Eurobike has been and gone for another year, and this time we saw everything from concept bikes and unreleased gravel machines with ever-wider tyre clearance, to the latest carbon wheel and spoke innovations. We had Andi Sykes out at the show capturing the photography and taking notes, while we took a closer look at the bikes and products that stood out. Here are our top picks…
One of the most interesting pieces of sports tech spotted at Eurobike was Canyon’s Predict concept bike – a road bike concept that the brand says is a “bold step towards safer road cycling”.
The bike combines AI, radar, cameras and an integrated in-handlebar display.
Canyon says Predict can identify potential hazards, monitor other road users, track group ride behaviour, and suggest cornering speeds.
All of that technology has been neatly packaged into a premium-looking road bike complete with a SRAM Red groupset.
Canyon also had an unreleased gravel bike on display, first spotted at The Traka in May. It looks like a more aero-optimised take on the Grail, with increased tyre clearance.
While the current Grail gravel bike has space for 42mm tyres, the bike on display at Eurobike was fitted with 2.1in (53mm) Schwalbe Race Pro tyres, reflecting the continued shift towards wider rubber in modern gravel racing.
The bike on display also featured an aero front chainring paired with a Shimano Dura-Ace crank, along with a road pedal setup. That choice mirrors what we’ve seen from several WorldTour pros at gravel races, where riders have increasingly opted for road pedals.
New aero gravel bikes were also on show from Ridley and Winspace, with Ridley’s latest concept looking like a possible successor to the Kanzo Fast.
As expected from a bike focused on speed, the design takes plenty of cues from the aero road world, with deep tube profiles and a seat tube that closely wraps around the rear wheel.
The wheels, labelled Forza Skiron RS, are also yet to be officially released, and are paired with wide 55mm Schwalbe tyres, suggesting plenty of tyre clearance on offer.
The build on display was finished with a SRAM Force XPLR groupset.
From Winspace, the G5 gravel bike was also on display – the brand’s aero-focused gravel racer designed to blend speed on tarmac with capability off-road, priced at $2,200.
Compared to its G3 predecessor, it steps things up with increased tyre clearance to 58mm at the front and 53mm at the rear (up from 50mm), along with the addition of frame storage.
The emergence of 32-inch wheels in gravel racing was tested at this year’s Unbound Gravel in Kansas, where the Scott RC Gravel 32″ prototype made its competitive debut. Like the Scott RC Gravel, the Faction Bike Studio Atlas gravel bike is built around 32-inch wheels.
The build includes an in-house bonded Faction frame, TRP / Classified Vistar Powershift drivetrain (46T chainring), Easton 32” carbon rims + EC70 Aero bar, Wolftooth components, Fizik Vento Antares R1 Adaptive saddle and Schwalbe 32” x 50mm G-One RX PRO tyres.
Pertual ACME 45/62 Road Disc Brake Wheelset (Image Credit: Andi Sykes)
It wasn’t all bikes at Eurobike, with wheels also on show from Chinese brand Pertual – the wheel brand linked to Tavelo bikes.
One of the standout sets was the ACME 45/62, which features carbon-integrated spokes and a wavy rim profile. The set is claimed to weigh just 1,190g and wheelset prices start at around $2,000 (around £1,500), which is less than the price of one Cadex Max 50 wheel which also feature integrated carbon spokes and have a claimed weight of 1,290g.
Vonoa is already considered one of the leading players in carbon spoke production, but is the company beginning to explore rim manufacturing, or is this more of a showcase designed to highlight its spoke technology in a complete wheel context? For now, it feels more like a proof-of-capability display rather than a confirmed move into rim production.
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