Gear News

Eurobike ’06

Another batch of the latest stuff from Germany.












L1020694 sml Eurobike 06
New Ritchey road pedal
L1020718 sml Eurobike 06
A re-working for Shimano’s Dura-Ace road pedals
L1020696 sml Eurobike 06
Ritchey’s latest road stem – carbon of course
L1020720 sml Eurobike 06
ITM’s Polar HRM mounting pod will be popular
L1020722 sml Eurobike 06
And we like ITM’s round bars – in carbon too
L1030006 sml Eurobike 06
Selcof’s new bottle cage is very pretty
L1030007 sml Eurobike 06
Selcof also have a new Ti post
L1030010 sml Eurobike 06
And a very chunky (but light) Carbon post
L1030027 sml Eurobike 06
Stronglight have refined their Crank offereings
L1020854 sml Eurobike 06
Scott have adopted the Boa system for their new road shoe
L1020812 sml Eurobike 06
Whereas Spesh have gone back to straps…
L1020810 sml Eurobike 06
…on all but their Top shoe, which is now orange(?!)
L1020697 sml Eurobike 06
Ritchey’s breakaway folding frame in Ti – now with carbon rear
L1030099 sml Eurobike 06
Race Face have some new bars and stems
L1020766 sml Eurobike 06
fetch the torque wrench
the AX Lightness new stem is 68g!!
L1020761 sml Eurobike 06
Featherweight brakes too – but how much?
L1020758 sml Eurobike 06
We’ve heard only good things about Scapula forks
L1020759 sml Eurobike 06
Here’s the weights, and scary prices

Eurobike ’06

Another batch of bikes and gear from Germany.












L1020669 sml Eurobike 06
Casati
L1020705 sml Eurobike 06
Litespeed
L1020762 sml Eurobike 06
Posh cranks
L1020803 sml Eurobike 06
Funky Fort track bike
L1020824 sml Eurobike 06
Latest TT ride from Time
L1020825 sml Eurobike 06
Time in red
L1020886 sml Eurobike 06
Phil Wood spoke cutting tool
L1020827 fsa sml Eurobike 06
FSA deep section carbon rims
L1020896 sml Eurobike 06
New Scapin colour schemes
L1020829 sml Eurobike 06
Merckx track bike
L1020830 sml Eurobike 06 L1020831 sml Eurobike 06
L1020832 sml Eurobike 06 L1020834 sml Eurobike 06 L1020836 sml Eurobike 06
L1020870 sml Eurobike 06
Bottecchia with swoopy lines
L1020871 sml Eurobike 06 L1020904 sml Eurobike 06

Eurobike ’06

Yet more from the red hot RCUK camera…












L1030003 sml Eurobike 06
Conti’s tube dispenser – never be caught short
L1030036 sml Eurobike 06
Blackburn’s all in one tool centre
why take two with you…
L1030075 sml Eurobike 06
New Bontrager cranks
L1030098 sml Eurobike 06
Race Face’s road bars
L1030112 sml Eurobike 06
Reynolds 2007 Carbon wheels…
L1030114 sml Eurobike 06
…and Carbon forks
L1030046 sml Eurobike 06
Colnago re-use Dynasty film set…
L1030104 sml Eurobike 06
Scapin’s are looking mighty fine for ’07
L1030115 sml Eurobike 06
Koga’s in team livery
L1030062 sml Eurobike 06
Orbea’s Orca was awarded “Road bike of the show”
L1030063 sml Eurobike 06
Headbadge with integral cable guides
L1030064 sml Eurobike 06
Sweeping lines and good paint scheme
L1030092 sml Eurobike 06
Speedplay’s new lighter action pedal
L1030089 sml Eurobike 06
Poor bloke was sweltering in there
L1030057 sml Eurobike 06
Did he win the Tour then?
L1030060 sml Eurobike 06
Ribbed forks… on Pinarello
L1030030 sml Eurobike 06
Hope’s new seatpin
L1030032 sml Eurobike 06
And road stem

Eurobike ’06

Dealing with a million or so pictures… and our lovely picture uploader… so this could take some time. Highlights so far are loads of carbon and loads more carbon. In fact nothing but carbon.

The Cyclops wireless power meter is excellent and works a treat and there’s loads of Specialized stuff to look over, we also like Scott’s new bike (more later…)








L1020681long sml Eurobike 06
As used by you know who…
L1020800long sml Eurobike 06
Felt’s new TT bike
L1020823long sml Eurobike 06
Roval Wheels – we’re still not sure…
L1020654 sml Eurobike 06
Campagnolo Shamals in Gold – bling
L1020647 sml Eurobike 06
Dave hopes Tom will rub off on him…
L1020650 sml Eurobike 06
Valverde’s Pina… so what’s he riding in Spain?
L1020767 sml Eurobike 06
Clavicula have a load of new cranks and finishes
L1020838 sml Eurobike 06
Merckx have a great stand and some nice new bikes
L1020895 sml Eurobike 06
Scapin’s new steel Spirit – we like too

Eurobike ’06

Just one hall and a bit done and here’s a few nice bits and pieces to report on. Bianchi and BH have some nice looking new bikes and Xentis wheels are top of a few shopping lists… There’s loads here and it will certainly take a few days to sort through the pictures…








L1020584 sml Eurobike 06
Storck’s award winning TT bike
L1020589 sml Eurobike 06
No prizes for guessing where we went first
L1020601 sml Eurobike 06
De Rosa’s Idol – nice
L1020616 sml Eurobike 06
Bianchi’s latest Carbon frame
L1020628 sml Eurobike 06
And a tasty new track iron
L1020640 sml Eurobike 06
Wilier’s latest – The Cento
L1020670 sml Eurobike 06
A German ti brand – looks interesting
L1020674 sml Eurobike 06
BH – full carbon
L1020714 sml Eurobike 06
Xentis deeper section wheels