- We are squeezing in as much as we possibly can
for you guys here at Eurobike this year,
coming out with a whole host of new tech
which we've found in the last couple of days.
Couple of updates to some of the tools over at Park Tools,
including this, which stands out, deliberately so.
These are torques wrenches
as opposed to the Allen keys here,
in green just to make it far easier for the mechanic to know
which ones to grab when they're working at the shops.
We can do with some of them in the GCN set.
And we can definitely also do
with this in the workshop, I reckon.
That is a bottle opener, new from Park Tools this year.
We've got the dummy hub as they call it here.
It's a chain keeper.
And over here, another new addition. Beer tray.
I have got to get me one of these.
Control Tech have got quite a novel design here at Eurobike
called the Cougar PCS which stands for Pure Cockpit System.
It takes away all of the cables from display
and puts them internal,
and this is compatible with almost all bikes.
So the cables go from your shifters,
in through the bars, out through the back of them,
in to the stem, and then down inside the fork steerer tube.
They've got a special headset which removes the need
for the expander bolt inside the steerer tube.
Then the cables come out of the back of that
and through the frame,
or of course if you've got disc brake mounts,
they come out through the bottom of the forks.
They've designed it in such a way
that the steering is still incredibly free.
I have to say, the shifting feels very crisp too.
CeramicSpeed are a company who are all about reducing
friction on your bike wherever they possibly can,
and their latest way of doing that is through UFO Drip.
They're saying it's not a lubrication for your chain
but rather the world's first ever bottled chain coating.
They've done some testing through Friction Facts,
which is a company they acquired late last year,
and they found that this is the fastest application
for a drive train that you can currently get,
at least half a watt less at 250 watts friction
than any other lube,
and if you're using WD-40 still, say,
you're actually three watts slower at 250 watts
than this particular one.
And it is extremely dry, as you can see.
Rubbing it here, absolutely nothing is coming off my hands.
A few benefits to that, firstly your drive chain
will stay clean for a very long time.
Secondly, that will mean in turn
that your drive chain will last a lot longer,
there's much less wear and tear,
and it also means that there is
far less friction accumulated during the ride.
In some real world testing that they did
what they found was that other lubricants
actually increase the friction of your drive train
throughout the ride, where it attracts dirt.
Because this one doesn't, it actually got slightly quicker,
which is very interesting.
Also interesting is the noise test that they've done.
So if you listen to this...
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It's not exactly quiet, is it,
but apparently that is not a bad thing at all.
You, probably like me, always thought that
the quietest drive trains were probably the most efficient,
but in terms of testing,
they've actually done some decibel tests
and found that the quietest ones are often the slowest.
Eyewear giants Oakley are now making helmets.
They've got three new helmets on display here at Eurobike.
This is the Aero 3 which is their ventilated option.
They've also got the Aero 5 which is their Aero road option,
and the Aero 7TT which is of course
for triathlons and time trials, et cetera.
Of course optics integration is one of the keys for Oakley
when they started designing their own helmets,
and one of the ways that they have achieved that
is through the boa system, which you can see here.
It's a very thin nylon thread
which I'll hopefully have a close up of just now.
Firstly they said it's much more comfortable,
helps the fit of the helmet, but also it means
there's much less bulk on the side of your head,
so the arms of your shades
nestle neatly on the side of your head.
Around about 12 months ago we took a first look
at FSA's brand new K-Force WE electronic groupset.
A few small updates to that,
including Bluetooth compatibility, and a new app.
I'm not gonna dwell too much on this
because what I want to show you today is this.
This is a K-Force wheel electronic groupset
with hydraulic disc brakes.
I understand that they were especially concerned
with making sure that the shifter here
felt very good when you're riding along
and it was quite ergonomic and quite minimalist.
I think they certainly achieved that there.
The carbon lever is also reach adjustable
with this tiny little screw here,
it's very easy to access.
And along with the ergonomics of the shifters
they're also putting a lot of thought
into the heat dissipation
at the disc rotors, et cetera, as well.
So this inner part of the rotor is large, which helps,
and also the part at the back of the calliper here
is actually integrated with the brake pads
which also helps things as well.
They've also got mechanics in mind,
both professional at home.
We've got a bleed port which is top-facing here
at the levers.
We've also got a top-facing one here at the rear calliper.
And you can actually remove this cable here,
if you need to, without the use of any tools.
New from Pearl Izumi are their PRO Leader v4 shoes,
their lightest, stiffest, and most ventilated shoes to date.
The upper they call their second skin,
and this is actually only one millimetre
in terms of its thickness,
and actually wraps around the carbon sole,
making it slightly different to most shoes out there.
That allows them to get a much lower stack height,
so that is only five millimetres on this shoe.
The bling bit, which then covers the upper
that goes around the carbon sole is electro plating
and that certainly adds a bit of sparkle, doesn't it.
Wait of these in a size three is 265 grammes.
It's another chain keeper.
This is from Feedback Sports
and they acquired this design from Butter,
and I think you'll agree,
that is one of the neatest chain keepers out there.
And handily, for Si Richardson they've actually made some
key bulletpoints as to why chain keepers are so necessary.
Retains chain tension after rear wheel is removed.
Great for cleaning, maintenance and travel.
There you go, Si.
This bike has received one of the
prestigious Eurobike gold awards for the Start-Up category.
Their name is Rondo, they are from Poland,
and these are their brand new gravel bikes.
They're unique from the fact that they have got
a twin-tip patented fork design, which allows you
to change the height of the forks at the front,
which gives a slightly different
ride feel when you're out,
but also accommodates different sizes of tyres,
and even wheel sizes as well.
And I particularly like their own hubs here,
which again are very bling.
And if we switch around, this is in fact not rideable.
It's a 3D printed bike.
They're in the final parts of developing
their full-on road bike.
And it is a full-on road bike, disc brake equipped,
but if you have a look around through here,
and enormous amount of clearance.
And the same goes for the chainstays down here.
So you can put 650B wheels in this,
and with two-inch slick tyres.
That's very versatile as a bike.
Where do we even begin with Campagnolo,
the Italian groupset manufacturer?
They're not content with releasing just one new groupset,
they've got six new groupsets on display at Eurobike.
This is the brand new Super Record EPS disc brake groupset.
They worked on the hydraulics and the reservoir
with hydraulic specialist Magura,
but it is a 100% Campagnolo product.
They've got reach adjustability here at the brake levers,
and they've kept the feel of the hoods, et cetera,
quite similar, so the eight millimetres difference
versus the standard rim brake model.
And they've also got screw on the inside here
which adjusts how the brakes actually feel,
so whether you like them slightly more spongy,
or more solid once they do grab onto the brake.
They say that since they've been developing this
for a long time with purely road in mind,
it means that they haven't had to compromise in terms of
bringing some of the mountain bike technology over,
which apparently some other companies have done.
Over here they have got the Bora One
35 and 50 millimetre wheels to go with the disc brakes.
They've redesigned these completely
versus the rim brake model,
so there are twice as many spokes
on the disc side on the front wheel, as on the non disc side
but the opposite is here at the rear wheel.
Twice as many spokes here
because there's more torque going through your chain
and the cassette, and therefore the hub on that side,
and you don't do as much breaking on the left.
No longer is there a Velocé groupset.
That has now been replaced by the Centaur at the lower end
of their groupset market.
11 speed, and accommodates 11,
up through to 36 teeth cassette.
And if that all wasn't enough, in about a week's time
they are even releasing the second version
of the MyCampy app.
You'll be able to download that on iOS and Android.
Look have updated their ever popular Keo Blade carbons.
They have increased the surface area of these pedals by 20%
giving you a bit more stability,
and have managed to reduce the weight somehow.
They were only 100 grammes for the titanium spin version.
These, down to 95.
We're with the KTM Revelator,
which was last year a concept bike
but now in full production.
One of the interesting things about this bike
is that the internal cable routing
actually goes inside the fork steering tube
and down to the front disc brake there.
So all adjustments to your stem height
but be done by changing the stem,
because there's no cutting of that steering tube.
And they've gone with the lower seat stage,
which is, of course, something we've seen
on a lot of modern aero bikes.
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