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Cool new tech including the lightest e-road bike from Wilier, the FSA WE groupset on a TT bike, an electric penny farthing, a 4g bottle cage, classy ltd edition Cane Creek brake colours + more

Another round-up of cool new tech we’ve spotted at Eurobike 2019 – some of it pretty, some of it handy, and some just plain odd…

by Jack Sexty

Thu, Sep 05, 2019 15:43

As has become an annual late summer tradition, we’ve been browsing a large exhibition centre in Germany to find some of the coolest bike tech around. Here’s some of our highlights from day 2…

Wilier Cento10 Hybrid: now just 10.2kg

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Wilier have bagged themselves a Eurobike award for their Cento10 Hybrid e-road bike; and they’re claiming the latest version is down to just 10.2kg, which would make it one of, if not the lightest e-road bikes out there.

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We suspect the even greater reduction in weight could be to do with an updated version of the eBikeMotion motor system. The assist control now appears to the side of the stem rather than on the top tube, which should make it marginally easier to operate on the fly.

Cane Creek limited edition EL Real brakes

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These rather fetching brakes are special editions of Cane Creek’s eeBrakes, featuring 100% CNC-machined parts and their trademark laser-etched logo. Here they appear on a painted titanium frameset from Litespeed.

New FSA Carbon Powerbox crankset with aero chanirings

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FSA have introduced a new aero version of their Powerbox carbon crankset, with sleeker and smoother chainrings presumably intended for time trial use. They’ve also recently launched an alloy Powerbox with super compact 48/32 size chainrings, priced at 699 euros.

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We also saw their WE groupset on a time trial bike for the first time, with the shift buttons located on the top of the shifters rather than at the ends a la SRAM, or on the sides on Shimano Di2 TT shifters.

A rear pannier with built in lighting

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This nifty invention from Dutch brand Steco has lighting built into a steel pannier rack. They also make child carriers, crates, baskets and bike stands.

Micargi e-bike (that looks like a motorbike)

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The craziest find of the day is this intriguing e-bike from Chinese bike manufacturers Micargi. It has a steel frame and a 500 watt Bafang motor, plus 26 inch wheels with huge 4 inch tyres that makes you wonder why they didn’t just go ahead and make a motorbike in the first place…

Carbon Works sub-4g bottle cage

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The lightest bottle cage in the world? It’s certainly the priciest per gram, costing just under 90 euros a piece. Although the weight can vary from cage to cage, Carbon Works guarantee each one definitely comes in at under 8g.

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…the one above actually weighs less than the marketing pamphlet that comes with it!

Cybic E-Legend; soon to be Amazon Alexa-enabled

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Our sister site eBikeTips got the details on this creation back in January, and since then we’re told Cybic ran into problems getting Alexa to work flawlessly; for example, the system struggled to deal with background noise when the rider was giving an instruction, such as a turn signal. Cybic went back to the drawing board and tell us the Alexa-enabled version will be ready early next year. They’re planning on launching the bike without the Alexa technology through Halfords in the UK soon, which already has a smart lighting system, mapping and navigation, location info and a cloud service to store all your data.

Mesicek e-penny farthing

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We’ll leave you with this bespoke electric penny farthing, made specially for a Mesicek customer. Its creator told us they were planning to roll out e-versions on a larger scale, but unfortunately for them the motor and battery supplier BionX have since gone bust. They’re currently looking for another e-bike system supplier, and until then this is the only one in existence…

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Jack Sexty

Jack is group editor across road.cc, off.road.cc and ebiketips, overseeing all three sites in the F-At Digital group to make sure everything’s up to scratch. He’s been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of road.cc including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town, and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master’s degree in print journalism, and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it’s a long story).

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Gm_Crop 6 hours ago

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IanGlasgow 6 hours ago

RE: Police launch road safety operation... by clamping down on cyclists using footbridge Meanwhile in Glasgow, Police Scotland are riding their motorbikes over the pedestrian and cyclists only bridge. https://x.com/FietserGlasgow/status/2065106152917012523?s=20

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Rendel Harris 7 hours ago

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Bill H 7 hours ago

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pbunyon 8 hours ago

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chrisonabike 8 hours ago

Your correction is accurate - it's almost always been "the (lack of) thought that (doesn't) count". "Massive" - less than a billion a year spent on active travel (trying to catch up / building a network across the entire country) Not massive - 6 billion every year (2026-2030) spent on road *maintenance* of existing "already built, goes everywhere, very convenient" road network for inactive travel Ultimately the reason "cycle infra" is *needed* is those unbelievably colossal amounts spent every year (and for more than a century now) on making mass motoring not just viable but apparently the "best choice" for most journeys. As the Dutch and others have shown, the majority of people *are* prepared to cycle and even mix with very light, slow local motor traffic *if* cycling is also made safe and convenient for the whole of their journey (including secure parking at both ends). (The history of the financial drivers of the current situation are a complex topic but note that while people complain about "crumbling roads" and underfunded motor infra - with some reason - by us continuing the fuel duty escalator freeze (for example) we're actually helping motorists pay *even less* for that activity / subsidising more of the cost of driving than ever.)

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belugabob 8 hours ago

yes, but people will still object - which was my point.

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Astralstroll 10 hours ago

So ' Priority of Road Users' and 1.5 metre clearance at 30mph has been been reduced to 'sharing'? NCN route 2 here in South Hams is an absolute scream with white vans, tractors and total idiots who refuse,or are totally incapable,to reverse on high Devon banked lanes ...means you have to get off and pedal back to a passing place....could be at that all day...so I don't bother...

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Mr Anderson 11 hours ago

@MaxiMinimalist Agreed. The big problem I see now is today's parents grew up being driven to their schools, and therefore, see private motor vehicles as the only viable form of transport. The vast majority of UK infant and primary schools have a catchment area that is within easy walking distance from home to school. Yet, the traffic caused by pupils being driven to/from school is astonishing. Banishing the "School Run" should be a priority for all schools.

MaxiMinimalist 12 hours ago

When I was a kid (that was during the previous millenium when phones were connected to a plug in the wall), I rode my bicycle to school, music academy, sport grounds, parties even during the winter. The government didn't have to spend, correct that, didn't have to think of spending massive amounts of money to build cycling specific infrastructures. Over the past 3 or 4 decades, cars have grown bigger, taller, safer (for their drivers) and faster. Meanwhile, motorists have become abusive, aggressive, hypersensitive to people moving on two wheels, aka cyclists. Spending billions upon billions on new infrastructure won't address the crux of the matter. Sadly.

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