Voici notre dernier article sur cet évènement. Nous souhaiterions n’oublier aucun constructeur ayant des nouveautés intéressantes ou des composants qui valent le détour, donc les voici. Merci à Rasmus T. Nielsen. Galerie Interbike 2008 TAG Wheels TAG wheels fabrique des roues très spéciales à 3 et 5 bâtons. Elles ont une structure composite apportant une…

This is our final article about this event. We would not like to forgive any important manufacturer pushing more or less the enveloppe so here they are. Pictures thanks to Rasmus T. Nielsen. Gallery Interbike 2008 TAG Wheels TAG wheels makes very special 3 and 5 spokes wheels. They have a composite structure bringing extreme…

Nous n’avons malheureusement pas pu nous rendre sur le salon de l’interbike aux USA, nous avions besoin de quelqu’un sur qui compter pour collecter les informations et les photos de Las Vegas. Et quelle personnage! Le gars est passionné par le cyclisme, c’est un photographe de carrure, en tout cas de notre point de vue…

Since we were obviously not present at Interbike show, we needed to rely on someone to collect the informations and the pictures from Las Vegas. Rely on someone? Well, the man is a cycling passionnated person. He’s a top photographer, at least from our point of view, because every pictures he took seemed to be…

Eurobike ’08 was really good. Since a few years, the trend was all about making lighter and lighter components, improving ergonomy, without sacrificing the reliability. It seems like the limits have been reached with the current standards and the manufacturers needed to evoluate in a different manner. The new trends are about making easier the…

Look ZED This is probably one of the most integrated component of the Eurobike. Look definitely pushed the enveloppe with its Zed crankset. Basically, this component is composed of a single piece of carbon, and a couple of metallic parts. Both arms and the bottom bracket/axle are integrated. Thus, the installation is extremely easy, we…

X1000 The french company, making the newest full carbon monocoque wheels equips the belgian brand of the legendary champion Yohan Museeuw. Some of the specifications: 3K carbon fibre, paired spoking, asymetric rear rim, curved rims, oversized full carbon hubs, excellent finish. American Classic The american manufacturer improves the rotor of all its hubs, they receive…

Eurobike, second part on the bike component we appreciate the most, i.e. the wheels. Lightweight First, Lightweight the famous wheel manufacturer, updates, or releases new components:  – the ventoux wheels are generation 3, they receive the full carbon spokes coming with 30% more stiffness  – the Standard generation 3 rear wheels are available with 24…

Good evening from Friedrichshaefen. We are happy to unveil the very first pictures of the 2008 Eurobike fair trade. You will be able to find below the first spied shots of a few manufacturers whose new products definitely interested us. German Carbon Group A quick shot at German Carbon Group to present a gorgeous bike,…

Let’s come back some minutes on the Mondial du deux roues 2007: the french bike and motorbike salon. Most of the news were presented during the Eurobike. Thus, the french show has not been an extraordinary edition. Taken as a whole, we can realize two french companies took the best of this show. First of…

Revenons quelques minutes sur le Mondial du deux roues 2007. L’Eurobike s’offrant une grande partie des nouveautés, le salon français n’a pas été un cru extraordinaire à proprement parler. Globalement, nous pouvons tout de même constater que deux sociétés françaises se sont offertes le gros des nouveautés. Commençons par les roues! Corima Corima réactualise ses…

Voici une sélection des principales nouveautés qui ont fait fureur à Las Vegas lors de l’Interbike. Nous tenons à remercier chaleureusement les sites suivants pour leurs photos: – Fairwheelbikes – PezCyclingnews Ingenu propose de nouvelles manivelles de toute beauté. Baptisées « Myth« , ces manivelles sont innovantes dans le sens où les plateaux et inserts sont séparés…

Here is a selection of the main news that was all the rage at Las Vegas during the Interbike. We warmly thank the following websites for their pictures: – Fairwheelbikes – PezCyclingnews Ingenu offers beautiful new crank arms. Called « Myth« , these cranks are innovative because the chainrings and the spider are separated from the arm…

L’Interbike, similaire à l’Eurobike en Allemagne a ouvert ses portes à Las Vegas. Ce salon est plutôt intéressant en complément du Messe de Fridrieschafen car certaines marques ne cherchent pas à faire le déplacement en Europe. Commencons par la plus importante, en terme de matériaux « dernière génération ». LEW Bien que leur stand soit petit, ils ont…

Interbike has opened its doors in Las Vegas. This show is similar to Eurobike in Germany but with some major differences in the brands showing their latest innovations. Let’s start with the most important news in terms of advanced composites. LEW Although their booth is small, they have the lightest wheelset ever… it is 736.4g…

nti_bug_fck The Eurobike is not only about material, components, news, business appointements, shows… No, there are as well some girls with painted breasts, some lucky painters, and some other artists, really talented.  Click to enlarge (1217Ko) We passed, close to Ghost booth, in the maze of the paths, a young man with a gift for…

  nti_bug_fck L’Eurobike ce n’est pas que du matériel, des composants, des nouveautés, du business, des shows… Non il y a aussi des filles qui se font peindre les seins, des artistes peintres très chanceux et d’autres artistes assurément très doués.  Cliquez pour agrandir (1217Ko) Nous avons croisé aux dédales des allées un jeune homme…

Nous sommes jeudi, le premier jour de l’Eurobike. Zipp Speed Weaponry accueille les journalistes à leur conférence de presse, où ils présenteront la gamme de produits 2008. Pour nous, cette présentation s’est avérée être un des points culminant de l’Eurobike, car nous ne savions vraiment pas à quoi nous attendre et nous avons été très…

It’s thursday, the first day of Eurobike. Zipp Speed Weaponry welcomes the journalists to their press-conference, where they will present the 2008 line-up. For us, it turned out to be the first real highlight, since we didn’t know what expect and were quite surprised by some of the new stuff. Zipp totally live up to…

Honnêtement, il n’y a pas eu beaucoup de choses à l’Eurobike cette année qui m’ont fait vibrer. A part les Lightweight Challenge 700, les Lightweight à pneus, les nouveaux cintres Walser, les manivelles Zipp et les filles peintes de chez Kelly, le nouveau cadre carbone Canyon F10 fait parti des nouveautés qui nous ont vraiment…

Honestly, there weren’t too many things at this year’s Eurobike that got me excited. Apart from the Carbonsports Challenge700- and Clincher-wheels, the new Walser bars, Zipp cranks and the painted Kelly’s girls, the new Canyon F10 carbon-fibre frameset was one of the novelties, that really caught my eye.  Nowadays, a big number of companies offer…

Speedplay Speedplay unveiled an amazing pedal called the Zero Nanogram. It weights 62g thanks to a Ti axle, a carbon composite body. This is a race model, the availability is for December 08. We´ll test ride it. The other new models are not for racing, there use is rather about sport.    Shimano  Some more pictures…

Tune Nothing really new from Tune. The new rotor with 4 splines brings the weight of the Mag150 to 157g. This hub is now available in red too. Princess and Prince MTB hubs have carbon inlays to accept higher spoke tension. Carbon-Ti Carbon-Ti hubs will be available from October normally. They are easly serviceable, the…

THM Carbones A very special rear derailleur is in testing. It´s aero and features a box shape. Schmolke Some new finishes for the product: the 12K weave seem to be very famous these days. There is the new bars too but it was already unveiled some weeks ago. FRM FRM has designed a brand new…

   Lightweight New range! The whole Lightweight range has been unveiled. We actually already saw the new Challenge 700 wheelset yesterday on Sebastian Roth´s bike. It is a 3.6kg Scott Addict SL bike built entirely in carbon. We will present it in details when we will come back. First of all the new range: The Challenge…