Euro bike day2

cycleclinic

I went on thursday to visit a few companies. Here a some of the things that caught my eye. The normal fare of pretty bikes bores me.

Fsa's new wireless gropset. I like the perspex bike they have mounted it too.







I was not able to find out much about it though.

Edco new pedals are interesting. With horizontal pedal body float they claim it will help those riders with knees that bow out. I dont see how but having a pedal that essesitally allows the q factor to float to waer the riders needs it to be sounds useful. Forgot to take a photo.

Park tool ts4. Even wheel jigs are getting bigger.


Can you guess what it is, its a wheels manufacturing bb press kit. I like shiney tools and i like this alot.



Cannondales in general dont float my boat but this is purple and i like purple.

cycleclinic

The campag guy thinks a year of testing for there disc brake system. 2018 realease. Hoods are a bit big. At least we kjow where the resoviour is now.





Mavic products dont excite me much but there stand did.



New bars from thompson. The flared ond i like it has a fairly shallow drop. Want to try something like this in my xc bike for winter racing and maybe a cx race on the 29er.


New set back elite post and a carbon mastroiece that is 20g lighter than the alloy version.


New shimano r9100 sereis. The crank has been doped with steriods.

cycleclinic

Met with irc too all the formula pro tyres have this file thread compound now. The formula pro fusion x guard with it extra punctire protection belt is now available in 25 and 28mm width. I am liking the formula pro rbcc tyres i am testing on my commutor. No cuts and ridden through slot of gravel. They grip well like the oldvslick version. Tyre tread has not worn down yet which is reassuring. Looking forward to winter now the fusion x guard its now wide enough. Irc also have a tubular tyre in the works. It was there but not on display. Latex tube not overly light (felt the same weight as a conti competitiom) if it has the durability of the conti competiton but with the ride quality and grip of the pave which it might do. If it is the tyre i hope it is then it could be winner that no one has yeard off. Hopefully they will send a pair to test soon.



I like fat bikes but i would prefer this on with dirt drop bars.


Damm forgot to look at the koga stand behind. They might have had something interesting.

cycleclinic

This was the most interesting thing i could see on the conti stand. A 50mm top contact tyre. Yawn, oh the attack tyre is now
Miche supertype mini geoupset.
I like the brakes. They are fairly light (sram red in weight) bit not black.
http://www.gambacicli.com/en/miche-utg- ... nring.html

Given e bikes are everywhere miche are do drive train parts for bosch equipped bikes. Not the only company having after market bolt on's though.

I went to miche stand as i talked to them about making a sepecial hub run. Instead of getting a hub rebranded from bitex or novatec (which everyone does) i want a hub that no one makes. So all have to do is find a pile of cash which is possible and order 200 odd pairs.

disc brakes are on everything. Parlee stand

A bit bright but my wife likes it and so do i. Dorry that means i just thought about tri. Must go sit in a ice cold bath now.



Kinlin stand did not have things to photograph. They did however have a tb20 rim there. So i will be ordering so readonably priced light tubular wheels for disc and rim brake will be possible. They also had a mtb rom. Tl29 which is offset drilled and 35mm wide. Afforable too. So not ground breaking but unless you ask they keep it hidden.
I did feel sorry for the two girls on some video screened trainer machine looking far too hot and bored. They seem to have been there because they where girls and it was way to warm there to turbo train.
There was a saddle stand which i ignored. The ladies there where pretty but it did look obvious that the reason why they where there in tight short dresses is becsuse they where pretty. They might be very knowledgleable too. Sexism is alive and well in the bike trade.

There was more stuff probably more girls in short dresses too butthere was too much see and i had to leave to make my way home. It is worth a visit folks.

I might bring another brand that is no longer in the u.k back. Benn using some of there kit for while now so if it survives the neglet and abuse i give it.....Met with irc too all the formula pro tyres have this file thread compound now. The formula pro fusion x guard with it extra punctire protection belt is now available in 25 and 28mm width. I am liking the formula pro rbcc tyres i am testing on my commutor. No cuts and ridden through slot of gravel. They grip well like the oldvslick version. Tyre tread has not worn down yet which is reassuring. Looking forward to winter now the fusion x guard is now wide enough. Irc also have a tubular tyre in the works. It was there but not on display. Latex tube not overly light (felt the same weight as a conti competitiom) if it has the durability of the conti competiton but with the ride quality and grip of the pave which it might do. If it is the tyre i hope it is then it could be winner that no one has yeard off. Hopefully they will send a pair to test soon.



I like fat bikes but i would prefer this on with dirt drop bars.


Damm forgot to look at the koga stand behind. They might have had something interesting.

This was the most interesting thing i could see on the conti stand. A 50mm top contact tyre. Yawn, oh the attack tyre is 23mm now.


Schwable have a marathon gt tyre. Looks good forgot to ask if it could be run tubeless. Might be a good winter tyre.
Miche have made a new 24mm axled track crankset. There track group.

Miche supertype mini geoupset.
I like the brakes. They are fairly light (sram red in weight) bit not black.
Given e bikes are everywhere miche are do drive train parts for bosch equipped bikes. Not the only company having after market bolt on's though. http://www.gambacicli.com/en/miche-utg- ... nring.html



I went to miche stand as i talked to them about making a sepecial hub run. Instead of getting a hub rebranded from bitex or novatec (which everyone does) i want a hub that no one makes. So all have to do is find a pile of cash which is possible and order 200 odd pairs.

disc brakes are on everything. Parlee stand

A bit bright but my wife likes it and so do i. Dorry that means i just thought about tri. Must go sit in a ice cold bath now.



Kinlin stand did not have things to photograph. They did however have a tb20 rim there. So i will be ordering so readonably priced light tubular wheels for disc and rim brake will be possible. They also had a mtb rom. Tl29 which is offset drilled and 35mm wide. Afforable too. So not ground breaking but unless you ask they keep it hidden.
I did feel sorry for the two girls on some video screened trainer machine looking far too hot and bored. They seem to have been there because they where girls and it was way to warm there to turbo train.
There was a saddle stand which i ignored. The ladies there where pretty but it did look obvious that the reason why they where there in tight short dresses is becsuse they where pretty. They might be very knowledgleable too. Sexism is alive and well in the bike trade.

There was more stuff probably more girls in short dresses too butthere was too much see and i had to leave to make my way home. It is worth a visit folks.

I might bring another brand that is no longer in the u.k back. Benn using some of there kit for while now so if it survives the neglet and abuse i give.....

First.Aspect

Good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to post this lot.

bboti

Maybe I am not attentive enough, but does this glass bike actually work??

bendertherobot

Thanks for the report. Is it just me or are Conti just hopelessly off the pace now?

On the FSA, I assume linking the front and rear mech with a wire is a way of making it different enough to SRAM to avoid patent infringement. If that's the case I wonder what Shimano will do?

ddraver

I have a 46cm Thompson bar gathering dust because I just cannot get Shimano levers* comfortable for me on them. It burns me every time I go in the shed

(*when I bought them I had SRAM which worked well)

PTestTeam

The Miche Supertype brakes are superb. They're beautifully made, and very light as you mentioned. They also work very well. I haven't noticed any difference in their performance compared to Campag Chorus/Record etc

ugo.santalucia

The Mavic car was at the Eroica Britannia in June

cycleclinic

yes conti do seem to be taking campagnolo mantle of being behind the curve. Well that not fair the german e bike market has exploded and they are interested in that it seems. No + size MTB tyres from them either.

cycleclinic

For FSA WE it means there does not need to be two batteries for the mechs although there still might be. Also one reciever. Likely to make it all more reliable as the reciver can be in the FD which is closer to the shifter. This means lower power for transmission and longer battery life and it gets around patents.

Well done FSA.

bendertherobot

thecycleclinic wrote:

For FSA WE it means there does not need to be two batteries for the mechs although there still might be. Also one reciever. Likely to make it all more reliable as the reciver can be in the FD which is closer to the shifter. This means lower power for transmission and longer battery life and it gets around patents.

Well done FSA.

I'd be very surprised to see any degradation of signal along a chainstay length!

motogull

I really like the effort the does into this sort of topic.

Where can I get ITC tyres from in the UK?

cycleclinic

Dont know much about blue tooth though to me it is witch craft and wireless shifting is witchcraft. spooky action at a distance.

I dont know where you can buy ITC tyres either never heard of them.

motogull

thecycleclinic wrote:

Dont know much about blue tooth though to me it is witch craft and wireless shifting is witchcraft. spooky action at a distance.

I dont know where you can buy ITC tyres either never heard of them.

Cheers fella. My contis ain't that old but they look like Edward effing Scissorhands fitted them.

cycleclinic

maybe you mean IRC well I do know an importer.

motogull

Sake. Typing in low light is something I ought avoid. :oops:

PTestTeam

If the FSA groupset is supposed to be wireless – why's there a wire going into the RD?

bendertherobot

PTestTeam wrote:

If the FSA groupset is supposed to be wireless – why's there a wire going into the RD?

To make it different to SRAM I assume.

ddraver

Moto - IRC tyres - thecycleclinic himself is your only hope in the UK

motogull

ddraver wrote:

Moto - IRC tyres - thecycleclinic himself is your only hope in the UK

Thanks.