- It is the biggest bicycle trade show in the world
so it makes sense that a lot of companies
release their new products at Eurobike.
We're gonna check as many as we can out today
starting here at Zipp.
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Have a load of new wheels here at the Zipp stand,
a total of nine, I think I've counted so far.
So they've updated the 202's, the 303's, the 404's,
and the 808's on both the NSW side
and also the Firecrest side
and they also got a new 650B wheel
which we'll get onto a little bit later on.
With the first of those I've just mentioned now,
all now optimised for wider tyres,
so the 202s and the 303s have a 21mm
internal rim width.
That means that even aerodynamically
they are optimised for 28mm tyres.
That's right 28mm tyres are going to be faster
aerodynamically in the wind tunnel than 25 mm tyres.
And then when you get to the 404's and the 808's,
this weights being here.
They are all optimised for a width tyre of 25mm,
so that is gonna be faster on these than 23mm tyres.
They also all come from the factory capable of
taking tubeless tyres as Zipp has released
their own tubeless tyres a couple of months ago.
And speaking to one of the people from Zipp
just a few moments ago,
they said that in testing of the tyres,
they actually come out as the most grippy
on corners in the dry,
whilst having the lowest rolling resistance
which is basically all you want from a tyre, isn't it?
Then as mentioned, we have the 303 here
available in a 650B version.
These serve a couple of purposes really,
firstly for the gravel-riding crew,
that's getting very popular indeed.
For bikes like that 3T one where you can
use two different sizes of wheels
when you want to put some very big tyres
you can use these 650B wheels for the gnarly terrain
and also of course SRAM worked very closely
with the Canyon//SRAM team
and Zipp has used these wheels
on the Canyon Ultimate CF SLX,
which is specific to women's geometry,
so for the slightly smaller riders on that team,
they sometimes prefer these because
they get into an aggressive aero position
and sometimes purely from a comfort point of view.
So you can't re-invent the wheel
but Rotor have reinvented hubs at least,
this is their brand new Revolver Rear Hub
which they've launched here at Eurobike.
Different in a couple of ways,
mainly this inner clutch
which kind of floats so it's
not like your traditional ratchet and pull system
although there are some similarities.
But if you look down here,
one way, frees up, the other way, engages
and comes back.
Now they say this lowers the resistance
especially of course when you are freewheeling
but also allows them to make their hubs
a lot lighter than they would be
with the traditional system.
And they are also very easy to service,
all you need is two Allen keys,
this is pre-loosened, they're not that strong
as you very well know.
Once you undo it, very very easy to service
just as you would do
with a front hub.
Topeak have taken their twin turbo technology
from this big track pump and managed to get it
into this small mini pump called the Mountain TT.
Specifies it's in fact by it's mountain bikes
and gravel bikes but I do understand
that actually it works a treat on road bikes as well.
If you come over here,
this is called the Morph, a mini-track pump.
It's kind of what I used back
when I was racing full-time.
Makes it very easy to get your tyre back
up to pressure after a puncture.
It now has the addition of a digital readout
for your pressure, et cetera.
But of course Topeak had been doing
tools and pumps for many years,
well what they haven't done before
is a bike box.
It's a welcome along to the Park Go X.
It's an upright design as you can see
with four multi-directional wheels
on the bottom.
If you come through this way,
I'll show you the internals.
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Okay this is what it looks like inside.
You get a lot of accessories with it,
including all of this foam padding
and the straps to keep all together.
The wheels bags, but the neat thing
about this box is the frame,
because that is removable.
So over here, that's what it looks like
when it is outside the box,
making it far easier to pack your bike,
because you just put it on here,
put it all on and put it back in the box
which is contrary to most bike bags and boxes
out there at the moment.
Now along with all these accessories is
a chain keeper!
How cool is that?
Keeps your chain nice and taught
whilst it's travelling so it's not
slapping against the chain stays.
Nice little touch, that.
Fizik have been beavering away
over in Italy in the background
and I've got a load of new products
that they've just released here at Eurobike.
So we'll start here with the saddles,
this is the new Open Range and the new Versus Evo Range.
The channel is on the Versus Evo here
whilst the cutaway in the middle is on the Open one.
This range of sales is for those of you
who prefer the slightly more
solid feel of their original style saddles
but with the pressure relief where you most
need it, whilst over here,
in particular on the wings, they've worked a lot
on their flexibility and comfort.
So if you prefer something which is slightly
more giving, this is probably the one for you.
As ever, they come in three different styles,
the Arione, the Aliante, and the Antares
which you will chose with their app
based on your flexibility
so the Spine Concept which you would have seen
on the GCN show before.
More information on them is available
and other videos with Si
but let's move over to
the shoes quickly down here.
They've been doing some work on their mid-range
some brand new colour ways and fairly funky ones
there as well.
But we want to concentrate on the high-end ones
because they've updated from the R1B to the R1 Infinito
I'm not sure if it's InFINito or InfiNIto,
I'm sure someone will correct me out there
and that's because of this new boa closure system
here so figure eight, goes on forever
that means that instead of just closing together,
it also closes down as you turn the boas
so a much closer fitting shoe you get there,
very neat looking as well.
I think you might agree.
They've also got the world's first ever
high-performance knitwear shoe.
This is the AR1 Knit Infinito,
fairly unique looking and this is basically
for those of you who live in warmer climes,
probably not over in the UK where I'm from,
and want a very lightweight shoe.
It's very well-ventilated as well.
At the other end of the spectrum
I would have loved these when I was training
hard over the winter months.
These are the R5 Articas, cause I have, how snug
do they look?
I mean sometimes you just can't keep your feet warm
but these have got fleece lined inner
and I just really want to try them out in the winter.
The Wilier Cento Dieci Air is not a new bike
to the market, although this colour scheme
is fairly new.
We saw Filippo Pozzato using this one
at the Giro d'Italia back in May.
And such was the reaction from the general public
that Wilier are now making these available
to the general public.
Certainly judging by the number of likes
we had on our instagram post on this bike
back at the Giro,
it is a very popular colour scheme indeed.
Quite a complicated colour scheme
to get right, apparently, so this will set you
back an extra thousand euros
versus the standard frame-set.
Certainly, though, one that stands out from the
crowd, I think you'll agree.
Cat Eye have been long time proponents
of being safe by being seen
both at night but also in daylight hours as well
and they're increasing their wearable range.
So this neat little light is called the Wearable X
and it works with a simple clip so you can easily
put it onto your back pocket or onto your backpack
or onto your saddlebag, or wherever you want,
basically taking the hassle out
of being seen.
Kask dipped their feet into the eyewear market
for the first time round about one year ago
with these which are the Koo sunglasses.
Version two is out now.
These are called the Koo Open Cubes.
I should put them on.
A slight difference in design.
More open on the bottom,
gone is the complete frame,
they've also added some air vents here at the top
to prevent them from steaming up when
you're riding in some dark, dreary conditions.
I rather like them,
they are completely made in Italy so the
frames are made by a German company called Zeiss
but they do have a factory down in Italy.
Always good to know.
Moving on over,
they've got their new
time trial stroke track helmet here
called the Mistral.
The keener eyed of you might have spotted
the Australian riders using these
at the Rio Olympics back in 2016.
It was developed along with the Australian
Cycling Federation and some of the universities
over there as well.
Again we've spoken about this on the GCN show.
Not too long ago.
That will be available to buy for the general public
from a round about October time.
And then we have this,
which is the Kask Valegro,
a new lightweight climbing helmet
which you would have spotted
Team Sky using at the Tour de France this year
which of course, Chris Froome won.
More vents that they have ever had in a helmet
at 37, there's nothing to it
it weighs 180 grammes, and of course
it's all about it being light
and keeping cool.
DTSwiss have divided up their wheels into
five distinct categories,
three of which they released back in May,
so they were the Aero, the Performance Side
and then the Endurance side,
many of which you can see up on the wall
just next to me now.
Completing that lineup of five,
we have two more released here at Eurobike,
they are the Track ones and Cross ones
and that's what we are going to start with
because they are just behind you here.
Two options when it comes to Cross wheels,
you've got the CR1600 here
with very stiff aerodynamic spokes.
These have a 22mm inner width
so to accommodate of course the wider tyres
that you're gonna be using on the Cross bikes,
but they are also aimed at gravel riders as well.
You also have the C1800.
Then we've got the Track wheels which are over here.
The slightly lower end ones are the T1800's
and then you've got the deep section carbon wheels.
Like the Cross ones, they're not just used for Cross,
these can be used on the track of course,
but they can also be used
for the single speed criteriums
a bit like the Red Hook crits
and in fact they sponsor a couple
of fairly high level German teams
and that is what they will be using.
The TRC1400 are available in both Clincher
and Tubular with a 65mm rim depth.
Been kicked out.
Not because I've done anything wrong, you understand,
because day one of the show is actually
now finished, disappointingly.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself today.
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