Street bikes are go…

Fancy some singlespeed fixie action German style? No not Fixie inc (we’ll check them out later) – here’s some Bergamonts that caught the eye. Not sure about pedalling the pink and white number down Peckham High Street but there’s also this classy looking flat bar version or a tougher looking urban effect black and green … Read more

Colnago Lars Boom Cyclocross

Lars has been Dutch Cyclocross champion since he was 16 and won the World champs in 2007. And this tricked-out Colnago is his race bike – it even has mud on the tyres. I’m not sure a radially spoked deep section carbon front wheel is everyone’s idea of off road comfort, but the boy keeps … Read more

Pinarello 2009

Pinarello reckon 2008 was the year of the Prince – well it did bag a load of awards. A hard act to follow, so for 2009 they’ve upped the ante with higher a higher grade carbon weave for their flagship model – which should in theory – make for an even lighter stiffer bike. They … Read more

Eurobike rides: Bionicon Urban Road

In Bionicon’s vision of the urban future we’ll all be either cruising around on three-speed behemoths (see the Urban Cargo in the Eurobike Gallery) or kerb-hopping on Cromo utility machines such as this, the Urban road. Frame-wise, it’s a sensible beast, not light (the stated weight is 2.1kg) but certainly well built. It’s finished in … Read more

Eurobike rides: Orbea Orca

Stiff, light , good looking – and comfortable to ride, when the last incarnation of the Orca hit the streets back in 2006 I really liked it. This was one of the first bikes to demonstrate that the bike industry was really getting to grips with the possibilities carbon had to offer, and it sure … Read more

What I learned at Eurobike today… Day one

There are 68million bicycles in Germany, 1million up on last year. 2.84million have been sold this year so far which means they’ve lost 1.84 million… which seems a bit careless.

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Latest pics from Eurobike 2008

We’ve got loads of pics from Eurobike and we will be adding more over the next few days.Click here to see the Eurobike 2008 gallery

We’re off to Eurobike

It’s that time of year that everyone’s been waiting for. All manner of shiny new things will be on show at Friedrichschafen and, assuming our camper van doesn’t fall apart/crash/get stopped at the German border, we’ll be there to give you all the latest gossip on all things road. watch this space…

New Shimano LX: it’s LX, but not as we know it.

Shimano’s new SLX gear had left LX as a bit of a fifth wheel in the Japanese giant’s MTB armoury, so the decision was made to rebrand the groupset as touring and urban kit. We’ve been running some of this kit on an urban bike for the last month… The most obvious changes in the … Read more