It has been a busy past week here in Shanghai, and as always, the China Cycle Expo has really come through with 18 packed halls of amazing bike and bike tech from Chinese brands new and old. Let’s just jump right into what I saw!
Velduro Vandal
Back in 2025, we met Velduro for the first time and saw its first MTB in prototype form. That bike became the Rogue and has proven to be hugely successful. For 2026, the guys from New Zealand followed that successful formula with another 3D printed prototype, but the model isn’t an enduro bike.
The new Velduro Vandal will be the brand’s first-ever all-mountain bike with a more slender front triangle, less travel and an updated suspension design to meet the all-mountain intentions. Rear wheel travel will be adjustable from 145-152mm, and there are two flip chips, one for a mullet to 29er conversion and the other to adjust suspension progression.
Like the Rogue, the Vandal will run an iTrack suspension system, but the team has moved the charging port based on rider feedback so that it will be compatible with even more rear shock options.
Yeuh A1
In 2025, I was really impressed with the Yueh, a trail bike from Tianjin-based Timetry. The Yeuh A1 builds on that mid-pivot all-alloy chassis and adds a Chinese-developed gearbox into the mix. The bike itself remains a 145mm travel trail bike with an option to run either a 150-160mm travel fork, but now with a gearbox, it promises to be less maintenance-heavy and have improved suspension performance and handling.
It will be a while before we can swing a leg over the Yeuh A1, but hopefully, a standard Yueh frame is sitting waiting for me at home to be built up!
Yeuh KL
If alloy and gearboxes aren’t your thing, then Yueh has the KL, a longer travel steel enduro bike. The rear end of the KL produces between 165-170mm of travel, and the front triangle is designed around a 170mm fork. The bike shown here is an early sample, and Yeuh plans to remove the small bracing tube at the headtube to clean things up. This bike also had some rather trick features like a 14-speed wireless drivetrain!
EXA Form
EXA Form is a sub-brand of KS. The company is better known for OE dropper posts, but in Asia, it is making waves in the budget performance suspension category. The F36 fork seen last year was its first enduro product to release, but for this season it has added a new coil shock, wireless dropper and an upside-down fork.
The E36 is an inverted fork that will be available in either 29er or 32in options, and will offer between 150-170mm, depending on which wheel size you opt for. To give us an idea of what a 32 mega mullet trail bike might look like, EXA had an updated XDS Nakota EVO on display, and I have to say I’m very interested to jump on one and give it a try.
In addition to the new fork, there is a new coil shock with external rebound and compression adjustments, and I discovered an EXA Form Zolt wireless dropper hidden on the QuickPro stand, which appears to be a rebadged KS Rage Circuit.
Teewing
Nothing new on show from Teewing, but I was given the rundown on its roadmap, and it has some very big ideas! I can’t say too much at this time, but expect Teewing bikes in new categories in the coming months, a keener entry-level price point, and something that is like nothing we’ve seen from a Chinese brand so far! Exciting stuff!
Pardus
Shandong-based Pardus is better known on the drop bar side of our sport, but the brand has been known to dabble in the chunky tyre market in the past. This XC/trail bike had everything you would expect from a short travel ripper. A nice clean carbon frame, frame storage in the front triangle and a flex stay rear end to keep maintenance and weight to a minimum.
SUHR
SUHR is part of a larger company named Star Union, which makes everything from controllers for electric scooters and mopeds to its own MGM magnetic mid-drive motor, and of course, SUHR performance brakes.
Since last year, SUHR has added more domestic riders to the roster, and now, Spanish mountain bike rider and ex World Cup racer, Alex Marin, is on the Chinese four-piston system.
The SUHR R740 is a performance brake system aimed at downhill, trail and street trials riders (which is still very popular in China). They feature a fully CNC-machined design, smooth bearings for the main level pivot, reach adjustment and a hinged clamp design for easy installation.
I personally really like their signature purple colour, but a few of the builds in the SUHR stand had mix and match calipers and levers to show off just how customisable this brakeset is. Keep your eyes out for a review of these stoppers coming soon.
Wissco
This year, the Wissco booth looked more like a core MTB brand than the corporate factory setup it had last year, a move that reflects the brand’s commitment to supporting domestic mountain bike riders and supporting Chinese athletes to help them compete in Crankworx New Zealand.
It’s clear that Wissco sees itself as a more bike park or gravity-focused brand, and in addition to its enduro frame, which we spotted last year, this year the range has expanded to include very impressive-looking downhill models and a couple of dirt jump bikes.
It was the Wissco D10, though, that was a showstopper for me. The downhill frame looks to have had a few design influences from the Commencal Supreme, even mimicking the Commencal frame seat stay stiffness adjustability, but the entire linkage and suspension system appears to be very unique.
The two models had similar main frames, and it looks like the chain-driven model is a production bike that actually won gold at Crankworx NZ, whereas the belt-driven model seems to be a prototype. But it was very exciting to see these new bikes, and once again, it shows just how quickly Chinese brands are innovating.
Fastwork
Fastwork is a frame maker and had a few interesting models on display, including one that looked a lot like an alloy pivot. But it was actually the bike that wasn’t officially on display that caught my eye.
This downhill frame runs a very interesting suspension system that has a smaller rear triangle that runs on a VPP style linkage, then additional seatstays that run above that to activate the main rocker. I wasn’t able to get details as the first time I spotted it, the design was swamped by interested riders, and the second time it was just sitting by itself. It’s a mysterious bike that I would love to know more about!
In the Fastwork booth were many alloy full suspension frames, but this Pivot look-a-like was the best of the bunch.
iPro six Piston brakes
After seeing Hope’s six-piston brakes show up at the past World Cup race, I did wonder how long we would have to wait before a Chinese brand makes one. Turns out we didn’t need to wait long at all. This brake from iPro (yes, it is iPro, I checked) has a lever design that boasts plenty of tool-free adjustment and a large reservoir and brace to prevent flexing.
The stopping end of the system looks far more refined, and the six-piston caliper is actually really well finished. I just wonder how much additional power they offer over a standard four pot with larger pistons?
More 32in forks
It looks like everyone had some sort of 32in compatible produce on show, be it tyres, rims or forks. Here are two more options for riders of larger wheels. A more gravity-focused USD fork with a fancy CNC-machined finish and a more traditional 32er in ruby red.
DFS fork
If you’re not from the UK, you’re not going to understand why a DFS suspension fork is funny, but a furniture store that is constantly on sale doesn’t scream ‘MTB vibes’ to me.
Avenger
Avenger had a booth full of drop bar goodness, but sitting by itself unattended was this racy looking 29in wheeled XC bike. I don’t have much info on this, but it’s a good-looking, lightweight race bike.
Frog Wake
Frog Wake isn’t the first name I would choose when naming a brand, but speaking with the very enthusiastic team at the show, I got to learn what it means. The Frog part has two meanings. The first is nature and the environment, and the second refers to the brand’s approach of making small leaps with development. Wake refers to China waking up as a cycling powerhouse, which is incredibly accurate.
The brand’s products including gravity-focused enduro and downhill brakes with either horizontal or vertical piston designs. All with reach and bite point adjustment, and each system shares the same four-piston calliper. It also makes a range of stems and has glow-in-the-dark discs, too.
Lewis
Lewis had a whole host of great stuff on show from its own version of a pendulum pedal with a hollow axle, which you can add weights to, to help tune the balance of your bike. The brand also had updated cranks designed for lighter, trail and down country applications, a new titanium pedal and a couple of new brake systems.
The Lewis AX is its most powerful brake yet; the brand even says it’s more powerful than six-piston models. The AX has two, four-piston calipers with either large or larger pistons, depending on how much power you require. The standard caliper has 18mm and 20mm pistons, whereas the larger models push the piston size up to 20-21mm.
On top of the AX, Lewis also had a new lever concept on display, which has a dual pivot point design, effectively making a cam so that the initial stroke is quite easy to modulate before it swings around the second pivot for serious power.
So that’s all for the 2026 China Cycle Expo. There was so much more to see, but we would simply be reporting on all the incredible stuff for the entire year if we wanted to do it all. Let’s see what 2027 has in store, and before then, Eurobike!
