Welcome to Eurobike 2019. The home of
all bike tech, especially
mountain bike tech.
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the 12 halls indoor and a massive
outdoor area to find all the best tech.
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As expected here at Eurobike 2019,
we're starting to see SRAM AXS Wireless
Transmission on a lot more bikes and
you can't, you can't mistake it really.
Look at that rear
derailleur, it's a really
really cool piece of
kit. Bull slick cassette
and if you look closely, oil slick hubs as well.
That's another bit of a
craze we're starting to
see creeping in. Lock-on
collars on certain
manufacturer's grips and
it's going everywhere.
Everyone's going for oil slicks, that's
definitely more of a fashion trend.
By the back of this Bulls bike, so this is
a 29'er, classic four bar design,
140mm travel, carbon frame upfront.
It's actually a really
nice looking design.
Love that housed shock,
the way that sits into
the top tube there.
And that rocker design,
that is absolutely solid, the back end are
really really stiff and these things.
Pentirofo 2.4" tire and up front where
something is quite
cool, I've just noticed,
I've only actually seen
on the Unno bikes before,
the Gemini caster bar
and stem. So this is the
Enduro one, so it's a one-piece unit.
Now we've seen this
previously with the Hixon
from Syncros but actually seeing these
aftermarket now, on other
manufacturer's bikes.
It's quite cool, so as
I say, only previously
seen these on the Unno
bikes. It's an 810mm width
bar. 30mm stem, weighs
235 grams. I think it
looks absolutely
fantastic. It's got a 20mm
rise bar on there, there are other options
available. Costs about
€650 there, they're quite
expensive. I reckon if
you can find a setup that
suits you, they're
definitely something that
cleans up the look of
the front of the bike.
Look at this, in conjunction
with just the twin
cables you get from
the brakes, and there's
nothing else. It's such
a clean looking front
end. To me that is what
it's all about at the
moment, making a bike
look as clean as possible.
That is mega. Now back
in the retro bike days,
having colored tires
was definitely a thing.
It all started with the
Onza tire, known as the
porcupine which they've
ironically re-released.
And then it became the
Panaracer Smoke and Dart
which came in a magic
compound, which came in
a very similar color to this. They were
Specialized with their
Storm Controls and their
other tires available in
the gray Umma Gumma that
later came in red. And
now I've just seen this
tire from Kenda that
pleases me, so this one's
actually a prototype. It says on there,
26 by 2.25's, so it looks
a bit more orientated
at dirt jump bikes and
stuff, but still you can
put these on a retro bike
build or a modern retro
classic. Now I've often
talked about Cane Creek
before. We've taken a
look at their forks and
their shocks, in particular the Helm which
is a multiple adjustable
fork. And it comes
with things like adjustable
volume spaces now,
but apart of the fork
inside, you can adjust
the travel internally
with no additional parts.
So, I really like the way the brand works.
They've also made their
angle sets in the past.
Which essentially is an
angle-adjustable headset,
by using the gimbal
system. Right, absolute
genius, and you can fettle
the way that your bike
feels. Now Cane Creek
are forward-thinking, and
they've just announced
something very very cool.
They're starting to use
these new SKF bearings,
but the bearings, they're known as Matrix
bearings, they've existed previously.
But no one's actually
tapped into using them in
the bike industry and
the coolest thing about
these is, these are a
polymer bearings. There's
no case, there's no gap
between the bearings.
They're self-lubricating,
and nothing can get in
to damage these bearings.
They're completely
jet-wash proof, they're mud-proof, they're
basically mountain-bike-proof.
I think these,
come have a look, are the
coolest thing I've seen
in a long time. So this
is your typical kind of
bearing case you'll get
in a cartridge bearing.
So you've got an inner
and an outer race, you've
got the seal which is the
black pieces on either
side. That's what keeps
the crap out, but that,
more importantly, when
you jet-wash a bike, when
you get it submerged in
water, that's where water
can creep in. And of course, the bearings,
they're held in little
tiny cages on the inside
here. That's why that
needs to be kept clean and
greased in order to roll
smoothly. Now you can
see already where the problem can arise in
bearings and that's why
we need to change them
constantly. It's because
of what we ride in,
a mountain-bike in, mud,
wet, grime, sand, all
that sort of stuff. It
gets in and it damages
them. Now this is an
example of one of these
new SKF Matrix bearings. This is actually
a marine-use one, this
isn't a bike one. It's
a bit bigger. But you
can see how this works,
you've got the bearings
on the inside there.
You've got the polymer,
so if we get some polymer
around the outside of the
bearing so nothing can
get in. And the effect
is, when you see this,
in bike use, as Cane Creek
use there, this is how
it sits on the inside
here. I think this is
absolutely mega. This is about as nerdy as
it gets for tech. But
genuinely, I'm so so happy
this is being used.
This makes my life a lot
easier in a British
winter, and I'm sure it's
going to be really good for a lot of other
mountain-bikers. Check
them out. So it's really
nice to actually see a set of Selva forks
in person. I've referenced
these before on that
weekly GMBN Tech show. And just look at
the actual adjusters
on the top. We've seen
this in images before. I've not been lucky
enough to actually try
these out in the flesh.
But they look every bit
as amazing as I thought
they would, even in
that ultraviolet purple.
Now definitely I think,
a marmite color for
a lot of riders. That's
for sure. But something
that's very cool, I've just seen, is the
compression tuning assembly. So if we just
go over here to this,
you can see they offer
7 different behaviors
of compression tuning,
and they're color-correlated,
so you can actually
identify them. And if you
look down here you see,
you've got a green one
here and I've got the
copper colored one. You can see it's got a
different amount of holes
for oil flow on them.
This is really cool to
see parts like this as
a custom offering off-the-shelf providers.
Super cool stuff. So usually I'd expect to
come to Eurobike to see
production stuff. But
actually, the guys at
SIX SIX ONE have just
let us see some rapid
prototypes of what's to
come down the line. So
we've seen more highly
ventilated full-face
helmets from many brands out
there on the market
and this is going to be
their take on it. It's
going to be called the Halo,
this of course, is just
a prototype so this
can be an unfinished
sample. In fact, the inside
is nothing like the
production is going to be.
It's likely to have
dual-density foam on the
inside, so that'd mean
something like EPS AND EPP,
of course that has
different characteristics
to it. They're going to
be using Fidlock buckle
systems. That's that
magnetic system. We looked
at Fidlock a couple of
years ago here at Eurobike
with the Fidlock bottle
system, which absolutely
excellent. So their
magnetic buckle is a really
good system. I think
they're going to be working
with D3O as well, so D3O make the
impact-resistant, it's
like a highly viscous
rubber. Nice and soft,
like malleable but when
you hit it, it becomes
hard. So they're likely
to be incorporating that
into the helmet. It's
going to have a retention
system and probably,
adjustable face-forming
pads as well. So I think
it's a very cool system. Looks great in my
opinion. I think it's
a nice looking helmet.
It's good to have a
full-face helmet but with
ventilation, that means
you're not going to
take it off for those
climbs and other areas
where you could still hurt yourself.
They've also got a trail
focused helmet, but to
be honest this is what
I've been more interested
to see. Now something
else they've just shown us
as well, another prototype,
although this is a
super-rough prototype,
is a recon pad but it's
going to be called the
recon advance. This is the
elbow one but they do a
knee-shin pad as well.
The knee-shin pad comes
up extremely high on the
inside of your leg. Now
the idea is that they're
going to have minimal
retention there. Fits more
like a leg-warmer,
something like that. So it's
not going to ride around,
you're not going to
need to pull a big, sort
of, strap-on to keep it
tight on your leg. But
the main feature of this
is the fact that it's
going to have a movable
slider on the top. So,
the retention straps are
not going to be like
this. So actually, they're
going to come through
the surface of the kevlar
that goes over the D3O,
in fact you can see
the preview hole there
and the idea is that these
are nice and malleable
for all-day riding and you
can ride them just like
this or you can ride to
the top of your gnarly
descent, and then you can
put the plastic cup on
so you have a hard cap
protection. Of course,
that isn't full-size and
that is not a production
one so it can look very
different. But I love
idea of combining soft and
hard caps. Because you
can't beat a hard cap when
it comes to all-out
protection for your kneecap,
but not everyone wants
to ride in them, because
they do restrict movement
and I have to say I do
tend on the more flexible
side of things so
combining them both could
be onto a winner there.
I think that's really
cool. So keep an eye out
for those, that's the
Recon Advanced coming very
soon from Six Six One.
DMR are super famous for
building steel dirt jump
frames. They started
way back, in the late 90s
actually, with the DMR
Trailstar, and then
followed by the Sidekick
and all the other fames
they had. I've actually
held one of each of those
in the past and even
back then you could run
them with different sized
wheels. They had the really
cool system where you
could move the brake
bosses long before we see
disc brakes on everything.
Now they still have
the Sect available in
the range, it's a great
value bike. I think it's
about £750, so probably
fairly similar in Euros
and US Dollars. But the
European market and the
US Market have actually
been asking for an aluminum
version of the same
bike. So this is a
prototype. It does say "Proto
No Photo", but I guess
this doesn't count because
we're on video (?) so we're
going along with that.
I have been told to say,
though, obviously this
is a prototype so it's
not a finished sample, the
stack height here is going
to be a lot lower, so
you're not going to have
that protrusion on the
top so you're going to
be able to really slam
that saddle down. But
pretty clean looking frame,
and I think it's quite
cool they're doing this,
definitely some influence,
I reckon, from Ollie
Wilkins and his traveling
fame around the world.
But, yeah, I can see
going out of the bike,
alongside their famous
really nice riding, I've
got to say, these steel
frames. And as I just
referenced, this is that
steel DMR Sect, so this
is a little bit more
about their heritage going
back to the steel feeling.
Comes a lot with the
20-inch world of riding
trail, something that the
DMR team will actually
still do themselves.
There's something I love
about a dirt jump bike,
they're so clean and simple, the CSB
transmission, high-rise bars, the
slender-looking frame, nice and stiff but
compliant at the same
time. A great value bike
by all accounts for under
£800, bit of a bargain
by all accounts. We cut
off to Industry Nine,
especially when talking
about the hubs like the
Hydra and stuff. They're
renowned for that and
their unique wheel builds
but actually, something
that always takes my eye
are these quick-release
bolt through systems they
have. So, at a glance,
it just looks like a fancy
version of what might
replace a standard QR15
axle. So this one is a 15
bar 100, for example.
The thing that's really
cool, if I lift this up
and I push this button on
the back, and I pull
this, what have we got
here (?). So inside
you've got some Allen bits
to store inside the handle and use this,
effectively, to as a giant Allen key.
Now you know, it's really
really cool, housing
tools on the bike in an
area that's literally
always hollow. But I
think that's super cool.
Okay so that is part 1
of Eurobike 2019, some
of the coolest bits of
tech that we've found.
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