commuter wear hidden cycling features. tyres specifically for Rubber Queen tyre. specifically intended for Few things normalise They’re not cheap, e-bikes. Schwalbe should Schwalbe: E1, schwalbe. them. Dawes have two, transport cycling more though. Stand CSG11, also be showing their co.uk. Continental: distinct from their audax than clothing that doesn’t wateroffaducksback. new Marathon Mondial G63, conti-tyres.co.uk bikes: the £1k Sportif make you look like a co.uk

3

2

CTC.ORG.UK cycle 19 Show time

5

A grand day out It’s not too late to attend The Cycle Show, which takes place this weekend at the bigger venue of Birmingham’s NEC. The tenth edition of the UK’s biggest bike show is open to the public from Friday 4 30 September to Sunday 2 no HRM or cadence, October, from 9.30am-6pm but it records speed, each day (5pm on Sunday). CTC members can buy average speed, time, and tickets at a discounted price: 4.Marvellous bikes are no longer distance, and the route just £11 in advance, instead Mountain Trike niche. RockShox have (via a breadcrumb trail). of £15.50 on the door. Visit There’s much more to seven 29er forks for 2012 You can share route data cycleshow.co.uk/ctc and enter ‘CTC’ when prompted. this outdoor wheelchair (twice that if you include online, and of course you Find out what will be the than fat tyres. It uses lever various options). We’re can swap it between bikes bike shops season. drive – like hand-operated particularly interested easily. It will cost about There are 500 top brands on treadles – that transmit in the 140mm-travel £130. Stand K31, garmin. display, including Bianchi, power to the wheels via Revelation 29, which has com/uk Campagnolo, Continental, Garmin, Hope Technology, chains. Gearing (which a tapered steerer, 20mm Castelli, Peugeot, FSA, could be altered with Maxle Lite dropout, and a 6.Campagnolo Colnago, Look, Hed, Condor, different sprockets) is ‘Dual Position Air’ spring, goes electric Rose, Dawes, SRAM, Zipp, fixed wheel that can be which will let you reduce Electronic shifting is Felt and many more. disengaged for coasting the travel (and bar height) already on sale in the form test bikes, shop, and visit CTC downhill. There are by 30mm when climbing. of Shimano’s Di2 You can test ride bikes twin disc brakes and (26in version pictured.) Dura-Ace and now as well as window shop. suspension for each wheel. Stand D1, sram.com Ultegra groupsets; There’s a try out track for It even folds. Stand A51, Campagnolo’s will appear road and commuting bikes, and a 1km mountain bike http://80.68.90.51 4.GPS in Super Record shape track (top). It has both trickledown next spring. Using stored 5.29er forks: GPS technology continues energy to make gearshifts more and bigger to trickle down and easier goes against the Big-wheeled mountain become more affordable. human-powered spirit of Garmin’s new Edge 200 cycle racing, if you ask us is essentially a – but they didn’t, and it’s simpler version coming. And it is quite of its Edge interesting. Stand F11, 500. There’s campagnolo.com

6 fast flowing and technical sections, and includes tabletops, rock drops, bermed corners and a pump track. There are test tracks for younger children too. As well as finding out more about new products, you can buy some things. The new look Cycle Store has a wide selection of clothing, accessories, lights and shoes on sale. CTC will be at The Cycle Show too (pictured). Visit us on stand K33.

5 Right: by Nick Rearden, www.road.cc

20 cycle OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2011