Eurobike

Chips Lovell

Anyone been following the coverage? Found any nice new gear?

I quite like the retro La Vie Claire style Looks:

blorg

That bike would go well with a jersey I have, I may have to get one.

Lumen

Ooh Look, a pre-crashed TT bike.

ba

piet mondrian

niceonetom

cake

flickerx

DePurpereWolf

mondriaan,
I's really ugly.
I'd rather have a Van Gogh,
or Escher.

But yeah, I've been visiting bikeradar every day to see what they have got on eurobike.

penexpers

The thing at Eurobike that interests me the most is this

http://www.bumm.de/docu/361e.htm

and

http://www.bumm.de/docu/261e.htm

Raam

Real purdee, from Parlee

Chips Lovell

Nice paintjob on this Time:

Jumpy

Raam wrote: »

Real purdee, from Parlee

Parley? PARLEY?

Raam

DirkVoodoo

Pinarello looks plastic, like a toy bike. Bianchis look nice.

billy.fish

I;ve got the same CX tires as that Bianchi....i must have a most awesome bike


Looks sweet mind

rottenhat

el tonto wrote: »

Nice paintjob on this Time:

Man, I hope you're being sarcastic...grey decals on a black bike turn you on?

jefferson73

Last year white, this year black.

Chips Lovell

Glad I bought my wheels when I did. Don't like the new Easton decals.

penexpers

Those Cannondale Bad Boys make me want to vomit.

flickerx

penexpers wrote: »

Those Cannondale Bad Boys make me want to vomit.

They're ridiculous, arent they?

Raam

flickerx wrote: »

They're ridiculous, arent they?

Someone, somewhere, likes them. Not me though.

Bunnyhopper

Canyon have a few pages up with some (quite small) images of their 2010 range.

http://www.canyon.com/_en/eurobike2009/

DePurpereWolf

What's the verdict about those 'lefties' from Cannondale anyway. Those one-armed for-forks. I don't see the advantage apart from the fact that your bike looks unfinished.

Raam

DePurpereWolf wrote: »

What's the verdict about those 'lefties' from Cannondale anyway. Those one-armed for-forks. I don't see the advantage apart from the fact that your bike looks unfinished.

I think it's to allow them enough travel since they do the suspension forks a bit different. That's what I was told years ago and I believed it. Dunno if it's true.

Lumen

An elegant, simple solution to the challenges created by integrated seatmasts.


2009 Eurobike: The FSA seatmast inserts use an expander wedge and permit height adjustment via spacers

Spacers in your seatpost, FFS.

Murph100

Looks like it weighs a ton as well.

Lumen wrote: »

An elegant, simple solution to the challenges created by integrated seatmasts.
Spacers in your seatpost, FFS.

Speaking of integrated seatposts ...

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/171345/90213.jpg

I WANT !!! ( Thankfully they also do a non integrated seatpost sersion )

Raam

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Chips Lovell

Litespeed looks aero but ugly.

rottenhat

Is there the remotest justification for integrated seatposts? They seem like the dumbest idea to come down the pike in a couple of decades to me.

Chips Lovell

rottenhat wrote: »

Is there the remotest justification for integrated seatposts? They seem like the dumbest idea to come down the pike in a couple of decades to me.

Supposed to make for a stiffer frame. Potentially lighter too. All well and good if it's a pro bike, but for the ordinary racer I don't think they're a great idea. Two issues: difficulty in getting into a bike box for travelling; and affecting the resale value of the bike, since it can only be bought by someone the same size or slightly small than you.

Caroline_ie

rottenhat wrote: »

Is there the remotest justification for integrated seatposts?

I think it's for fairweather well off freds ... because there is no way you can fit the bike in a bike box without cutting off the seatpost.

Lumen

rottenhat wrote: »

Is there the remotest justification for integrated seatposts? They seem like the dumbest idea to come down the pike in a couple of decades to me.

They raise the seatpost/frame junction (although there still is one, of sorts) which reduces the leverage at that junction, which in theory means you can build a lighter, stiffer bike.

Since many weight weenie bikes do not have ISPs (Scott Addict, Cervelo R3 SL, Storck) this is arguable.

I wonder whether there is a correlation between manufacturers who are unable to compete on weight terms and the adoption of ISPs.

I was considering a Wilier Cento Uno at one stage, which has a choppable ISP, but then I read a review where they found that it wasn't that stiff anyway. And it was damn expensive, and I didn't want Campag.

ISTR that Specialized are offering ISP and non-ISP versions of the same framesets, which is an inspired strategy.

ROK ON

Raam wrote: »

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Looks like the Aldi bike, other than the zips.

Raam

Not from Eurobike, but I like...

Lumen

Yum.



and here.

Chips Lovell

I don't like the new BMC at all. I hate the way the seatstay junction is way below the junction with the top tube. Just looks weird.

Raam

el tonto wrote: »

I don't like the new BMC at all. I hate the way the seatstay junction is way below the junction with the top tube. Just looks weird.

Aye, not a fan of that. Looks too much like a TT rig at the back.
This one is much nicer

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

I don't like the new BMC at all. I hate the way the seatstay junction is way below the junction with the top tube. Just looks weird.

Hmmm. For some reason it reminds me of this (possibly NSFW). I think it's a better design than then SLC01 though.

Nietzschean

Raam wrote: »

Aye, not a fan of that. Looks too much like a TT rig at the back.
This one is much nicer

that is damn sweet

i quite like the other one too, though not so big on the MTB and RB looking so similar...somehow it sullies the road bike for me...

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

This one is much nicer

Agreed. I lusted after that one for ages, especially when Astana were on them, with Eastons and Campagnolo.

Lumen wrote: »

Hmmm. For some reason it reminds me of this (possibly NSFW).

Ermmm.... OK.

Lumen

Those DT Swiss wheels on the new BMC look very tasty too. They're not on the DT Swiss website yet, as far as I can tell.



edit: found them.

Raam

I'm still mad for this


But with white bar tape, and a white saddle, which is level.
Those wheels look pretty ace I think

RobFowl

el tonto wrote: »

I don't like the new BMC at all. I hate the way the seatstay junction is way below the junction with the top tube. Just looks weird.

Same here, it just looks wrong.......

blorg

DePurpereWolf wrote: »

What's the verdict about those 'lefties' from Cannondale anyway. Those one-armed for-forks. I don't see the advantage apart from the fact that your bike looks unfinished.

They can make the fork lighter and simpler as they only need one suspension unit rather than two. From what I have read it is a very good and successful design and works well on their mountain bikes.

+1 on the Bad Boy being ridiculous though.

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

I don't like the new BMC at all. I hate the way the seatstay junction is way below the junction with the top tube. Just looks weird.

Giant have caught the disease at Interbike. And an almost horizontal top tube too!



"Giant has three goals for its carbon ’cross bike: comfort, stiffness and frame weight — in that order."

I would have though frame compliance was a bit irrelevant when you're running fat low pressure tyres, and weight quite significant when you're carrying the bike on your shoulders. But what would I know.

Caroline_ie

Mr Giant ... why?

The Chixie


The Mashup - Pre-hipstered

Chips Lovell

The number of pre-hipsterfied bikes on the market is now becoming alarming. Even folks like Pinarello are jumping on the bandwagon.

Caroline_ie

i wonder who will be the 1st in comming up 'pre-aged frame' fixie ... like the pre-ripped jeans ...

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

The number of pre-hipsterfied bikes on the market is now becoming alarming. Even folks like Pinarello are jumping on the bandwagon.

That's the nicest new Pinarello I've seen - it's got proper non-wavy forks. Even the headset spacers look elegant, like Gwyneth Paltrow's neck.

I like the way they've hidden the brake levers out of shot.



edit: also, it levitates!