Eurobike Show Daily 2010 (Issue 3)

GOLD STANDARD12 win show's top awards12 win show's top awards6

SEAL OF APPROVALUCI promises gear pre-approvalsUCI promises gear pre-approvals8

SIT UP STRAIGHTWhy riding upright is best for cyclists 20

LEV ZEPE-bikes zip into Zeppelin Hall 10

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QUESTIONING CARBONThere are still reasons to be wary 30

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QUICK GUIDE TO STAND NUMBERS ...It’s easy to find an exhibitor located in one of the main A or B halls. But where are E1, FGO, FG and ZH?

E1 is a mobile hall built mainly for German Derby Group in the inner open air ground between hall A5 and B3. E1 divides the open air ground into FG (Freigelände = open air ground) (the open air ground west) with mtb and BMX courses as well as exhibitor stands and FGO (Freigelände Ost = open air ground east).

For example, if you are looking for Cooper Bikes you’ll find the stand number FG A5/3 – which means they are located at Freigelände West, stand number A5/3.

ZH stands for “Zeppelin Hall” which houses mainly e-bike suppliers as well as an e-bike test track. ON TODAY'S FRONT COVER: Going big at Eurobike. © BERNHARD WROBEL

UCI chief pledges pre-approvals for equipment.SEAL OF APPROVAL 8

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Jury awards 12 gold awards, and some brickbats.EUROBIKE AWARDS

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E-bike exhibitors put the zing into Zeppelin Hall.UP, UP AND AWAY

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After 25 years, carbon fiber still raises concerns.CARBON QUESTIONS

What are the e-bike prospects in your country? VOX POP 5

Inside Time's urbane Parisian boutique.THE BEST OF TIME 30

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WHAT'S ON TODAY?SHOW DAY 2 - THURSDAY, SEPT. 2ND, 2010

Regular EventsALl DAY EUROBIKE AWARD 2010All prize-winning products are on display.

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ALL DAY JANS KOERTS 2001 Dutch Champion at Segalbikes Europe.

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ALL DAY ERIK ZABEL German racer at Rudy Project.

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11:00 14:00 16:00 EUROBIKE FASHION SHOW The latest colors, trends & new functions.

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10:00 BIKE BRNO 2010 INTRO Officials from the Czech show serve up Czech beer on tap along with info about this year’s show.

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10:00 JENS VOIGT POSTER SIGNING Team Saxo Rider at SIS.

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10:00 FRANK HOJ POSTER SIGNING Team Saxo Bank Rider at Specialized.STAND A3-206-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

11:00 GUIDO TSCHUGG SIGNING World Cup Rider.

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11:00 JENS VOIGT AND FRANK HOJ Team Saxo Bank Riders at FSA.

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11:00 TIMO PRITZEL AUTOGRAPH SIGNING MTB Freerider at Scott.

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12:00 TONY MARTIN & ANDRE GEIPEL At Rudy Project.

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12:30 CEDRIC GRACIS SIGNING O'Neal Rider.

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14:00 CHRIS SORENSEN Team Saxo Bank Rider at TACX.

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14:00 EDDY MERCKX SIGNINGSTAND A1-401

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15:00 CLAUDIA HAEUSLER & HEINRICH HAUSSLER Cervelo Test Team Riders at Castelli.

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15:00 JENS VOIGT Team Saxo Bank Rider at TACX.

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15:00 MARCUS KLAUSMANN German Downhill Champion at Ghost.

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15:00 CHRIS SORENSEN & FRANK HOJ Team Saxo Bank Riders at Sportful.

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16:00 HANS REY AND GERHARD GULEWICZ Pro Riders at Adidas Eyewear.

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Media-Only Events11:00 VELO PRESS CONFERENCE Saddlemaker launches its aftermarket brand strategy.

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12:00 CERVELO PRESS CONFERENCESTAND A1-208

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14:00 TAIWAN TRADE CENTER PRESS CONFERENCE Learn about Taiwan product launches at Eurobike.

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15:30 MICHELIN PRESS CONFERENCE Learn about Michelin’s new puncture-proof inner tubes and tires.

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16:30 VANMOOF AND STRIDA PRESS CONFERENCE What are urban mobility trends in cities around the world?

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17:00 LIMAR HELMET PRESENTA-TION Come to an Italian happy hour, with a buffet and appearances by former pro racers.

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PLEASE NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list. Some events held exclusively in German are

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CHANG KI HOONRapterSeoul, South Korea

Sales of e-bikes are growing in South Korea, but the prospects would be much more interesting if we had lighter frames and batteries.

The problem is that our country is very hilly. Seoul is a little bit like San Francisco - up and down and up and down - so we would need more powerful e-bikes. We’re restricted by regulations in terms of wattage but we might still get there with lighter frames and better batteries.

ROBERT BRONWASSERIndependent designerAmsterdam, the Netherlands

E-bikes have become quite widespread in the Netherlands, but mostly outside of town, for older people and longer distances.

Have you ever been to Amsterdam? There’s no way you can leave your e-bike on the street. So sales of e-bikes will only grow in large cities if we make them city-proof. They need to be lighter, so people can haul them inside and upstairs. Another challenge for me is to make them more appealing for young people.

MICHAEL SYRINGSoon-to-be retailerLeipzig, Germany

I’m certain there is a lot more potential for e-bikes in Germany, which is why I’m about to open a store selling only e-bikes.

In the past I’ve worked for several retailers selling bicycles in all categories, but I think this is the right time for a store selling only e-bikes. They take a bit of explaining in terms of marketing, so it will be an advantage for us to be positioned as experts.

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MIKLOS KAPOSINeuzerEsztergom, Hungary

For the time being, e-bikes are too expensive for Hungary and they’re not so popular outside of Budapest.

We never see them in Esztergem, where our company is based. Still, we think there could be a market in a few years.

So we are thinking of making e-bikes under our brand, Neuzer, which is the market leader in Hungary. The price just has to be right. I would say up to €600 should be all right.

GIANNI MAZZEOFlyerHuttwil, Switzerland

I see huge prospects for e-bikes in Switzerland. In fact, I am convinced that, ten years from now, about half of the Swiss bicycle market will consist of e-bikes.

The products are getting more diverse, adapted to different needs, and they’re getting better. Only for sports will people still use ordinary bikes. There just isn’t any reason not to have an e-bike if you’re using a bike for transport.

JAVIER CORCHADOAgeceAgueda, Portugal

E-bikes aren’t a trend in Portugal yet, for all sorts of reasons.

The prices are too high and, in any case, people in Portugal don’t really use bicycles for transportation. But I’m still looking around, because we might want to make e-bikes ourselves in the coming years.

It will take a while for demand to grow in Portugal. Then again, e-bikes could be an opportunity for us to increase our exports.

VOX POP: WHAT ARE THEPROSPECTS FOR E-BIKESIN YOUR COUNTRY?

UK’S CHARGE BIKES CREATESANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONCharge Bikes of the UK doesn’t have a mammoth marketing budget but it cleverly manages to substitute creativity for cash. At previous Eurobike shows, Charge has displayed its bikes and accessories in mock-ups including a launderette and, last year, a British pub.

“We thought of doing it last year but had to wait until this year when we had more space to play with,” said Nick Larsen, Charge’s creative director. “I gave a sketch to the stand builder, an old school friend of mine. Tim Hitchens is a furniture maker. He’s built all our stands to date.”

Built over four weeks in the Charge warehouse, the carousel will be taken down at the end of the show and reas-sembled in the UK. Meanwhile, last year’s English Pub stand found a new home - in a punk metal club in Germany. “The guy who bought it plays bass for a hardcore German punk band. The pub is a backdrop in his club,” Larsen said.

However, this year’s stand is not for sale. But the bikes and accessories that are displayed on the carousel certainly are.

The lineup includes such new products as the Skinny Duster and Clear MTBs along with new cyclocross bikes.

“We’ve taken the focus off our fixie heritage,” Larsen said.

Charge, whose parent company is the Cycling Sports Group, is attending Eurobike to service its international distributors. The company’s biggest international market is Japan.

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This year’s stand is 10-by-10 meter fairground carousel - but with bikes instead of horses. It’s already become another roadside attraction at the show. Attendees are posing for photos in front of it.

The Charge booth is an attraction, day or night. © CR

and, last year, a British pub.

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Chang Ki Hoon© ALAN ZHANG

Michael Syring© ALAN ZHANG

Miklos Kaposi© ALAN ZHANG

Javier Corchado© ALAN ZHANG

Robert Bronwasser© ALAN ZHANG

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Marc Faude, European product manager at Specialized. © JB

GOLD AWARD WINNERS

Racing BikesBMC IMPEC SWITZERLANDDesign: NOSE Design AG, ZurichCERVÉLO R5CA Design: Cervélo SA, La Chaux-de-Fonds, SwitzerlandCruisersSCHWINN VESTIGE Design: Cycling Sports Group, Oldenzaal, NetherlandsE-BikesPEDALIX EL PRIMO Design: Pedalix, Dielsdorf, SwitzerlandElectronic ComponentsTHUN'S (V)ELO COMFORT BY REEVO TECHNOLOGYDesign: Alfred Thun, Ennepetal, GermanyAXA NANO PLUS HEADLIGHTDesign: Axa Stenman Holland, Veenendaal, NetherlandsClothingMAVIC HUEZ RACE SHOEDesign: Mavic, Annecy, FranceAccessoriesSCHWALBE MARATHON TOURING TIRES

Design: Rene Marks, Martin Müller from Schwalbe, Reichshof, GermanyFULL-SUSPENSION MOUNTAIN BIKE CUBE AMS SUPER HPC Design: Gregor Dauth, Harald Lucas, Ute Kempter and Wolfgang Rössler from Cube Innovation Center, Waldershof, GermanySQLAB 611 ACTIVE SADDLEDesign: Tobias Hild, Dr. Stefan Staudte, Dr. Markus Knöringer from SQ-lab GmbH, Strasslach, GermanyBURLEY TRAVOY BICYCLE TRAILERDesign: Burley Design, Eugene, USAVAUDE AUGSBURG M BIKE BAGDesign: Vaude Sport GmbH & Co. KG, Tettnang, Germany

GREEN AWARD WINNER

KLIMAX RECUMBENT E-TRIKE WITH FAIRINGDesign: Hase Spezialräder, Waltrop/Germany

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This year's Eurobike Awards attracted a record 565 entrants. Jurors whittled them down to 104 award winners, with 12 taking the all-important gold medals. An e-trike took the Eurobike Green Award, while 12 of the 148 student entries received Eurobike Students Category Award, an accolade introduced this year.

An expert jury presided over the awards: Olaf Beck (Mountain BIKE/motorpresse, Stuttgart), Axel Böse (BICO Zweirad Marketing, Verl), Ernst Brust (velotech.de, Schweinfurt), Torben Finn Laursen (Cykelportalen, Denmark), Nils Holger Moormann (designer, Aschau am Chiemsee); Manfred Neun (European Cyclists’ Federation, Belgium); Patrick Frey (Patrick Frey Industrial Design, Hannover) and Joachim Möllmann (Jojorama produktgestaltung, Hannover).

“Real innovations seemed to be missing in the e-bike category,” Böse said. “A number of important manufacturers have missed out on a real opportunity. They should try to be a little more willing to take a chance in the future.” Laursen echoed those comments, saying, “The jury process was very exciting. But I would have liked to have seen more e-bikes.”

Moormann, the designer, went even further. "It’s surprising that the e-bike rarely exploits all of its design potential,” he said. “All too often, the parts don’t seem to match properly and look like they are just thrown together."

The award-winning products are on display throughout the show in Foyer West EG.

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SPECIALIZEDPLANS E-BIKE LINE; OPENS EUROPEANR&D CENTER

The California company has opened a European research and development center in Cham, Switzerland, to oversee development of its first e-bike line, and to add some European flavor to its urban mobility line.

Specialized recently launched the Globe line of city bikes, as well as some flat-bar and hybrid bikes under the Specialized name.

To build up the Swiss office, Specialized has hired Marc Faude as its European product manager. Faude comes from Trek Europe, where he was product manager for the Trek Group’s Diamant brand, in Germany, and Villiger brand, in Switzerland. Faude oversaw the development of Diamant’s trendy e-bike line, which is on sale in the German-speaking market.

Jan Talavasek, chief engineer for Specialized’s moutain bikes, also plans to move to the Cham office, underlining the seriousness of Specialized’s e-bike efforts.

The Swiss office will work hand in hand with the company’s research and development offices at its Morgan Hill, California, headquarters. Meanwhile, Globe’s former European product manager, Marco Sonderegger, has relocated to the Morgan Hill offices.

Faude was unable to provide further details about the Swiss office, or about how many people will eventually be employed there. Specialized has not set a date for the debut of its e-bike line.

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Specialized is the latest U.S. bike brand that is making plans to enter the booming European e-bike market, a company official said yesterday.

EUROBIKE AWARDSJURY ISSUES BOUQUETSALONG WITH BRICKBATSTwelve innovative companies claimed gold Eurobike Awards last night at a glittering ceremony. But members of the jury also criticized electric bike manu-facturers for a lack of imagination.

Burley Travoy.

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This was the beginning of the Olimpia company. In 1998, Olimpia acquired the Gepida brand which, Berkes said, “had gradually built up an excellent reputation since its launch in 1990.”

In 2004 and 2005, Berkes focused on improving the quality of the bikes and building the brands so that Olimpia could “deliver better and better bikes to our customers, 80 percent of whom were now outside Hungary,” he said.

Gepida entered the European market and also exhibited at Interbike in 2009. When Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, Olimpia faced stiffer international competition. That forced the company to focus on sales and establish a more robust long-term business strategy.

“For this reason we began working on developing our own pedelec,” Berkes said. The company launched its first Gepida pedelecs in 2008 and has worked continuously to upgrade its bikes every year.

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Olimpia Bicycle Ltd., maker of the Gepida brand, is debuting its own e-bike drive system for its e-bike and pedelec models.

OWN E-BIKE SYSTEMGEPIDA LAUNCHES ITS

“Until now we have been offering pedelecs with the Yamaha e-bike transmission system,” said György “George” Berkes, managing director of Olimpia.

“For the 2011 season, we are debuting our own GPDS.” GPDS stands for “Gepida Drive System.”

Gepida, which is making its third appearance at Eurobike, had humble beginnings. “It all started in early 1993 in Muranyi utca in Budapest’s District VII,” Berkes recalled. “I was in my early 20s and wanted to upgrade my old Trabant as soon as possible. I rented a 400-square-foot shop to store and assemble bikes.”

Olimpia’s György Berkes and export sales manager Peter Pósa with the Gepida Nedao e-cruiser. © JB

“Until now we have been offering

Olimpia’s György Berkes and export sales manager Olimpia’s György Berkes and export sales manager A6-106

Ghost Bikes is launching its first pedelec at the show. But it’s not your typical electric commuting bike.

'E-ENDURO'PEDELEC

GHOST LAUNCHESFULL-SUSPENSION

Bastiaan Thijs with the E-Ndure. © JB

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Called the E-Ndure, it’s a full suspension enduro bike equipped with Clean Mobile’s e-bike transmission system, called “Harmonic Engine".

“Last year we introduced some first designs of this bike. The response was over-whelming. That’s why Ghost Bikes decided to debut in this e-off-road category for 2011,” said Bastiaan Thijs, Ghost’s research and development manager.

Thijs said the “Harmonic Engine” system was an easy choice for the E-Ndure.

“A full-suspension pedelec makes sense only with a bottom bracket motor,” Thijs said. “There is no way to put this extra weight on the front or rear of an off-road bike -

the suspension wouldn’t make sense."

Asked about the power of the Clean Mobile system, Thijs smiled. “According to the law, it has 250 watts. But it can be easily turned up,” he said.

In addition to its e-bike transmissions, Clean Mobile also offers some fuel cell transmission systems, which are used in several types of transportation bikes such as postal bikes.

Ghost Bikes believes the “e-off-road” category will be a successful one for the brand.

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In what one industry executive called a “huge step,” the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body of cycling, announced it would form a technical commission to pre-approve frames and aero equipment.

SEAL OF APPROVAL A 'HUGE STEP'

This commission will issue “approved by UCI” stickers, which will remove the fear of teams and equipment manufacturers that UCI officials will reject their go-faster equipment on the starting line.

“Dialogue with the industry is something that can now happen,” UCI president Pat McQuaid said during a symposium yesterday at Eurobike. “We hope we have now dealt with the fears and worries of the bike trade.”

McQuaid, addressing a well-attended meeting, introduced Jan-Anders Manson, who will be a key figure in deciding which products get the UCI stamp of approval.

Manson, a composites expert, is a professor and vice president of the Ecole Polytech-nique Federale de Lausanne of Switzerland.

APPROVALS

He is also president of the Approval Commission for FINA, the international governing body for swimming, which last year banned performance-enhancing, non-textile swimsuits.

Pat Cunnane, president of Advanced Sports, Inc., which produces Fuji, said he approved of the UCI initiative. “It’s what we’ve been asking for: a stamp that says a product is OK,” Cunnane said. Fuji recently became a sponsor of a cycling team in the Tour de France. “We want to design products that allow athletes to perform, and need the reassurance that products we develop won’t fall foul of UCI rules,” Cunnane added. “The UCI working with the industry is a huge step.”

The bike industry has had a rocky relationship with the UCI, which is based in Switzerland. In 1994, the UCI banned Cinelli’s Spinacci bars, and in 1999 banned Mavic’s Mektronic electronic road bike transmission, which were hugely expensive R&D projects.

In January 2009, the UCI stirred up more controversy within the industry when it began to enforce its so-called Lugano Charter more rigidly. This 1996 equipment dictat, issued with no input from the bicycle industry, created several gray areas for equipment makers. UCI commissaires have famously ordered products stripped from bikes just before the start of pro races, even though other commissaires at other races have allowed the very same equipment.

Another UCI regulation, the “3:1 aero equipment rule,” has long been a bone of contention with teams and equipment sponsors. Since 2009, the UCI has applied it to frame tubes as well as accessories such as handlebars, adding more complexity to decisions on what equipment complies with UCI regulations.

Also attending yesterday’s symposium were members of GOCEM, the Global Organiza-tion of Cycling Equipment Manufacturers, which was founded last year in an attempt to improve relations between major cycling manufacturers and the UCI.

A GOCEM spokesman declined to comment on McQuaid’s announcement, saying its members plan to issue a joint response.

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UCI PLEDGES ADVANCE

Pat McQuaid discusses the UCI’s new initiative at yesterday’s symposium. © CR

Fuji head Pat Cunnane (left) talks with the UCI’s Jan-Anders Manson. © CR

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It’s only a short stroll from the exit of the A2 Hall to the Zeppelin Hall, where more than 50 exhibitors are showing their latest products alongside the huge stand of Bico Zweirad, the German retail buying group. The hangar is abuzz with relatively young companies unveiling often promising and sometimes intrigu-ing bicycles and accessories.

AN EYE-CATCHING PEDELEC

Another eye-catching product is the Metro, a pedelec that could easily be mistaken for a clunky motocross bike, with a thick frame, rectangular tubes and thick tires, as well as a throttle that enables a pedaling user to reach a speed of about 40 km (25 miles) an hour.

With its impressive frame and its huge beams, the Zeppelin Hall provides a suitably funky setting for innovative bicycle companies. This is where forward-thinking suppliers and designers come to sniff out novelties, this time focusing on e-bikes.

Furthermore, a track has been laid out in the hall to try out e-bikes. Those who want to give their bicycles a more thorough test can ride them outside, where a real-life zeppelin takes off and lands just a few yards away. The hangar is otherwise used as storage space for this ballooning space machine, famously invented in Friedrichshafen by Baron Ferdinand von Zeppelin.

A STRIKING NOVELTY: HIDDEN POWER

Among the striking novelties in this inspiring hall is Hidden Power, an ultra-light portable battery kit for e-bikes. It looks remarkably simple, with a battery that may be attached to almost any existing bicycle’s crossbar. It powers a device that pushes against the tire to speed up its rotation.

“The concept is not unlike the old-fashioned Solex from the 1950s, but applied to e-bikes it enabled us to build the lightest pedelec in the market,” said Christian Broglie, sales manager at Pedalix, the Swiss-based company that is distributing the product in Europe.

The battery kit itself weighs about 2.6 kg, while the entire pedelec displayed by Pedalix weighs about 10kg.

ZOOM OVER TO THEZEPPELIN HALL

TO SEE ZIPPY E-BIKES

Shown at Hidden Power’s stand in the Zeppelin Hall, with scales to back up its claim of lightness, the battery kit was developed by Chan-Hwan Jang from South Korea.

The components are of the highest quality and are made in Switzerland and Germany. The battery case was designed in Italy. The only potential downside is that the concept may not work as efficiently in wet conditions.

Part of the attraction for young consumers is the Metro’s design, as well as the fact that the product enables them to cruise around at considerable speed without wearing a helmet.

The throttle alone only propels the user to a speed of about 20 km (18 miles) an hour, while helmets are only obligatory in Germany and many European countries for vehicles that have the power to drive faster.

Outside the Zeppelin Hall, Ecobike’s Isara Guerin demonstrates the Elegance e-bike that is powered by a solar panel canopy. © BERNHARD WROBEL

Paris Chen of DK City. © ALAN ZHANG

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“Not that we would encourage anybody to go out on the Metro without a helmet, but it is a strong sales argument to draw young people to pedelecs,” said Andreas Lang, sales manager at Ultra Motor, the British company behind the Metro.

“We’re the only ones who offer this combination, so the Metro could be regarded as a category all by itself. I bet youngsters will start referring to this type of fast pedelecs as Metros.”

Ultra Motor was launched seven years ago to make drive trains and power electronics for electric vehicles. With its own production in Taiwan and industrial design in Berlin, the company received fresh funds only a few days ago, and it started offering its propulsion systems for OEM customers.

INNOVATIVE FOLDING E-BIKE

Just across the aisle, DK City from Taiwan has won many plaudits in recent months for a foldable e-bike that does not require any welding at the center of its frame. Instead, the frame rotates around a central column. While a prototype

was introduced to a few insiders last year, the finalized product now stands ready for inspection in the Zeppelin Hall.

“This product was made in partner-ship with Robrady, an American design company that worked for companies like Segway,” said Paris Chen, sales manager at DK City. “With our technology and this design, we are ready for distribution in Europe.”

BICYCLE POWER FROM SOLAR ENERGY

Judging from the displays in the Zeppelin Hall, the use of solar energy to power bicycles is another field of research for bicycle makers.

Volt, a German company specialized in renewable energy, has just entered the stakes with a range of robust e-bikes operating with a lithium ion battery.

However, the company makes it clear that its research focuses on bicycles powered by solar energy, and that the results should soon make their appearance in the

Zeppelin Hall.

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Hidden Power’s Chan-Hwan Jang. © ALAN ZHANG

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Andreas Lang of Ultra Motor.

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Zipvit, a British company that produces an extensive range of sports nutrition products, is seeking European distributors. The brand was founded in 2008 and, almost from the start, developed strong roots in pro cycling. It has sponsored the Cervelo Test Team since 2009 and earlier this year signed a deal with Team Radio Shack.

Robert Child was brought on as the company's chief scientific officer. At Eurobike the company is launching three new flavors of gel, including a caffeinated cherry cola flavor; and a pomegranate and watermelon flavored energy chew.

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The Zipvit brand grew out of a mail-order vitamin business that was started in 1999. Officials noticed that

certain athletes were buying large quantities of certain supplements,

and decided to form a division of the company to focus exclusively on

sports, called Zipvit Sports.

B4-106Marco Herzog, an expert in software and electronics, explained the concept at a press conference. He said OEMs particularly appreciate the award-winning design of the components, including a stylish detachable display and the fusion of the rear carrier, the controller, the battery and the rear light. Showgoers can see the system today - while enjoying pretzels and beer - at 3 p.m. in Room Rome, Lobby East, 1st floor.

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The JD Group, a leading developer of electric technol-ogy for bicycles, has launched a new positioning scheme for its TranzX PST e-bike products.

E-BIKE COMPONENT LINESTRANZX OFFERS SEGMENTATION

FOR SPORTSNUTRITION

ZIPVIT SEEKS EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTORS

Thun, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of bicycle bearings, presented a new e-bike groupset at Eurobike yesterday. The awkwardly named “(V)elo Comfort by Reevo Technology” is based on a simple equation: precise sensor technology plus advanced software equals a comfortable, tailor-made bicycle experience.

THUN LAUNCHES

E-BIKE GROUP SET

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Thun VP Alexander Thun (center) moderated yesterday’s press conference on

the company’s new pedelec system.

more transparent for producers and consumers. Individual components will be grouped into easy-to-understand product lines.

For OEMs, JD offers 10 system variations that combine components of the same price range. These “component series,” which range from the “100 series” to the top-of-the-line “650 Series,” simplify component selection while retaining complete system flexibility. JD Group owns and operates three factories in Taiwan and China and is a major supplier to OEMs in the rapidly expanding electric bike market.

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At a press conference yesterday, spokesman George Pascal said that after 20 years of product development for electric bikes, TranzX PST had developed an extensive range of components, including sensors, batteries, motors and controllers. Pascal said the time was right to offer OEMs a logically organized scheme to make selection easier and

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McKay (brand manager for ZipVit) with some of the company’s

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The Xplova G3 navigates your planned track on OpenStreetMap and guided by Xplova Smart-Sign with built-in ANT+ receiver, it measures 88 types of cycling data on a sunlight-readable color display.

Xplova’s GPS products for cyclists combine state-of-the-art design with intuitive

software applications and comprehensive map packages.

“Xplova products are both product- and user-focused, maintaining highest quality

standards for the demanding outdoor and cycling consumer audience,” said Vincent Chang, CEO of Xplova. “Most importantly,

with the easy, intuitive handling and the all-inclusive map packages for our popular

Xplova G5, we now offer a fitting product for touring and mountain biking as well as for the avid road cyclist with our compact

Xplova G3.”

The Xplova G3 and the Xplova G5, which has been available in Germany since its launch at last year's Eurobike,

will be available as demo samples. Xplova’s new additional distributor

for Germany, Austria and France, Winora Group’s E. Wiener Bike Parts,

will officially launch the new G3 GPS Bike Computer at its booth in hall A4.

user-focused, maintaining highest quality user-focused, maintaining highest quality standards for the demanding outdoor and standards for the demanding outdoor and cycling consumer audience,” said Vincent cycling consumer audience,” said Vincent Chang, CEO of Xplova. “Most importantly, Chang, CEO of Xplova. “Most importantly,

with the easy, intuitive handling and the with the easy, intuitive handling and the all-inclusive map packages for our popular all-inclusive map packages for our popular

Xplova G5, we now offer a fitting product Xplova G5, we now offer a fitting product for touring and mountain biking as well as for touring and mountain biking as well as for the avid road cyclist with our compact for the avid road cyclist with our compact

Xplova G3.” Xplova G3.”

will officially launch the new G3 GPS Bike will officially launch the new G3 GPS Bike Computer at its booth in hall A4. Computer at its booth in hall A4.

standards for the demanding outdoor and standards for the demanding outdoor and cycling consumer audience,” said Vincent cycling consumer audience,” said Vincent Chang, CEO of Xplova. “Most importantly, Chang, CEO of Xplova. “Most importantly,

with the easy, intuitive handling and the with the easy, intuitive handling and the all-inclusive map packages for our popular all-inclusive map packages for our popular

Xplova G5, we now offer a fitting product Xplova G5, we now offer a fitting product for touring and mountain biking as well as for touring and mountain biking as well as for the avid road cyclist with our compact for the avid road cyclist with our compact

Computer at its booth in hall A4. Computer at its booth in hall A4.

XPLOVA SETS TRENDSIN INTUITIVE OUTDOOR GPS DEVICES & INTEGRATED MAP PACKAGES

Vincent Chang with the

Xplova G3 Bike Navigator.

Xplova, manufacturer of premium outdoor GPS products, was founded by a group of biking and outdoor enthusiasts. Headquartered in Taipei, the company is an affiliate of Mango Research Corp., one of the largest ODM suppliers of personal navigation devices to leading global brands.

The BioLogic brand encompasses a wide range of products that address issues that urban or commuting cyclists face on a daily basis and help make cycling in the city or out in the country safer, more conveni-ent and more comfortable.

“A lot of our product ideas originate from our employees who ride to work and who all have to deal with issues related to cycling, issues like pollution, noise, safety and convenience,” said Joshua Hon, Dahon vice president.

BioLogic products can be used by cyclists who ride any type of bicycle, not just folding bikes, and focus on enhancing the safety, comfort and convenience of riding a bike.

Dahon launches its new independent BioLogic brand of cycling gear at Eurobike.

“We’ve used the name BioLogic for a couple of years on our custom saddles and grips. So when we decided to seriously pursue these new products it was a natural fit - combining a human side with clever features that flow from the needs of city cyclists,” said Matthew Davis, Dahon's director of sales and marketing.

THE PRODUCT LINE

The line includes a number of products for the urban commuter, including the Pango folding helmet, the iPhone Bike Mount, the ReeCharge, a safety airhorn called Blast that operates on compressed air, and the Anti-Pollution mask - heavy-duty pollution protection with activated carbon filters.

Other products include the CycleTunes personal speaker system for bikes, the Vacuum Flask for hot and cold beverages, and the QuickMount Bottle Cage, which fits just about anywhere on

a bike.

The full BioLogic line will be available through bicycle retailers and online

beginning this fall.

DAHON LAUNCHES NEW BRAND

BIOLOGICGEAR TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF URBAN CYCLISTS

2011 marks the first year that Dahon’s BioLogic range of products will be sold as an independent brand.

Breathing in nasty exhaust fumes while riding is bad for your lungs and just plain unpleasant. Dahon's solution is the BioLogic

Pollution Mask, heavy-duty pollution protection

for the serious urban commuter.

Two replaceable activated carbon filters scrub out

noxious exhaust fumes while dual inhale ports

ensure adequate airflow even when

going out on a full on sprint. The Pollution Mask is made from tough industrial rubber and plastic for long-term durability and is easy to clean and maintain.

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B1-403Crank Brothers is the second-biggest

brand of mountain bike pedals in the U.S. market, founding partner

Andrew Herrick said. Now it’s time to focus on Europe.

CRANK BROTHERSFOCUSED ON UPPINGEUROPEANMARKET SHARE

T-ONE CONCENTRATES ON ITSACCESSORIES BRAND

SATORI PRIDES ITSELF ON40 YEARS OF INNOVATION

Satori of Taiwan, part of the HL Group, has been making bike parts

for 40 years. The company's website talks about the line's "riding-

fuelled innovation," and company executives are keen to stress they

understand the user's perspective.

"Being riders ourselves, we are close to the spirit of the cycling community and have a

special understanding of its needs.

We aim to continue growing with our customers, working hand-in-hand to develop

and refine refreshing new ideas to further enhance the riding experience," officials say.

"Satori" is based on a Japanese Buddhist term that means "awakening." Company executives believe this name is as relevant today as when

the company was founded.

"We are constantly re-awakening ourselves to new ideas and providing creative yet practical solutions to the bicycle world," they said.

A statement from the company said, "We take pride in designing components to make the cycling experience more fun, comfortable or faster for a wide range of riders - from city commuters to trekking enthusiasts to serious racers."

Visitors to the Satori booth at Eurobike will see the company's latest line-up of handlebars, seat posts and stems, including a shock-absorbing stem. Satori has a proprietary butted handlebar forming technique designed by its in-house R&D team. The company's ISO-certified factory produces award-winning, patented designs.

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Gary Liu, GM at T-One R&D Corp.

T-One R&D Corp. has the R and the D in the name for a reason. “We are a design-driven company concentrating on R&D,” says company GM Gary Liu.

Liu, an industry veteran, founded T-One in 2007. He hired a young and sharp team with the goal of creating a range of premium bicycle acces-sories. Now at its second Eurobike, the Taiwanese company is ready to present its products to the world, sales manager Evita Hsu said.

The young accessories brand is available in eight countries but in Europe only in Germany, via Comus.

T-One does OEM work but focuses on its own brand. "We are ready to do some OEM production

but not for any price,” Hsu said. “T-One not only communicates its image through several patented

product designs but also through our own packaging.”

T-One’s products include Anyway, a variable angle bottle cage that receive an iF design award, and

the Guard Dog alarm system.

“The wireless anti-bike theft device can be hidden underneath the

bottle cage,” Liu said. “A 100 decibel alarm will be activated on both

master and slave once there is any vibration sensed on the slave. The

master also has an indicator to track

the slave, with a range of 100

meters."

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Crank Brothers also launched seat posts, stems, handlebars, and grips. “We made a big commit-ment, so it wasn’t just one grip or one bar. It’s all the lengths,” he said. “We’ve been delivering in May, June, July and August.”

With the new products, Crank Brothers can now outfit most of a bike. “I call it a half gruppo. With our wheels, our pedals, our saddles, bars, and posts, you can come pretty close to doing a Crank Brothers bike,” Herrick said.

“If you do a Sram group, Fizik saddle, and all the rest Crank Brothers parts you can do the whole bike and color-coordinate it,” he added. Crank Brothers and Fizik are sister brands under the Selle Royal umbrella.

That, in fact, is what Crank Brothers has done with a fleet of nine bikes that constitute a high-end demo fleet. At the end of the season, the company will auction off the bikes for charity.

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“We don’t have the market share in Europe that we have in the U.S., so it’s important for us to focus on that,” he said.

Focusing on the Continent has been easier since Crank Brothers’ acquisition by a European company - Italy’s Sella Royal. Herrick and his family now live in near Sella Royal’s headquarters in northern Italy, although he makes frequent trips to Crank Brothers' design offices in Laguna Beach, California.

Eurobike visitors will be able to see some of the mid-season introductions that Crank Brothers first unveiled at this year’s Sea Otter Classic, the consumer race and test festival that takes place in April in Monterey, California.

The company introduced all new Eggbeaters and Candys, two of its best-known mountain bike pedals. “We hadn’t refreshed them, honestly, for a long time,” Herrick said.

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SKS GERMANYTUNES RANGE

A new SKS bottle cage, called Slidecage, is designed for smaller frames; those that can’t comfortably fit a standard-sized cage, such as some full-suspension frames.

“With the Sidecage you can easily take out a bottle from the side,” Wedhorn said.

A new shock pump from SKS is called MSP for "Mountain

Suspension Pump".

“You can take off the hose so the pump is reduced in size," Wedhorn said. "Store it in the accompanying

small bag in your jersey pocket or

backpack.”

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TUNES RANGETUNES RANGETUNES RANGETUNES RANGEA5-400

"How much do you know about nature?" Every right answer is a winner with Senso. Just bring this Show Daily with your right answer to the Velo booth to pick up your Senso gel dashboard sticky pad!

WILDLIFE BASICS WITH SENSO

SELECTION OF SENSO SADDLE WINNERS

Daily prize winners will be selected in a random drawing

among all correct entries at the end of each day and announced by 9:00

a.m. the following day. Winners must pick up their prize in person at the Velo booth.

SHOW DAY #2 QUESTION

What is special about penguins?

a) Breed in abandoned igloos b) Male penguin incubates the eggc) Can remain submerged for up to five hoursd) Live totally isolated in the northern hemisphere

This pad holds stuff on your dashboard so it doesn't fly off as you drive. Non-adhesive, non-magnetic, it grips cell phones, PDAs, sunglasses, GPS, binoculars, CDs,anything that you want to grab quickly and easily.

Deposit the completed form along with your business card in the official contest registration box located at the Velo booth to also earn a chance to win a Senso saddle on each of the first three show days.

Only one entry per person per day please. Contestants are only eligible for one dashboard sticky pad per day.

A new shock pump from SKS This pad holds stuff on your dashboard so it doesn't fly dashboard so it doesn't fly off as you drive. Non-adhesive, non-magnetic, it grips cell phones, PDAs, sunglasses, GPS, binoculars, CDs,anything that you want to grab quickly and easily.


Only one entry per person per day

A new shock pump from SKS is called MSP for "Mountain

Suspension Pump".

“You can take off the hose so the pump is reduced in size," Wedhorn said. "Store it in the accompanying

small bag in your jersey pocket or

backpack.”

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dashboard so it doesn't fly off as you drive. Non-adhesive, non-magnetic, it grips cell phones, PDAs, sunglasses, GPS, binoculars, CDs,anything that you want to grab quickly and easily.


Only one entry per person per day

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SKS Germany product manager Sebastian Wedhorn with the new Diago Pump.

At the SKS Germany booth you can play with the Diago

bike pump.

SKS Germany product manager Sebastian Wedhorn said, “The Diago is made out of a high-end synthetic

material from Samsung, a material normally used for pianos."

"We made a fine design piece out of this

material, with a maximum pressure

of 10 bar.”

Crops has also partnered with Taiwanese pedal maker VP and its VP One brand, and and Taiwanese outdoor pack maker Lotus Technology Gear (LTG). “For both brands Crops is doing not only aftermarket but also product design,” Taiga said. The first VP One pedals designed by Crops are on display as well as the first LTG saddle bags.

Crops is also getting into bike computers with seven Crops-branded models. One of the three wireless models measures cadence, Crops president Sabura Shimamura said. Many Crops products are brightly-colored, Tokyo-style. “That’s how cyclists create their own look,” Taiga said.

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Along with showing its own Antarex LED lights and Crops lock products, the Japanese design company has partnered with these other businesses at what is now its second appearance at Eurobike.

Crops’ Executive Manager Keiji Taiga said, “For us, KMC is very special. They use worldwide the aftermarket packaging and display presentation designs our national import and distribution subsidiary Magic One created for our home market.

"After this successful partnership we decided to increase our image through partnerships with other existing component makers,” Taiga added.

COLORFUL CROPS CREATESCOMPUTER LINEWhen passing the Crops booth you might wonder why KMC, LTG and VP One branded products are also there.

Crops president Sabura Shimamura (left) with Executive Manager Keiji Taiga.

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To celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, Bionicon Bicycles plans to launch its “Generation 2” bicycle platform. While the company will continue with its established “Generation 1” products, the Generation 2 line will mark the top of its product range, marketing manager Holger Lehne said.

“From now on, our Generation 1 products such as Golden Willow, Edison, etc., will cover our entry level range. With this segment covering sales prices between €2,000 and €3,000, we want to attract IBDs with our revolutionary pneumatic system.”

THE NEXT GENERATION

Generation 2 bikes will sell for more than €3,000. Bionicon is basing its Generation 2 line on this year’s Tesla model, which it has renamed “Alva” because of trademark issues. “Tesla was our start for the entire Generation 2 range,” Lehne said. “It relies on a completely new four-link frame design.”

For 2011, Alva will offer a version with 180 mm of travel. A 140mm all-mountain bike, the Reed140, will round out the Generation 2 line.

Bionicon founders Stephan Albrecht and Andi Felsl created their first prototypes in 1999 for a bike with varying front travel.

“For us, it was logical to adjust the front and rear shocks simul-taneously. We got the idea from

the wild mountain goats we watched running up and down impossibly steep mountains with total ease,” said Felsi, the company’s general manager.

“It fascinated us. How did they do it? Going up they retracted their front legs and extended the rear ones. Going down they reversed the operation."

When Albrecht and Felsl founded the company in 2001, they decided to focus on an integrated hydraulic system, which they say reduces suspension bob without complicated damping.

Today this system is known simply as the Bionicon system. Applying the design to its “backcountry mountain bikes,” the Bavarian company made its way into the international bicycle market.

Bionicon currently employs about 20 at its headquarters in the small Bavarian town of Rottach-Weissach at Tegernsee.

Two years ago Bionicon entered the mobility market with an urban cargo and an urban road bike.

BIONICON CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH HIGH-END LINE

All Bionicons are 100% assembled in Bavaria.© JB

Bionicon marketing manager Holger Lehne with the company’s line of merino cycling apparel. © JB

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For 2011 the company wants to close the gap between urban and mountain bikes with a new category it calls Outdoor.

“Our first Outdoor model, the Green Village, is a hardtail relying on a classic diamond frame,” said Lehne. “Targeting riders who also ride in the city, it has a relaxed upright position frame design and rolls on semi-slick tires.”

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Grab a free MTB Cycletech bag.

Vittoria's Lion Tyres factory in Thailand.

Dutchman Michael Stor has two jobs. In the morning he’s the cook at Carbon Sports in Friedrichshafen. In the afternoon he trues the company's wheels.

RESTAURANT / TOUR GUIDE

The company, which makes Lightweight wheels, is located close to the Eurobike convention center on the other side of the airport. Stor has worked at Carbon Sports for two years. “Working as a cook is a tough job with cruel working hours," he said. "Over here I have normal working hours and I’m not just cooking. My day starts with shopping for food and then preparing lunch for 25 to 35 people."

Stor lives in Vogt, about 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Friedrichshafen. When the weather is fine he rides to work: “Since I work here I wanted to participate in some sports. It feels good to ride. The scenery here is awesome.”

Asked to recommend food for cyclists visiting Eurobike, Stor said, “When it is hot and you are riding your bike I wouldn’t recommend the typical Swabian Kaesspaetzle (a kind of noodles with cheese). This is too heavy. I would recommend some light Italian food. Ristorante La Scala at Bodenseecenter in Friedrichshafen offers good Italian food - not only pizza but also fresh fish or a steak with salad.

“And if you ride from Friedrichshafen about eight kilometers (five miles) east along Lake Constance to Langenargen, I would definitely recommend a stop at Schuppen 13 at the port," he continued. "You have a great view across the lake with the Alps in the background.”

Fancy a sport drink? Stor recommends a schorle. “It’s a mix of water and juice and the best thirst-quencher ever. Ask for a apfelschorle (apple juice with water) or a johannesbeerschorle (red currant juice with water).”

RISTORANTE LA SCALAMesiterhofenerstr. 1488045 FriedrichshafenTel: +49 (0)7541 95 39 99Web: www.pizzeria-la-scala.de

RESTAURANT SCHUPPEN 13Argenweg 6088080 LangenargenTel: +49 (0)7543 15 77Web: www.schuppen13.de

Cooking in the morning, trueing

in the evening: Michael Stor is ready

for a ride after cleaning the Carbon Sports kitchen

and finishing his second job at the Lightweight

wheel production.

COOKING & TRUEING

MTB CYCLETECH CAPS THEM ALLVisitors to the MTB Cycletech stand will get a free custom bag with the brand logo as well as a unique beer bottle cap holder.

The cap holder can be mounted on any headset, to remind thirsty bikers what’s waiting for them after their ride. While you’re at the stand, meet company founder Butch Gaudy who will be happy to show his latest bikes.

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Mmmm…beer! Well, at least you can be

reminded of your favorite brew right

on your headset.

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The new rubber compound factory.

Vittoria's Lion Tyres factory in Thailand.

Vittoria Industries is making a major investment in production capacity through the wholly owned Lion Tyres of Thailand. Vittoria will invest $6 million to upgrade the existing Lion Tyres factory and commission a new plant.

A surge in demand in the second half of 2009 from several large new clients as well as existing clients is driving the expansion plan. By the end of 2010, Vittoria expects to produce seven million premium road race and MTB tires each year, and one million tubulars.

Lion Tyres Thailand will take on a new rubber-pro-duction facility. This high-tech compound factory is on the Rayong Industrial Estate, located 140km (87 miles) south of Bangkok. It will develop and produce 100 percent of all the rubber compounds needed for its tire production. The Rayong area of Thailand is transforming itself into an international production center for car exports.

Vittoria Data Center has already acquired premises for the technical infrastructure and the server park. When fully operational, in the second quarter of 2011, it will have a staff of some 10 specialists providing programming, database, and communications support to the group.

All of the world’s major automotive brands are present in Rayong. Production exceeds 1.5 million vehicles a year and is growing at an annual rate of 30 percent.

The Vittoria Industries compound factory will start production at the beginning of 2012. Along with compounds for bicycle tires, it plans to supply automotive parts suppliers in the region.

Vittoria has also pledged to invest another $4 million to create Vittoria Data Center Ltd. To be located in Bangkok, the company will provide the global data-processing and communications services required by the expanding Vittoria Group.

VITTORIAINDUSTRIES EXPANDS

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The new BMX hub is for racing use. The cassette

body uses Multi Gears design (120T engagement) and has an IB bearing-free bushing system which

reduces weight and increases durability.

The new DH/freeride hub also features an IB bearing-free bushing

system. The cassette body uses MGT technology

to enhance climbing performance.

Chosen has developed a singlespeed hub to overcome the problem of broken chains and

damaged disc hubs.

The FA8123B hub is a left drive disc hub with the singlespeed

cog and disc on the same side. The hub can be built into both

24- and 26-inch wheels.

The new A5195BI hub is of a fast switchover, tool-free design: press a dial inward for fixed gear; and outward for freewheel mode.

Hub specialist Chosen of Taiwan has released new DH, fixed, BMX and

singlespeed hubs. The company has manufactured bicycle hubs for 20 years.

NEW HUBS FROM CHOSEN

Chosen’s fixie hub

Singlespeed hub

damaged disc and has an IB bearing-free bushing system which

reduces weight and increases durability.

cog and disc on the same side. The hub can be built into both

24- and 26-inch wheels.

hub is a left drive disc hub with the singlespeed

cog and disc on

increases durability. reduces weight and increases durability.

hub is a left drive disc hub with the singlespeed

cog and disc on the same side. The hub

The new DH and freeride hub

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Last year, Electra hired Axel Kedenburg, formerly of Bergamont, to establish Electra Europe, based in Hamburg. We talked with Electra CEO Benno Baenziger and Axel about the future of the brand’s classic bikes in the American and European markets. Benno, born in Switzerland and raised in Berlin before moving to California,knows both markets very well.

'WE MAKE CYCLING EASY AND FUN' - ELECTRA

Baenziger: Cruisers have their place. This is the American style of casual cycling, but they cannot cover all needs in this segment. That’s why we added different styles and rides, such as the Amsterdam - our version of a European

Dutch bike.

ESD: In America, Electra is a cult brand. Can you achieve the same status in Europe?

Benno Baenziger: Yes, we are a cult brand because of the fashionable bikes we make, but equally or even more important is that we are the leader and specialist of the leisure bicycle segment. This fact is based on looks but even more important on comfort and simplicity. We make cycling easy and fun. I believe this is a concept that has global relevance.

ESD: What was the reasoning behind creating the other mobility brands?

ESD: Europeans usually expect sports bicycles when it comes to U.S. suppliers. What is the advantage of buying a U.S. mobility bike in a market that is packed with so many mobility bike suppliers?

Baenziger: To me, all European mobility bikes look alike and offer the same ride. People compare features and prices and according to the best test they will choose the best value. I am not sure how much a USA image is important, but I do know that our bikes are fresh and innovative. So I think it is all about the different point of view and approach that we have.

Axel Kedenburg: It is not about the origin of the bikes. It is about what they have to offer. Electra offers 19 years of experience in the lifestyle segment. Electra offers a unique riding position that has been patented and provides a totally different riding experience.

ESD: Will Electra re-enter the apparel business one day?

Baenziger: We still see a huge potential in lifestyle apparel and I believe we have a brand

that is very strong. People would want to wear our soft goods.

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Baenziger: And the Ticino is our inter-pretation of a classic European touring bike.

ESD: Is Electra Europe offering the entire Electra Group?

Baenziger: At this point the offerings are almost the same, except for minor

differences in spec and colors.

From left: Jeano Erforth (co-founder of Electra), Axel “Akki” Kedenburg

and Benno Baenziger.

look alike and offer the same ride. People compare features and prices and according to the best test they will choose the best value. I am not sure how much a USA image is important, but I do know that our bikes are fresh and innovative. So I think it is all about

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PROMOTING LEISURE BIKESIN EUROPE

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UltraMotor of the UK, maker of the A2B electric bike, is at Eurobike to launch an OEM-friendly, integrated propulsion system.

ULTRA MOTOR LAUNCHES E-BIKEPROPULSION SYSTEM

It will introduce new customers to Ultra Motor’s patented technologies. The new bottom bracket torque sensor is an example of OEM-focused industrial design, Bowman said.

“E-bikes are getting a helluva lot better. But one of the challenges for OEMs is where to put the torque sensor. If it’s a crank-shaft based motor, you put it right there. Or you could use a velocity sensor or a strain gauge on the axle."

The system contains a bottom bracket torque sensor which allows bikemakers to spec the system without having to modify framesets.

Drop in a business card at the company’s booth in the Zeppelin Hall and you could win an A2B hybrid. This promotion is to generate booth traffic and get people to try Ultra Motor’s new system, said Joe Bowman, the U.S.-born president of Ultra Motor.

The A2B scooter/e-bike was launched at Interbike in 2008. Ultra Motor does not come from a bike trade background but started in 2003 as an electric motor manufacturer. “We produce 250,000 electric motors a year,” said Bowman. "Roughly 100,000 of those were for electric bikes last year."

Bowman has been an investor in the business since 2003, becoming president in 2006. He formerly worked in private equity as a partner in Russian Technologies Venture Partners.

Bowman led the fund's first investment in Ultra Motor. The launch of the OEM propulsion system is a significant milestone for Ultra Motor, said Bowman.

The system is CAN Bus enabled so data can be accessed by interface devices. All of the systems’ electronic components have sensors. The master memory chip on the printed circuit board captures tech data. When there’s a problem, the consumer goes into a store, the store plugs in the bike with a USB cable, and web-based access software runs out a fault analysis code.

Bowman believes his company's new propulsion system will appeal to affluent consumers between the ages of 35 to 55. "It's relatively easy to reach the 55-and-older demographic with existing technologies," Bowman said. "Younger, perhaps more sporty, consumers need different products and different designs."

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"But there are very few solutions that don’t require significant frame modifica-tions. Our new and patented BB torque sensor is a drop-in solution, no frame modifications required.”

Ultra Motor’s 250W propulsion system meets the EN15194 pedal assist standards.“For the U.S. market we can offer a 500 or 700W motor in the same box that we fit a 250W motor for the European market,” Bowman said.

The new motor is upgraded from 18 pole to 32 pole, which reduces cogging torque, i.e., the torque due to the interaction between the permanent magnets of the rotor and the stator slots of a Permanent

Magnet (PM) machine.

“This makes for a very smooth acceleration;

very high torque at low RPMs,” said Bowman.

interface devices. All of the interface devices. All of the

UltraMotor's drop-in BB torque

sensor.

The heart of UltraMotor's propulsion system.

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Manufacturers of performance textiles face a tough challenge in today’s market. Apparel makers and consumers expect them to invent fibers and fabrics that provide increasing levels of performance. Yet consumers also demand products that are made in environmentally friendly ways at the same time.

“The gas is ionized and leads to a chemical reaction on the surface of the respective material.

He added, “The right combina-tion of gas mixture, frequencies and gas flow results in systematic surface modifications of fabrics (hydrophilic, hydrophobic, dirt repellent) - effects that are also extremely durable.”

CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES

Compared to conventional fabric treatments, the Plasma Technol-ogy has crucial differences, he said.

Until now, textile finishing has typically involved wet chemical processes, and the required results are usually achieved by using additives or coatings.

Swiss knitwear pioneer Christian Eschler AG is trying to meet both demands by teaming up with the Grabher Group, an Austrian textile finishing expert, on a new generation of fabrics it calls “Plasma Technology by Eschler.”

Eschler will debut the fabrics at Eurobike. They are far ahead of the production curve. The Plasma line is intended for use in 2012 apparel lines.

MANUFACTURING Markus Lutz, Eschler’s product manager, speaks almost a different language when he describes the process of manufacturing the Plasma fabrics. The fabrics are “created by applying electrical fields to pure gas or gas mixtures in a vacuum chamber (similar to the process in neon tubes),” Lutz said.

However, these treatments often interfere with key properties of the fabric such as its flexibility, strength and feel. The treatments often fade over time because of abrasion or repeated washing.

Eschler said the Plasma Technology process avoids these disadvantages and has no effect on the feel of the textile.

He said Eschler’s “dry process” is extremely eco-friendly because it uses a minimum of water and chemicals, saves energy and is free of fluorocarbon compounds.

“The new technology allows a great eco-balance that no other treatment even gets close to,” Lutz said.

Eschler, a family-owned company, has been committed to reducing its ecological footprint. In 2001, it was one of the first knitwear companies to become certified by Bluesign, which means that it complies with the independent standard for sustainability, health, safety and resource efficiency.

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AN ECO-FRIENDLY JOLT OF PLASMA

TECHNICAL FABRIC LINE

Deliveries to the IBD market started in April, but German mobility and randonneur bike supplier Tout Terrain is still proud of its self-developed energy supply system, which is fully integrated into the fork and head tube.

TOUT TERRAIN’S'THE PLUG'INDEPENDENT ENERGYSUPPLY FOR CYCLISTS

The Plug offers an independent energy supply for cyclists, said the company's general manager, Oliver Römer.

"The energy comes from the hub dynamo and can be used to power your GPS, cell phone, MP3-player or lighting system,” he said.All these accessories can be connected via USB.

Because of the systems integration into the fork and head tube it is secure. “The integration is a very effective anti-theft protection,” Römer said.

The Plug can be easily mounted and therefore makes an attractive aftermarket kit for retailers.

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Tout Terrain 's 'The Plug'

Instead of wondering how this photograph relates to apparel, visit the Eschler booth and learn about its new fabrics made with “Plasma Technology.”B5-511

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The Peugeot brand is making a forceful comeback at Eurobike after Cycleurope, the European bicycle manufacturer, sealed a fresh partnership with the Peugeot car company earlier this year. The bicycles will be sold through IBDs in France and international markets covered by Cycleurope.

PEUGEOT GETS BACK IN BIKES IN TIME FOR200TH ANNIVERSARY

An earlier agreement between Peugeot and Cycleurope was terminated at the end of 2001, but the car manufacturer revised its strategy and issued a new global bicycle license to Cycleurope in January.

The company’s managers are targeting global sales of up to 25,000 Peugeot bicycles in the first year and about 100,000 units after four years.

“It will take some time to rebuild sales because the brand has been out of the market for almost ten years,” said Bruno Gazet, international sales and marketing manager at Cycleurope in Romilly, France.

“Then again, awareness of the Peugeot bicycle brand remains strong and we have all the infrastructure to market it efficiently.”

PEUGEOT AT EUROBIKE

A more extensive comeback will take place at Eurobike, with Peugeot introducing a full 2011 range. It consists of about 30 models for children and adults, including mountain, city bikes, road bikes and an e-bike. Peugeot will take up about half of Cycleurope’s 300-square-meter (3,230-square-foot) Eurobike display, with the other half occupied by Bianchi.

The range will be sold in France through Peugeot car dealers and independent retailers, starting with about 450 stores trading under the Velo & Oxygen banner. While these retailers are independent, they predominantly sell Cycleurope brands, and the company supports them in terms of financing, store displays and advertising.

Furthermore, Peugeot bicycles will be offered through Cycleurope’s subsidiaries and distributors in other countries, from Europe to South America and Asia, particularly Japan.

“This is a large-scale international relaunch,” Gazet said. “We’ll be marketing an international range, as well as other ranges adjusted to the requirements of specific markets, like the Netherlands, Germany and Japan.”

Before the end of its previous partner-ship with Cycleurope, Peugeot was among the strongest brands in French specialty bicycles stores, selling about 100,000 units in France alone, and making up a large share of exports for Cycleurope’s French arm.

The licensing agreement ended when the car manufacturer decided to source Peugeot bicycles itself. Cycleurope attempted to make up for this loss by pushing other brands, particularly Gitane, Bianchi and Puch, and by building up the Velo & Oxygen network.Meanwhile, Peugeot bicycles were sold almost exclusively through Peugeot’s car dealers in France. However, the carmaker failed to invest in its bicycle business and sales dwindled in the last years.

Peugeot decided to rebuild its bicycle ran1§ge with Cycleurope this

year as part of its efforts to update its brand identity

and to offer a broader range of products relating to mobility.

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The Peugeot bicycles are made at the Cycleurope plant in Romilly,

which previously focused on the Gitane, Bianchi and Puch brands.

In recent years the plant employed about 250 people to

make 200,000 to 230,000 units per year.

Cycleurope has recruited more staff in Romilly to deal with Peugeot, but has not ruled out shifting some production to a factory in Varberg, Sweden.

COLLECTOR BICYCLES

The Peugeot relaunch started in May with five Collector bicycles, including a racing bike, mountain bike and several hybrids.

Designed in black and white, they integrate several vintage features reminiscent of the heyday of the Peugeot brand, which is exactly 200 years old this year.

Ville city bike. © PEUGEOT

Course racing bike. © PEUGEOT

VTC trekking bike.

© PEUGEOT

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Saddle giant Velo Enterprise is the leading manufacturer of saddles, grips and handlebar tapes for the OEM market. Now the Taiwan company is pushing hard for aftermarket sales with the launch of a new marketing campaign, which it is unveiling today at Eurobike.

NEW CAMPAIGNS HIGHLIGHT SENSO, PLUSH BRANDS

In the ads, consumers use Plush saddles in unexpected situations to communicate the idea that the saddles are so comfortable people don’t want to go anywhere without them.

“For over 30 years, we have prided ourselves on the quality, comfort and innovations of our products,” Yu said.

"We want to go out and make a promise to all of the cyclists that use or have used Velo. We want to communicate to them that we fully stand behind our name and our commit-ment to quality and comfort,” she added.

The campaign, designed by ITMS Marketing of Germany, will be rolled out through in-store merchandising, packaging, catalogs, promotions, website, and advertise-ments in trade magazines and online.

“In these new ads we decided that the best approach was to focus on delivering an emotional message, connecting the brands with the feelings and the associations behind their principal attributes,” said George Pascal, executive director of ITMS.

DISTRIBUTION

It will give marketing support to its distributors for such initiatives as point-of-sale promotions aimed at increasing retail space in bicycle dealerships. A dealer newsletter, and promotional tie-ins for both retailers and consumers will heighten the program’s retail appeal.

ONLINE MARKETING

A new website for retailers and consumers, www.velosaddles.com, will showcase its four aftermarket product lines: Senso, Plush, Attune Grips and Warp Tapes.

In 2011, Velo expects to add a dealer locator to the site.

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“Today marks an important step in growing the presence of Velo saddles in retail while offering better support to our distributors and dealers,” said Stella Yu, founder and president of Velo Enterprise, and one of the legendary figures of the Taiwan bike industry. She added, “This program marks a commitment to bring aftermarket customers the same type of high-quality products and services that the world's Original Equipment Manufacturers have come to expect from Velo.”

The campaign will feature new visuals and an advertising campaign that focuses on the aftermarket saddle lines Senso and Plush, which Velo launched in 2008.

BRAND REFRESHMENT

Both brands are being refreshed to communicate a clearer and more consistent message to target audiences.

“Millions of cyclists have enjoyed Velo saddles through our OEM clients,” Yu said. “Increasing our presence in the aftermarket represents a natural evolutionary step for us and a way for us to better service our customers who expect the same quality they enjoyed with their original saddle in the aftermarket.”

Yu founded Velo in 1979. Last year the company manufactured more than 15 million saddkles in its four factories in Taiwan and China.

MARKETING PUSH

Distributors said they welcomed the new campaign.

“We have been a trusted Velo partner for many years. We welcome the new campaign and think that these new marketing initiatives will get dealers more excited about selling the brand, giving them more opportunities to engage the customer, and to have the satisfaction of having sold a top-quality product that also has a recognizable brand name in retail,” said Benno Messingschlager, CEO of the German distributing company Messingschlager.

VELO INTRODUCES NEW AFTER-MARKETBRAND STRATEGY

Juergen Stoelze, general manager of Asista, said, “The new campaign gives us the needed marketing push to better acquaint Velo’s aftermarket brands to both dealers and consumers while gaining more shelf space in dealerships.”

Senso, Velo’s mid-range performance line, receives a new taglin: “Riding in its fullest sense.”

Some of Velo’s new adverts for its Plush and Senso

aftermarket saddle brands.

Some of Velo’s new adverts

aftermarket saddle brands.

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'TECHNOLOGIES INSPIRED BY

NATURE' This new advertising slogan

underscores Velo's technological foundation while focusing on the company’s environmental

commitment.

The marketing campaign uses a wildlife theme to draw parallels with the technologies found in Senso saddles.

Plush, a line of comfort saddles for recreational and city riders, gets the tagline “Experience Comfort” and the ad slogan “Comfort you can’t live without.”

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After launching its first bike apparel line at last year’s Eurobike, compression specialist Skins is back with its first complete winter line for cyclists. The Australian-born, Swiss-based company has also graduated to Hall B5 instead of being outside the exhibit halls in the FG section. And they’ve created a stand worth seeing.

SKINS ADDS WINTERCYCLING LINECOMPRESSION MAKER NOW HASMORE SKINS IN THE GAME

A model wears Skins’ RY400

Recovery Wear.

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"Wood is a natural product and it fits best our

Australian roots and its colors. Here we

can present our brand image and philosophy at its best.”

In addition to its winter cycling

apparel collection, C400 (the “C” is for

“cycling”), Skins is also showing a triathlon

collection (T400), recovery wear (RY400) and a new multisport

collection (A400, where “A” stands for “active”).

Deinhard said about 30 percent of Skins’ sales is from cycling apparel. The “400” designation on the model lines stands for technical aspects of the apparel lines. “Our 400 series is the only high performance apparel that takes into account the compression levels needed to increase oxygen delivery to active muscles while in motion,” Deinhard said. “We call it dynamic gradient compression.”

“We wanted to get more space but are happy that the show organizer was able to give us, as a newcomer in this

industry, a spot inside the hall,” said Alfons

Deinhard, Skins’ marketing coordinator

for Germany and Austria.

“Until last year we had no time to brainstorm a stand concept to spread the message of our brand. We were too busy fulfilling the demand following our entry into the compression apparel market,” Deinhard said.

The Skins stand is about 100 square meters (1,076 square feet). The new stand includes an “active and recovery wall” that shows one model wearing the company’s recovery wear while another model wears the latest Skins bikewear while riding. The booth uses a lot of wood, which Deinhard said “gives the whole thing a more down-to-earth touch. We don’t want to have an artificial atmosphere at our stand."

Skins CEO Jamie Fuller and his team conducted research on hundreds of athletes of all shapes and sizes. Using a full-body 3D scanner, they gathered over 800,000 measurements from each chosen athlete.

“The result is a way of cutting and shaping Skins according to 400 key fitting points,” Deinhard said. “This gives a more comfortable fit and more precise, targeted dynamic gradient compression.”

Based on the research, Skins decided to manu-facture a greater range of leg lengths for men

and body shapes for women, so no Skins’ products are sold in unisex sizes. “No

product in the world pays such attention to your body size and shape,” Deinhard said.

“Which is why nothing fits, or works, quite like our most technical 400 series."

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Sit-up-and-scan is the right posture for the great majority of cyclists, bike designer Mark Sanders argues.

So why all the emphasis on sport bikes that make riders hunch over their handlebars?

For the bicycle industry to grow, we need to attract more of the 90 percent of the world’s population who choose not to cycle.

This vast "Blue Ocean" of potential cyclists is a huge opportunity for the bicycle industry. But much of the bicycle industry remains fixated on sport bicycles - bicycles that aren't appealing to a mainstream audience.

Bicycles are designed for people to use, so like chairs and most things we sit on, they need to be comfortable and healthy. A well-designed chair supports the natural curve of the spine.

The lumber support seen on car seats and modern office chairs encourages the spine to curve into its natural "S" shape.

Children are encouraged not to slouch, because with age this can cause back problems. Poor posture is outlawed in the workplace, with back problems accounting for over 100 million lost work days per year, just in the United States.

Stylish cycling is upright cycling, as seen here in Milan, Italy. © MARK SANDERS

Since then, in countries and cities where cycling has continuously been used as personal transport, the upright posture is still preferred. But in countries where cycling is just re-emerging as ideal city transport (USA, UK, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, etc.) sports bikes predominate.

The mountain bike, and its cousin the road hybrid, have been successful in many countries because, apart from bringing back fun to adult riding, they also released the stranglehold that drop-handlebar racing bikes and their "bottom-in-the-air" posture held on the market.

Riding a mountain bike with flat handlebars around town is much

more comfort-able than riding a racing bike.

Taiwan and China emerged as the bicycle factories to the United States and the world. This led to lower costs and to many bicycles becoming commodities

- for example, the mountain-bike-style bicycles, sold cheaply through supermarkets, and now ubiquitous worldwide as rusty, around-town rides.

Sadly, supermarket mountain-bike-style factory overruns, being so cheap, have replaced the traditional upright roadsters in many cities (even in Beijing, and other Chinese cities), in spite of having inferior ergonomics for urban use.

Amazingly, with more bicycles being produced than cars, the bicycle industry still continues to fuel trends towards using unsuitable sporty and racing bicycles around town.

For racing cyclists, speed is more important than good back posture, so riders crouch down and the spine is unnaturally curved to avoid wind resistance.

Fortunately, as these athletes are powering along, tensed muscles protect their bent spines. Unfortu-nately, when bicycles set up for sport are used casually for leisure and transport, bent spines unsupported by athlete-style muscles are vulner-able to strain.

Although more upright than racing bikes, mountain bikes and hybrid bikes do not give good posture for everyday, around-town use; the lean forward posture still strains the back, neck and wrists.

Only the upright posture is really suitable for a pleasant journey by bicycle. For parts of the bike industry to pretend their sports products are also suitable for everyday use is absurd.

NOT MADE FOR CITIES

So, how have we got into the situation where new, urban and non-athletic cyclists are sold bikes that are unsuitable, uncomfortable, probably harm the back and neck, and are bad for viewing the road ahead?

Historically, when the bicycle emerged over 110 years ago as afford-able personal transport for everyone, comfort and good posture were more important than outright speed.

The upright riding position evolved as the optimum posture for everyday cycling in everyday clothes.

U P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H TU P R I G H T

I S ALL RIGHT

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This sounds very positive, except that the most obvious fact is usually missing: this equipment is to fit a bike for sport or racing, not for casual everyday use.

An ergonomist matches products to the human anatomy and needs. Significantly, an ergonomist's guidance is unbiased. They are not interested in "converting" someone to do the same hobby as them, nor encouraging a user to race.

For around town, casual everyday use, ergonomists recommend that a bicycle should have handlebars close to and above the saddle.

The "bottom in the air," bent back, bent neck, poor view ahead is provably the wrong posture for everyday around town use.

But I hear the industry respond, "There is an exciting trend: sporty fixie riders are fashionably cool." True, but this is the cycling equivalent of 1960s motorcycle "cafe-racers." Cool derived from exclusiv-ity is easier to do than "natural cool."

Natural cool takes standard elements available to all and, with style, elevates them to special.

Natural cool is best seen in places like Milan. Italians in suits, gently riding upright bikes, are effortlessly cool (even in 30-degree C heat). They demolish a huge myth and objection to cycling: that it makes you sweat.

You only sweat if you cycle fast, racing against the clock. "Natural cool" can be mainstream - and make cycling mainstream.

Portraying cycling as normal rather than sporty is surely the best way forward for the industry. Isn't it?

This is crazy. But is it a result of laziness, or pure inertia? As a designer I know the temptation to simply re-use the same stretched-out geometry that the (enthusiast) market seems to accept, even though I know it would be better to properly research the best ergonomics for the intended users.

Even Velib, Biki, and other city hire bikes have stretched geometry - no doubt specified by cycling "experts."

FIT FOR USE

Who best understands the postural needs of a new, casual or urban bicycle user: a cycling "expert" or an ergonomist?

The bicycle geometry and the posture a new cyclist will be forced into will most likely be chosen by a cycling "expert," such as a salesperson, a marketing manager or a buyer/specifier; somebody who is part of the industry, probably an enthusiast who is a long-time, long-distance bicycle user.

Many bike brands even boast of using famous racing cyclists to design their frames, and some even become brands - good for racing but totally inappropriate for town bikes. Some bicycle shops even have a "fitting" service using an adjust-able frame.

THINK ABOUT THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD!

The majority of cars are promoted as normal family cars, not Formula 1 race cars.

We need to raise a whole generation of children to rediscover the joys of the bike, and appreciate its benefits.

Forget going green. Forget sport. We need to do what generations of marketeers have done for cars: promote the upright bicycle as sexy, exciting and cool for all.

g MARK SANDERS

WWW.MAS-DESIGN.COM

Upright cycling is sexy and fun! © MARK SANDERS

No sweat: it's not a race. © MARK SANDERS

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Using GPS units to get around in the outdoors is becoming as popular as using them to get around in a car. New devices like the MyNav 500 and 600, the related VDO GP7, the Xplovas G5, Falk’s new Ibex, and several Garmin devices promise door-to-door navigation - even if one’s route is on a forest trail.

GPS ROUNDUP, PART 3

ALPTEIN & LOGIBALL

There are many more trails than highways, for example, and these off-road paths often change.

Companies including Alpstein (www.alpstein.de) and Logiball (www.logiball.com) have begun creating routable outdoor databases for some European countries.

OPEN STREET MAP

The Wikipedia-like OpenStreetMap is becoming a serious competitor to conventional maps. It is an open source project, which means anyone can contribute to its database.

Because it is relatively easy to load on a GPS device, OpenStreetMap offers an alternative to buying proprietary map software from companies such as Garmin.

MAKING ONE'S OWN ROUTESMeanwhile, serious outdoor GPS users are increasingly designing routes by themselves at home, rather than letting a disembodied voice on a GPS unit tell them where to go. It’s become easy to do on a well-equipped computer.

Instead of using paper, the user draws a map on the computer screen with a mouse. The outlined path can then be transferred to the GPS unit.

MULTILANGUAL GPSIES

Multilangual-Gpsies (www.gpsies.com) provides outdoor routes around the world - mostly for cyclists - covering more than 46 million kilometers (28.5 million miles). Because other users typically generate these maps, their accuracy may vary, but they are a treasure trove.

JUST ADD THE INTERNET

Other websites make it possible for users to draw their own routes, even in a hotel room. All you need is Internet access.

Start with websites such as www.bikemap.net or www.gps-tour.info. The site www.bikehike.com lets

users create free routes using Google maps

and official U.K. Ordnance Survey maps.

Websites like www.outdooractive.com, or www.gps-tracks.com contain reviewed content and cooperate with tourism agencies and other knowledgeable partners.

TOURISM TIE-INS

As an official country-related tourism platform, www.sh-fahrradland.de offers touring data for visiting cyclists, while allowing access to officials within the tourism industry.

The German bicycling association ADFC offers a network of 200,000 kilometers (124,000 miles) of routable connections on www.adfc-tourenportal.de (Stand FW-202). ADFC charges for its information, as does www.bike-gps.com, which focuses on trans-Alp travel.

The companies charge for the detailed research they do to maintain their maps. Bike GPS offers what it calls RichTrack files, which contains GPS coordinates, waypoints,

elevation profiles and other information for its routes.

BOOKS & MAGAZINES

ON NAVIGATIONGerman speakers who want to learn more about using GPS units for outdoor navigation will find several resources at Eurobike.

Garmin (A5-201) has printed a handy GPS guide, while Lowrance (FW-202) has a new brochure, GPS–alles, was Sie wissen müssen. Both explain outdoor navigation briefly but precisely and are a good source of information for new customers.

Current books and magazines addressing the topic include GPS am Fahrrad by Tom Bierl and Thomas Rögner and GPS für Biker by Thomas Froitzheim.

Check out the Eurobike edition of RadMarkt, the German magazine (ÜO-1), which has a special report on GPS units and cycling.

g THOMAS FROITZHEIM

Journalist & Navigation Consultant Thomas Froitzheim

is the founder of Naviso Outdoor Navigation

(www.naviso.de).© HANNAH GRUNDEY

High-end navigation software like Touratech QV can use scanned maps, free Internet maps or other existing maps and

combine them with 3D elevation data.

using Google maps and official U.K. Ordnance Survey maps.

As an official country-related tourism platform, www.sh-fahrradland.de offers touring data for visiting cyclists, while allowing access to officials within the tourism industry.

The German bicycling association ADFC offers a network of 200,000 kilometers (124,000 miles) of routable connections on www.adfc-tourenportal.de (Stand FW-202). ADFC charges for its information, as does www.bike-gps.com, which focuses on trans-Alp travel.

The companies charge for the detailed research they do to maintain their maps. Bike GPS offers what it calls RichTrack files, which contains GPS coordinates, waypoints,

elevation profiles and other information for its routes.

ON NAVIGATIONGerman speakers who want to learn more about using GPS units for outdoor navigation will find

Michael Freudenreich of Lowrance with the company's new GPS brochure.

At first glance, outdoor navigation follows the principles of car navigation: leading the user to his or her destination with a simple interface, precise instructions, and the ability to recalculate after the user takes a wrong turn or chooses a different route.

DIFFERENT NEEDSBut a deeper look shows that hikers, cyclists and other outdoor users have more complicated needs than drivers. Cyclists alone have widely differing criteria: Road bikers want to get there on asphalt, mountain bikers prefer unpaved roads and trails, while a family on touring bikes may want to avoid steep climbs. Yet it’s impossible to tell a navigation device to take the “most beautiful” route, or to “follow the river as closely as possible.”

Finding routes over trails, forest roads, equestrian paths and other byways requires not just suitable software but a base map that contains all of this information. And that’s a huge challenge for cartographers, who have to input all of this information along with other route attributes such as width, type of surface, type of traffic, grade, and so on.

Official topographical maps include nearly every usable path but often lack these kinds of details. And while companies such as Navteq or TomTom have documented most of the world’s roads and highways, no one has yet developed a similar database for outdoor uses.

‘PLEASE MAKE A LEGAL U-TURNAT THE NEXT TRAILHEAD’

By planning ahead on a computer, a user can check a suggested route and customize it quickly.

GOOGLE EARTH

Google Earth, a popular free software program, is insufficient for outdoor planning because its satellite images don’t give enough detail on off-road paths.

MAGICMAP'S TOUR EXPLORER

Instead, special planning software like MagicMap’s Tour Explorer provide official topo maps, easy-to-use drawing tools and even preloaded directions for bicycle routes (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg). The maps accom-modate long-distance cyclists and hikers, and the company also makes an application for the iPhone. See MagicMap at FW-202.

TOURATECH QV, FUGAWI & OZI EXPLORER

Users also can rely on Touratech QV (www.ttqv.com), Fugawi (www.fugawi.com) or Ozi Explorer (www.oziexplorer.com), which allow them to scan their own maps for use on a GPS unit.

ONLINE RESOURCESUsers who don’t want to spend the time drawing their own routes can often find what they need on-line from others who have already done the work.

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The wheelset also features carbon Craft hubs with Japanese sealed bearings. Traditional carbon hubs are made by wrapping carbon fiber over a metal core. For the Craft hub shells, Novatec used full carbon, made possible with the combination of a new foaming technique and a proprietary manufacturing process. The aero oval design is patented.

The wheelset is also equipped with a patented 3in1 cassette body, so riders can quickly swap cassettes among Shimano, SRAM and Campagnolo systems. The rear hub has an axle Locking Adjustment System (LAS) which makes sure of retention. This Craft wheelset will be available after Eurobike.

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Novatec, the wheel and hub brand of Taiwan's Joy Industrial, has produced the Craft W499, a full-carbon wheel for TT and triathlon bikes. The Craft W999 wheel has 99mm deep aero rims and is built with highly aerodynamic carbon spokes.

NOVATEC PUTS FULL CARBON INTO CRAFT

Novatec's Craft W999 Wheel Set.

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720armour, owned since 2002 by the Hwa Meei Optical Group of Taiwan, currently sponsors track star Kevin Sireau of France. He rides with Hitman shades but will no doubt upgrade to the newest sports shades from 720armour, which is at Eurobike promoting two new models: the 2011 version of the Shark and the Speeder. The Speeder has light-reacting RX lenses. The Shark won an iF Design Award in 2010.

Using 720’s patented FlipTop lens-changing system, the Shark was designed for active sports, including water sports, making the model perfect for triathlon competitors. Polarized impact-resistant lenses cut glare, and optical performance is enhanced by eliminating off-axis prismatic mistakes. For the frame, the patented CVS venting system was built in to aid airflow and prevent fogging. Water is prevented from obstructing vision due to a seal created with the rubber upper-bridge and an adjustable strap.

720Armour was born on the Gold Coast of Australia in 1996 and has been protecting the eyes of top athletes ever since.

720ARMOUR'S EYEWEAR ISSLEEK & TOUGH

A statement from 720armour said, "Our partnerships with Kevin Sireau and other outstanding athletes put our designs, materials, and technology to the test. Working closely with our athletes as well as award-winning designers and technology providers makes sure we’ve developed and refined a line of performance and leisure eyewear as tough and sleek as any in the world."

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Track cyclist Kevin Sireau wears 720Armour.

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The concept is unique in the bicycle business, enabling consumers to see and even try out the French brand’s high-end products in a classy and urban setting.With its sleek carbon frame bicycles displayed on white walls, Time Square draws tourists from around the world. Some of them just happen to be strolling by after visiting the Arc de Triomphe, while others purposely head there to gawk. Since the 60-square-meter (645-square-foot) store opened on the Avenue de la Grande Armée in 2007, the store has welcomed cycling and design enthusiasts from more than 50 countries.

Thomas Drehmel of Hercules with the new E-One pedelecs.

Hercules is a sister brand of Winora and is one of the brands under the Accell umbrella.Thomas Drehmel, Hercules’ product and R&D manager, worked with a team to create the E-One, which will come to market in two models.

HERCULES DEBUTS

The E-One Sporty comes with fancy cast-aluminum wheels, while the E-One Classic is offered with traditional spoke wheels.“With theses two models we want to offer the typical Hercules customers in the German-speaking market a new style of pedelec,” Drehmel said. gJB

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URBANE BOUTIQUEJust down the road from the prestigious Champs-Elysées avenue in Paris, a few doors away from a Lamborghini dealer, stands a small store that looks almost like an art gallery. It’s called Time Square and is the exclusive boutique of Time Sport.

THE BEST OF TIME

“We had lost a lot of ground in recent years as we tried to stick with French producers, and then switched to unconvincing partnerships in Morocco and Eastern Europe,”

Descroix said.

“But in the last two years we’ve seen marked improvements, with sales growing by about 10 percent a year in both road and mountain biking footwear.”

The growth was powered by international sales, which further benefited from the brand’s heightened investments in markets including China, South Korea and Japan. Sales in France accounted for only about 35 percent of Time’s turnover in its most recent fiscal year, and that percent-age is shrinking quickly.

As for the company’s investment in Time Square, it has clearly paid off: the company intends to replicate it with a large store and trial center at its Valux Milieu factory.

The 6,000-square-meter (64,600-square-foot) center is scheduled to open after the summer.

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“Nearly all of the people who try the bicycles end up buying them at a bicycle store. But beyond that, this store is a unique investment in terms of image.”

Claude Tiessé, who rides about 9,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) a year, had come earlier to try one of the latest models. Now he’s back for another ride of up to two-and-a-half hours, on a Time bicycle that has been adjusted to his build.

“Both of these bicycles are worth more than €4,000, so it seems right that we get a chance to test them,” Tiessé said. “After all, nobody would ever consider

buying a car without a test drive.”

Durand is on hand for advice and final adjustments. There’s also a neat changing room with a

designer shower to ensure Tiessé will be clean and refreshed when he

heads to the metro after his ride.

Time, which specializes in pedals, footwear and carbon frames, seems to be reaping the benefits of Time Square and other innovative investments. Its turnover rose by about 10 percent to nearly €13 million for the fiscal year which ended in June. Growing exports and the launch of the I-Clic, its latest pedal, helped drive Time’s growth.

The I-Clic “has

been a strong success for us because the pedal respects the

natural pedaling movement, and at the same time it’s easy to click into,” said Alain Descroix, the company’s international sales manager. “This was not always the case in the past, which deprived us of sales to female customers and beginners.”

Time makes about 120,000 pairs of pedals a year at its plant in Varennes Vauzelle, near Nevers, all of them under the Time brand.

Since July 2008 the company head-quarters has been in Vaulx Milieu, in the Isère, which is the location for its main production plant of carbon frames. It opened another frame factory in Slovakia to take advantage of lower labor costs. Together the two sites turn out about 6,000 frames a year.

Time’s footwear sales also have been growing, as it has found the right produc-tion partner in the Asia.

The I-Clic pedal.

Time Square store in Paris.

“We had lost a lot of ground in recent years as we tried to stick with French producers, and then switched to unconvincing partnerships in Morocco and Eastern Europe,”

success for us because the pedal respects the

Descroix said.

“We had lost a lot of ground in recent years as we tried to stick with French producers, and then switched to unconvincing partnerships in

The I-Clic “has

been a strong success for us because the pedal respects the

"We don’t

sell any bicycles here,

but we give people the opportunity to try our products on the nearby circuit of Longchamp in the Bois de Boulogne,” said Dominique Durand, who has run Time Square since it opened.

Time is showing its new RSRX Uletam at Eurobike.

success for us because the pedal respects the success for us because

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TIME’S

Hercules is expanding its folding pedelec line to three models and adding a new e-bike class to its range. Inspired

by the success of the TranzX Eagle, a 20-inch pedelec, and the Eagle-derived Winora Town:e, Hercules decided to get in on the act.

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At last year’s Eurobike, Storck Bicycle GmbH surprised everyone by debuting an e-bike line, adding what it called its Raddar e-bike system to its established Multiroad and

Multitask trekking bikes. We asked Markus Storck, the company’s founder and general manager, how the bikes have been received, and what other electrifying

news Storck has planned for 2011.

'LARGEST CHANGE SINCE MOUNTAIN BIKES'STORCK ADDS CARBON PEDELEC TO ITSELECTRIFYING LINE-UP

ESD: How did the market respond to your e-bike debut?

Markus Storck: The market responded great to our new Raddar system. Our goal was to create an outstanding product with special features. We received good orders from German dealers and from our distribution partners.

ESD: Wasn’t it risky to enter the pedelec market under the Storck name - a premium brand for road, mountain, tri and time-trial bikes?

Storck: Storck does stand for premium, high quality products with a large innovation factor. This is exactly what we achieved with our Raddar System. For 2011, we will present a Carbon Multiroad Pedelec.

ESD: Are you reaching new customers with these e-bikes, or satisfying the needs of the typical Stock customer?

Storck: We are reaching new customers, and offering current customers a mobility solution they had not expected from us.

Most of our customers have not thought about buying an e-bike or pedelec, but after the first test ride they are ready to get one.

ESD: Pedelecs are limited to a maximum speed of 25 km/h (15 miles an hour) without a special license or insurance. Last year you made it clear that your e-bike system could easily be reprogrammed to achieve speeds of up to 45 km/h (28 mph). Do you plan to offer this speed class to the market at some point?

Storck: Our system can easy be reprogrammed up to 45 km/h, and we do plan to offer this at a later stage. Currently we do need to fulfill the demand we have for the pedelec version.

ESD: What else is new in the 2011 e-bike line?

Storck: We are offering a Carbon Multiroad Raddar Pedelec, and shifting motor production to a Swiss vendor. This will result in shorter lead times and improved product range.

ESD: Will this market stay in the hands of bicycle suppliers and specialty dealers, or move to other suppliers such as automobile makers or parts makers, such as Magma/EPS with Bionx or Bosch, and their dealer networks?

Storck: This all depends on the current market players and dealers. If we all work hard and professionally then the largest piece of the pie could stay with specialty

bicycle dealers.

Maybe we will see more and more specialty e-bike stores. If you want

to be successful you need to invest in this market and not view it as a side business.

gJBESD: How do you view the future of the e-bike market?

Storck: For me this is the largest market change we’ve had since the mountain bike boom. We all have the chance to create an environmentally friendly way of transportation. Everybody who has tried an e-bike or pedelec is going to get one sooner or later.

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Bachmann added, "This meant narrower shoulder straps and a wide cutout around the shoulders for a perfectly shaped riding position.”

The Bike Bra has a more functional sister, the Bike Windblock Bra, which includes Windstopper panels in front. Just in case, all Craft bras carry a UPF rating of 50+.

ODLO

Craft gets support from another Scandi-navian brand. “Colors are very important, specially new color combinations,” said Simone Braun, product manager for Odlo’s bike line. “The bestsellers at Odlo are jerseys with full zip and decorated with prints.”

A RETURN TO WOOL

THALER SPORTS

Some companies have never stopped making retro wool jerseys. “They attract attention, but we’ve not really sold many,” said Peter Thaler, CEO of Thaler Sports. But the boom in merino that has swept through outdoor apparel is now coming to bikewear.

ICEBREAKER

A year after Smartwool, a pioneer in merino outdoor socks, launched its cycling collec-tion, New Zealand’s Icebreaker is following with two lines of its own.

Its tailored GT Bike Line road jerseys cling to the body, thanks to a small amount of Lycra that is added to 97 percent merino. The GT

mountain biking jerseys are more casual.

Icebreaker’s second line, Commute, “is made to be sporty with all necessary features as non-slip hems, reflective piping and ergonomic zippers, but formal enough to be worn at work as well,” said the company’s creative director, Rob Achten.

LÖFFLER

Austrian bike specialist Löffler turned to Tencel instead of merino for its “natural cool” jersey. Tencel is a type of rayon made

from wood pulp and has a pleasant hand and a sustainable story.

GONSO

Gonso’s designers must have had an extremely busy spring as the company prepares to launch two new bikewear lines for 2011. With US40 by Gonso, the German brand is trying to overcome its somewhat conservative image.

US40 by Gonso is positioned as a trendy label for bikewear and sportswear with functional, modern bike features and classic streetwear design elements. Its second line is quite different: a technical men’s collection whose face will be Swiss MTB champ Silvio Bundi. The men’s line joins Gonso’s Regina Marunde Collection, named for the women’s MTB athlete.

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CRAFT

The last years have seen an improvement regarding basic function. “A jersey should be more than just a simple T-shirt with back pockets and a zipper,” said André Bachmann, German sales manager for Craft.

Today, he said, a jersey needs “a great fabric, a mixture of materials, body-mapping technology and an ergonomic cut as basic features.”

For a long time, cyclists expected their jerseys to handle moisture management and little else. Schumacher said protection from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation is a new minimum standard for cycling jerseys. Her company is taking another step.

“For 2011 we are integrating Polygiene as a finish against odor,” Schumacher said. Fanfiluca also features unique accessories.

”We added the Lunettix glasses clip and are surprised how well received it has been,” she said.

Craft is also focused on design, which Bachmann said is crucial. “We offer a wide range, from uni-colored pieces to prints, or strap tops for women,” he said.

Craft’s Elite Attack Jersey is made of Cool Mesh Superlight fabric, which weighs only 86 grams per square meter, and features a unique knitting technique for ventilation.

Craft is also focusing on what female cyclists wear beneath the jersey, by launching its first Bike Bra for 2011.

“The focus for this unique model was on creating the perfect shape for the specific, forward-leaning position on the bike," he said.

From the Fanfiluca 2011 line.

FASHION TRENDS, PART 3

APPAREL BRANDS BEAT DISCOUNTERS

... WITH MORE FUNCTION Cyclists don’t need much in the way of apparel for pleasant warm and dry days. But fortunately for apparel makers, men and women are always looking for new colors, new styles, new functions and new features. And while it’s impossible to reinvent the wheel, apparel brands at Eurobike show that it can at least be improved upon.

CONSCIENTIOUS CONSUMERSFANCILUCA

Christiane Schumacher, CEO of Fanfiluca Bikestyle, said established brands have another advantage they can draw upon.

“We’re expecting more conscientious consumers,” Schumacher said. She said consumers increasingly want to know where fabrics come from, what they consist of and how and where apparel is produced.

“Sustainable methods of transportation and fair wages will be issues of great importance in the near future,” she said. Craft Bike Bra.

Icebreaker Circuit jersey

“The bike jersey category is up, and it’s growing,” said Rob Blair, mer-chandising director for Sugoi. That’s good news, because jerseys face the most competitive challenges from knockoffs, discounters, and companies that want to get their brand names out in public.

Mainline apparel brands can stay ahead of the discounters by adding more technical features.

“There is an increased demand for more technical solutions; for contoured mesh paneling to improve fit and for increased breathability to ultimately deliver better fitting and more comfortable jerseys,” Blair said.

US40 by Gonso.

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To celebrate 25 years in business, Cratoni Helmets GmbH is

giving every dealer visiting the company stand in hall B2 a free Cratoni backpack.

The first 25 dealers will also get a limited edition Sabine

Spitz world championship helmet.

CRATONI 25TH ANNIVERSARY

GIVEAWAY!

Ortlieb CEO Wolfgang Paulus said, “The brands have almost identical customers. We are now the one-stop supplier for German retailers.”

Racktime, a Tubus brand, produces high-end system racks and sewn panniers using Ortlieb’s mounting system. Tubus makes high-end bike racks made of steel and titanium.

At Eurobike, Ortlieb and Tubus will display at separate booths. Ortlieb is showing the new waterproof Trunk-Bag which uses Racktime’s snap-it adapter system.

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Ortlieb has taken on the exclusive German distribution of Tubus racks and Racktime racks and bags.

ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ORTLIEB, TUBUS & RACKTIME

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Over the past few years, it has become clear that the future of electric bikes will rely on lithium batteries. And it is also clear that electric cars and other vehicles will use lithium-based batteries. So a logical worry is that the huge and rich auto industry will consume all of the available lithium leaving electric bikes to suffer from a shortage of batteries.

Here are a few thoughts to reassure our industry:

Yes, lithium is currently supplied by produc-tion from only a few places. But lithium is an abundant material, and we have little chance of running out of it. It is actually more profitable for a battery company to sell lithium cells to a bikemaker than to a car maker. Most major battery companies want to do both.

The cells and technologies of the battery industry in existence today are useable for electric bikes. The cells needed for the car industry are still in development stages. Today’s existing production will still be available for e-bikes, as cars will demand different cells.

Battery technology is, perhaps, the most intensively funded and studied effort of our day. New and better batteries will come out, constantly. Even if lithium becomes scarce, batteries that can serve the e-bike business will still be available. (Consider that the oldest of all technologies, the lead acid battery is the best-selling electric bike power supply, worldwide, today.)

SAFETY

We have all heard a lot about lithium battery safety. And we have seen and heard about nasty fires consuming such batteries. The reality is that lithium manganese and

lithium iron phosphate cells, when used in properly designed and manufactured battery packages with appropriate battery manage-ment systems and chargers, have a very, very good safety record.

The problems occur when the battery is abused, (often deliberately) or is sourced from a low cost, low quality vendor that has little concern for basic safety issues. Sometimes lithium cobalt cells (more flammable) are sold by mistake or misrepresentation. UL and BATSO have established standards that work very well. Fires are so rare as to be virtually nonexistent.

RECYCLING

Lithium batteries are not especially toxic. The normal way to recycle them is to shred them - thus eliminating possible pockets of flammable material - and put them in landfills. This will change because lithium is a valuable material and we will soon see centers that can recover the metal for reuse.

By participating in a recycling effort, a dealer or manufacturer can be sure that the batteries they sell will be responsibly handled.

Edward Benjamin is the Chairman of the Light Electric Vehicle Association, and a Managing

Director of eCycleElectric Consulting. Email: [email protected]

Web: www.levassociation.com

LITHIUM AND BICYCLESLITHIUM SHORTAGES? LITHIUMSAFETY? RECYCLING?

BY: ED BENJAMIN

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These questions may seem surprising. After all, it’s been 25 years since the first large-scale production of carbon tube frames, and seven years since the weight of a mass-produced frame fell below the threshold of 1 kg (2.2 pounds).

The reason carbon fiber remains enigmatic lies in the material itself. As its correct name - carbon fiber-reinforced plastic - implies, this is a composite material. Using a matrix, typically made of epoxy resin, carbon fibers in the form of fabric are processed in several layers to form a laminate. Only if a sufficient number of fibers are integrated into the respective directions of load, and only if the matrix binds this construction cleanly together, is the result a resilient structure.

When making bicycle parts, workers stack layers mostly by hand. A part’s robustness results from subjecting it to heat and pressure to make the resin harden. Only with meticulous work and careful control can different components in a single production batch have approximately the same properties. In principle, production defects such as delamination, when individual fabric layers separate or crack because of overloading, can cause the component to fail. If the manufacturing process is poor or the fiber material weak, this failure can occur suddenly and with serious impact, which is why it is called “sudden death” failure.

DAMAGE CONTROLAfter many years of carbon use in bicycles, we can say that “sudden death” failures only occasionally result from manufacturing defects. Well-designed, carefully produced carbon components are inconspicuous in normal operation and almost last forever.

But this does not mean they never break. Components fail for three main reasons: inexpert assembly, incorrect combination of components, or careless handling by the consumer.Bolts are often tightened by hand, often

with excessive force. Carbon assembly paste has not yet found its way onto every workbench, which can also mean that parts can only be fixed with high or excessive torque, causing pressure-sensitive carbon to fail.

Failures also occur during routine use: A bicycle falls over and hits a sharp edge. A mountain bike’s handlebar makes a sharp pivot, and a brake or gear lever collides with the top tube. A clamp on a bicycle rack pinches a delicate carbon frame too hard and causes it to crack.

When this happens, it is impossible to give an overloaded component the all-clear signal. Bicycles must be carefully checked after an overload has occurred, yet a visual inspection alone is not enough.Carbon components do not bend, even after an overload,

first glance to be a viable and reasonably priced method of gauging damage. The process generates colorful images that can show defects in laminate, resin accumula-tions, foam inserts, metal components, different paint layer thicknesses, labels, etc.

The problem is that thermography provides too much information. No expert can say whether a perceived weakness is due to a particular accident or whether it affects the durability of a frame or component.

MEANINGFUL USE OF THER-MOGRAPHY

To make meaningful use of thermography, a cyclist would need before-and-after images to know for sure whether an accident has affected the condition of a carbon component.

Is there a solution? Stiffness tests have proven to be an adequate means

of checking the condition of carbon components.

Some manufactur-ers have begun

using the tests to check production runs and keep substandard components

from going onto the market.

Stiffness typically deteriorates when

the composite disintegrates

because of

damage or fatigue. But as with thermogra-phy, a stiffness measurement means little without a before-and-after comparison.

It is therefore important that the industry maintain a database of “before” values that can be used to check measurements against.

Researchers are working on ways of improving testing methods and alleviating potential risks.

Carbon can be repaired with basic materials such as resins and fiber mats. Whether or not a repair will be successful depends entirely on the

experience of the technician.

Layer-by-layer abrasion of damaged areas is technically good and visually clean. Stair-like abrasion allows the sound addition of new laminate layers until the original wall thickness is restored. In this way a durable composite is produced with no change in stiffness.

An experienced paint shop can make repairs that are invisible to the naked eye. A few companies that specialize in motor racing have started repairing carbon bike frames. AN INDUSTRY TO-DO LIST

While it is durable in normal use, carbon is sensitive to misuse and overloading. While damage can be repaired, bike manufacturers and cyclists should keep a few things in mind when it comes to carbon fiber use:

S By no means should all components and types of bicycle be made from this material;

S The limitations of the fiber structures should be clearly highlighted with regard to weight, misuse, etc.;

S Workshop mechanics should be trained to work with carbon fiber;

S User manuals should come with every carbon component and bicycle so consumers have clear instructions on handling such sensitive equipment.

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CARBON FIBERAFTER 25 YEARS, NO END TO QUESTIONS ABOUT ...

AVOIDING ‘SUDDEN DEATH’ FAILURES

Color may have come back in fashion for bicycles, but

black, iridescent carbon fiber remains the undisputed No. 1

material for high-performance frames and components. Yet after all these years

of carbon fiber use, questions still remain about its longevity and its ability to be repaired

and reused after an accident. There’s even debate over the best methods for testing carbon fiber.

A closeup view of a carbon fiber rip.© ZEDLER.DE

Dirk Zedler, an engineer, has analyzed and tested carbon fiber for more than

20 years. He produces the zedler.de test stands for testing carbon bicycle

frames, and the team of Zedler-Institut für Fahrradtechnik und-Sicherheit

GmbH supplies companies with user manuals in up to

24 languages. © ZEDLER.DE

The sidewall of this carbon wheel melted as a result of

overheating. © ZEDLER.DE

but return to their original shape. In In contrast to aluminum and steel frames, a frame alignment gauge is useless with a carbon fiber frame.

It’s impractical or expensive to subject a frame to an X-ray or computer tomography inspection.Pulse thermog-raphy seems at

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FROM RACE CARS & MINI-COOPERS TO COOPER BIKES

‘I LOVE CARS, BUT BIKES HAVE A

STRONG FUTURE’The British company that helped birth the famous Mini Cooper auto in the 1950s has morphed into Cooper Bikes, a bike company with an automotive heritage.

“We’re not a car company making bikes for fun. We’re passionate about bikes,” said Michael Cooper, the owner of Cooper Bikes. “We believe that within three to four years we can be selling 20,000 units a year.”

Cooper is the son of John Cooper, who owned the Cooper Car Company and helped his friend, Alec Issigonis, create the Mini Cooper for the British Motor Corp. in 1959. The Cooper Car Company was a leading racecar manufacturer whose vehicles dominated Formula One and the Indianapolis 500.

While the present-day Cooper company still produces car parts, bicycles are becoming its mainstay. Michael Cooper created Cooper Bikes in 2009. Its first batch of 2,000 bikes, which became available earlier this year, sold out almost instantly.

Cooper forecasts sales of 7,000 bikes in 2011, and is at Eurobike to show off four new models and expand European distribution.The company is already strong in Asia. Cooper Bikes is sold in 60 stores in Japan and is available in major cities in China. It also has a presence in Malaysia, Taiwan and Korea as well as Australia and the United States.

In Europe, distribution is more low-key, with individual dealers in the UK (including leading indie chain Evans Cycles), Spain, Germany and Italy. At Eurobike, Cooper Bikes hopes to sign with distributors or major independent bike store chains.

The brand’s ethos is urban cool, and it started with fixed wheel bikes using retro-conscious Reynolds 531 frames, Brooks saddles and Sturmey Archer parts. The T200 Champion-shiop 50 won the best design award of 2010 from style magazine Wallpaper.

At Eurobike, Cooper Bikes is launching its T100 track-frame bike with a three-speed internal hub; a single-speed, all-chrome bike; and a dropped top-tube women’s bike.

Cooper is also showing a range of style-focused panniers and backpacks designed by Ally Capellino, a London fashion designer who has produced upscale laptop bags for Apple.

“We have the engineering know-how, and we have a passion for it,” Cooper added. “We’re very much into the urban market. We have no plans to produce race bikes or mountain bikes.”

The evolution of Cooper’s company is a bit of history in reverse. In the early days of motoring, many of the first automobile makers were bike manufacturers. Now that trend is starting to go the other way, as automakers at least put their brand names on bicycles.

“I’ve felt for a long time that the bike is an answer to so many of our problems,” Cooper

said. “Yes, I love cars and motorbikes .but bicycles have a very strong future. The bicycle market is going to get bigger and bigger.”

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Cooper Bikes started with fixed wheel bikes because of Michael Cooper’s first introduc-tion to a "real bike."

“My grandfather enjoyed cycling. When I was 13 he gave me a fixed wheel bike. I had a Raleigh Chopper at the time. ‘You don’t want that,’ he told me, giving me the fixie. It was obviously a different bike for the time, a cool bike,” Cooper said.

“My father wasn’t into bikes. I grew up with cars. It’s only in the last five years that I’ve got back into cycling,” he added. “I wanted to get fit; I’ve lost a stone and a half [21 pounds] in 18 months of cycling to work. When I wanted a cool bike again, it was natural for me to think about a fixed bike.” Cooper said he got the idea for making fixed bikes from his daughter, China, when they were in London’s East End three years ago.

“We saw all these people who were buying lugged frames from eBay or getting them from scrap yards and building them into really cool bikes,” he said. “We thought we could do that: produce some bikes with a cool East End feel and sell the bikes around the world.”

Michael Cooper in a Cooper F1

The T100 Spa

The T250 Aintree

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The wraps came off the 2011 XTR groupset at the end of June and what was unveiled wasn't just an upgrade to a previous groupset but an all-new look, with some innovative improvements and, in effect, two versions, XC and all-mountain.

SHIMANO XTRA TALE OF TWO GROUPSETS

DAHON BIOLOGIC CYCLETUNES SPEAKERS

HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011 HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011

two versions, XC and all-mountain.

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This personal speaker system for your

bike allows you to air your favorite tunes while on two

wheels. Hook it up to your iPhone, iPod or MP3 player and you have

instant music during your ride.

PowerBoost bass technology delivers

excellent sound through the stereo speaker system.

CycleTunes attaches quickly to a stem, top tube or handlepost and is compatible with the BioLogic Bike Mount for iPhone.

CRAFT ELITE ATTACK JERSEYThe Elite Attack Jersey fulfils the needs of cyclists with its complex, 3D construction including the brand’s unique Moving Wing Technology for full release in the upper back area.

Engineered for serious riders, the full-mesh material is constructed with a unique knitting process to provide outstanding cooling properties.

Weighing just 105 grams (size M), the quality of the Attack jersey can truly be felt in the fit.

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CHOSEN REAR HUB WITH MGC+IB

SYSTEMThis is the new MGC design for MTB Free-Ride/

DH. The cassette body uses a Multi Gear design (120T) for high

performance on the slopes.

It copes well with high-speed

turns, while its cassette body uses

an Integrated Bushing System(IB) to reduce weight and

strengthen durability.

MGC design for MTB Free-Ride/

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ESCHLER ‘FLASH’ KNITWEAR Bicycle apparel makers watch out: Swiss knitwear pioneer Christian

Eschler’s extremely successful "Flash" qualities ensure fantastic thermoregu-

lation and ideal moisture management.

Flash is a complex double layer knit with Polyester inside and Polyamide on the outside. The thermo regulating function can be further optimized by Schoeller’s Coldblack technology.

It allows dark textiles to no longer absorb, but reflect heat. Thus, Coldblack reduces heat

build-up and provides reliable protection from UV-rays.

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Shimano's flagship MTB group remains expensive and with

looks to match. It's also lightweight yet super-tough, as you'd

expect from the Japanese market leader.

The 10-speed Dyna-Sys drivetrain system comes in a 2×10 group for racers and a 3×10 set for

cross-country and all-mountain riders. The two groups share the XTR name but have different brake setups including finned brake

pads for the all-mountain brakes.

There are also two pedal systems: a regular-looking, if lighter, SPD and an all-mountain style platform-plus-SPD pedal. The

disc brake rotors are made from an aluminum core with steel exteriors.

Shimano calls the brake innovations "Ice-Tec," a new way of cooling the discs.

The all-mountain brake has thermoplastic cooling fins on the brake pads. Ice-Tec can reduce the rotor

temperature significantly. The brake levers get their own tech makeover, and there are two versions,

a slimmer race lever and a chunkier all-mountain lever.

Ratios on the 2×10 XTR chainset are 40-28T; 42-30T;

44-30T (M985) and 38-26T (M980). The 3x10 has a titanium/

carbon middle ring, the 2x10 doesn't have the same as an inner

ring. There's a bolt-through 142.5mm rear axle and a 15mm

front hub.

The new XTR offers an integrated mount system for the brake lever and shift lever, called I-Spec. With I-Spec, only one clamp band is needed which saves space on the handlebar and shaves off 10g. Horizontal micro-adjustment is possible for a customized setup. The XC groupset is nearly 300g lighter than the 2010 XTR groupset, while the all-mountain version is about 150g lighter.

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At a weight of just 180 g, the Bullet comes out on top of the international competition. A polycarbon-ate reinforcement at the rear of the helmet makes up for additional safety. The outstanding ventilation performance, aerodynamics and not least the design satisfy requirements at the highest professional level.

HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011 HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011BOSCH E-BIKE

The powerful Bosch eBike System signals the arrival of technological expertise by Bosch in the two-wheel world.

Higher awareness of environmental issues is encouraging more people to start cycling, with a particularly noticeable increase in the

use of trekking bikes & e-bikes. But what about the right chain for these bikes? TaYa’s “Super Single-α” offers a satisfying answer.

TAYA CHAIN: A NEW GENERATION OF ECO AND ANTI-RUST CHAIN

Super Single-α meets different needs with innovative features. Most importantly, it has TAYA’s exclusive corrosion protection technology: GST (Greener Surface Treatment).

The half-link and lightweight design reduces weight and makes it easy to adjust the chain’s length.

STEVENS VENTOUX ROAD BIKE

On the new Stevens Ventoux the left side of the frame (opposite the drive train) is used to optimize stiffness with maximal cross sections.

There is a combination of new technical edged profiles in the stiff points and round shapes in the elastic areas.

The result: stiff and elastic are not

necessarily opposites.

Also available in a specific Di2 version,

the frame is built into a complete machine

according to the user's choice (custom-build

program).

CRATONI BULLET HELMETRoad cyclists are true weight fetishists. With the new Bullet, Cratoni makes the dream of a sensa-tionally lightweight road helmet at a moderate price come true.

(Greener Surface Treatment).

The half-link and lightweight design reduces weight and makes it easy to adjust the chain’s length. chain’s length.

It is specially suited to single-speed bikes, like e-bikes and comfort bikes with internal hub gear.

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The system comprises a Drive Unit with motor, control unit and sensors, the Battery Pack with charger and the HMI (human-machine-interface).

The Bosch eBike System offers comfortable and instant support for the full range of speeds.Perfect interaction between sensors, intelligent control

and the powerful motor enables the optimal and immediate reaction to the rider’s demands.

Top-quality, reliably tested and cleverly designed. Bosch says riding

e-bikes has never been so attractive.

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“In Germany, the elliptical trainer is the most important fitness item - and the most popular,” Eisenberg said.

“And now people see this is an elliptical trainer, but for the outdoors. They can use it in the fresh air, not in a room or in a gym.”

Those who want to use it indoors can do that, too, he said, with the addition of a roller system like those used for bikes. “It’s very healthy. You use almost all of your muscles - 98 percent of them,” he said.

The Freecross is made entirely in Germany of an aluminum frame. It’s equipped with Schwalbe tires and an 8-speed Shimano Nexus internal hub.Show officials awarded the Freecross a Eurobike award, which was announced yesterday.

The company says someone riding a Freecross can burn as much as 675 calories an hour at a speed of 18 km an hour (11 miles an hour), which is about 35 percent more than riding a traditional bike.

Eisenberg debuted the Freecross at the ISPO show earlier this year. He said it underwent 3½ years of development and an investment of more than €1.5 million. The Freecross sells for a retail price of €2,199, or $3,000.

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Picture an elliptical trainer, like the ones in just about every gym and health club around the world. Now picture that elliptical trainer on wheels, with the user actually cruising down the street. That, in essence, is the Freecross, a device invented by Wolfgang Eisenberg which is beginning to be rolled out on to the market this year.

AN ELLIPTICAL TRAINERYOU CAN TAKE FOR A RIDE

Wolfgang Eisenberg demonstrates the Freeride. © DM

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GATES TARGETS MOBILITY WITHLESS EXPENSIVE BELT DRIVE

The Gates Corporation made belt drives popular. Now, the U.S. company hopes to broaden its reach with a new group, the CDC.

“CDC is a belt-drive system designed specifically for transportation bikes, and features a lower price,” said Todd Sellden, global director for the Gates Carbon Drive System.

“The new CDC version is approximately 30 percent cheaper than our classic CDX. Therefore, we hope to reach a much wider audience with the new version.”

By pairing the CDC system with an internally geared hub, Gates hopes to penetrate more of the market for no-fuss, no-muss commuter bikes.

The idea of developing a less expensive belt drive system was driven by the market. Sellden said that “60 to 70 percent of all belt-drive [equipped] bikes are mobility bikes."

Todd Sellden of Gates with Karlheinz Nicolai .with Karlheinz Nicolai with Karlheinz Nicolai A2-202

CONWAY’S SOUPED-UP E-MTBAPPEALS TO YOUNG RIDERSConway, a subsidiary of Germany’s Hartje KG, is showing a full-suspen-sion, electric-assist mountain bike.

The bike’s rear swing arm and large suspension fork promise great off-road handling. But the position of the powerful 36V 18A battery and the motor along the frame downtube and in between the multiple tubing seat tube, says a lot about the future of MTB e-Bikes.

Conway began working with the R&D firm German:a three years ago on the e-Rider, with young riders in mind. With European regulations limiting pedelecs to 250W motors and maximum speeds of 25 km/h, Conway is looking far into the future. “We want to see the reaction of the public,” a spokesman said. “But lots of young people are interested in our latest creation.”

The e-Ride weighs just under 20kg. The motor provides a continuous output of 1kW, with peak power of 2kW - more than enough for any uphill climb.

Conway is taking orders for the e-Rider, which will go on the market in 2011

with a suggested retail price of €5,999.

“We have developed a complete system (motor, controller and display) in-house.

It will probably be implemented in a stripped-down 250W version

on Hartje’s Victoria commuter bikes,” the spokesman said.

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A Conway employee displays the powerful new e-Rider. © GE

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HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011 HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011HOT NEW PRODUCTS 2011IBERA SMART PHONE CASE

Bike-mounting case holds iPhone, other smart phones, iPod Classic / iPod Touch, and other devices.

With this clip-on case cyclists can carry a smart phone securely on their bike where they can hear it, access it easily, and keep it away from corrosive sweat.

The Ibera IB-PB3 is available with stem or handlebar attachments, and is compatible with earphones.

CRANKBROTHERS CANDY 11 CLIPLESS PEDAL

The highest-level bike pedal in the candy line, the Candy 11 is aesthetically stunning. With its strong, functional design it makes a striking addition to any mountain bike.

Its predecessors have already won an abundance of prizes.

Whether Olympic Gold or overall World Cup victory, Ghost bicycles

were on the very top of the podium for almost every race.

GHOST HTX BIKE Light, fast and as comfortable as possible – this is what racing cyclists demand from their victorious bicycles.

Ghost responded to these demands, and the new Active Flexchain stays and numerous

innovations represent not only the latest technology, but

also the fastest HTX series

ever.

GIANT ANTHEM X BIKEThe versatility of the Anthem X makes it one of

the staples in Giant’s off-road performance family.

A lightweight ALUXX SL frameset plus 4 inches of Maestro Suspension travel

and new features like a PowerCore press-fit bottom bracket for stiffness

and a tapered OverDrive headtube

NOVATEC X-PERTI W752Hand built and tested by professional racers, the X-Perti

W752 is Novatec’s new tubular full-carbon wheel. The wheel is built using Sapim CX-Sprint stainless aero spokes, 20 in the front wheel and 24 in the rear wheel.

rims are made with UD carbon and use exposed nipples for easy tension maintenance.A unique 3in1 system makes cassette interchanging very simple with no need to change any other parts. Weight: 1463g/pair.

GIANT REIGN BIKESix inches of aggressive Maestro

Suspension offers maximum control when it’s needed most.

With a balanced ALUXX SL aluminum frame, including a super-stiff OverDrive

front end and 15QR thru-axle fork for maximum control, you’ll master

technical climbs and flow down rough descents on the all-new Reign.

Other features include lighter 3D forged aluminum upper rocker links - now double instead of

single for maximum rigidity and control and a shorter

headtube for lower center of gravity.


The highest-level bike pedal

mountain bike.


Hand built and tested by professional racers, the X-Perti

for maximum control, you’ll master technical climbs and flow down rough

descents on the all-new Reign.

ther features include lighter 3D forged aluminum upper rocker links - now double instead of

front end and 15QR thru-axle fork for maximum control, you’ll master for maximum control, you’ll master

technical climbs and flow down rough descents on the all-new Reign.

ther features include lighter 3D

represent not only the latest technology, but

also the fastest HTX series

ever.

The pedal body shares the same

design language as other Crankbrothers products,

with the Candy 11’s titanium spindle, wings

and inner sleeve creating a lightweight pedal

that is a mere 226g per pair. Durability is improved by the air/water-tight assembly, while the use of needle bearings improves performance and smoothness.

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The use of an asymmetric number of

spokes on each side gives the wheel

more stability and stiffness in curve riding. The hubs

have Japanese industrial sealed

bearings and the

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It also has a MegaDrive oversize downtube and toptube for increased torsional stiffness, power delivery and steering precision. Overall frame stiffness is up 2 percent and total weight is 115g

lighter.

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for pinpoint steering, delivers an off-road bike that’s lightweight enough to race and tough enough to nail nasty descents.

Other features include 3D forged aluminum upper rocker links plus a MegaDrive oversize downtube and

toptube for increased torsional stiffness, power delivery

and steering precision. The new Anthem X provides a 2 percent increase in overall frame stiffness and

weighs 2350g.

the staples in Giant’s off-road performance family.

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SR SUNTOUR SWING SHOCK FORK

KTM BARK MOUNTAIN BIKE FRAMEWith the new Bark, KTM re-enters

the All-Mountain segment, bringing a completely redesigned

frame concept, based on KTM's floating damper system.

The design aim has been achieved with a high-quality stiff, light and rigid All Mountain frame that provides around 150mm of travel.

The new Bark comes in three versions with the

following consumer price-range: Bark 10

€4,199; Bark 20 €3,299; Bark 30

€2,299.

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SKS RACE BAG XSThe SKS Race Bag XS can easily be attached to the saddle rails without the need for tools.

A separate compartment inside for a multitool and water-resistant material ensure all items are protected. Other features: attachment loop for safety light and reflective piping.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and for a significant group of bikers, the rigid fork is an object of beauty.

They adore the sleek looks and simple lines inherent in its design. They accept the rock-hard ride to

preserve the look of their bike (not because they're masochists).

Suntour’s design team set themselves the task of winning

these hardliners over. They had to create a suspension fork that would

convince the rigid fork fans with a sleek and slim design coupled with suspension comfort. The result was

the award-winning Swing Shock fork.

The 30 mm of travel absorbs hits from the city streets. The rigid construction allows better acceleration while pedaling and the fork weight of around 1,400 g is 300g less than the lightest standard suspension fork. The low built-in-height allows rigid fork replacement without changing the original bike geometry. Pictured is the Swing Shock on a specially designed concept bike with the sleek look of a traditional Fixie bike but providing more comfort by using a Swing Shock fork.

SKINS C400 MENS LONG SLEEVE

WINTER JERSEYMain body fabric is Nylon Hollow

Core Thermal Fabric providing warmth and breathability.

Has three rear pockets. Reflective logos all round for total visibility. Can

be worn over C400 standard tops and/or C400 Baselayers or with Wind

Vest. Rear silicone gripper to keep garment in place on the bike.

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S-SUN VEGA K717 1W RECHARGEABLE

HEADLIGHT

S-Sun's new Vega K717 1W rechargeable headlight

has 20-lux statute, 8-hour running time and a low battery/

charge indicator.

It’s also rainproof and includes a tool-free quick-release bracket, hand strap, rechargeable batteries (Li-Ion 18650), adapter and USB connector.

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SCHWINN VESTIGE URBAN CONCEPT BIKE

The Schwinn Vestige urban concept bike pushes the green

idea forward. Mixing flax fiber and non-toxic resin for the frame material dramati-

cally reduces the emissions footprint during construction.

The saddle is a custom carved design by the artist Kara Ginther. Special highlight: LED lights are installed inside the semitransparent frame and let the bike glow in the dark.

The Flax fiber frame has a similar ride quality to carbon. But the

frame’s raw materials and the water-based paint are

100% percent biodegradable. Fenders and grips are made of

bamboo, and the tires are made

with recycla-ble rubber

inserts.

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The new Bark comes in he new Bark comes in three versions with the


€4,199; Bark 20 €3,299; Bark 30

€2,299.

The new Bark comes in three versions with the


€4,199; Bark 20 €3,299; Bark 30

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SKINS C400 MENS

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SCHWALBE MTB TIRE RANGEWITH TRIPLE STAR COMPOUNDS

Schwalbe has optimized the inner strength of its MTB tires.

In 2011, all top models will have new, Triple Star compounds. It is a modular system whereby three of six new individual compounds

are cleverly combined.

VITTORIA MEZCAL XC 1.90” 2.10” & ENDURO

AM 2.30” TIRESFrom hardpack to loose soil, the new Mezcal is capable of rolling fast and smooth. Add the confidence-inspiring cornering, courtesy of the aggressive side knobs and you get an extraordi-nary all round weapon for XC racing and trail riding that’s light and fast.

ROCKSHOX REVERB

ADJUSTABLE SEAT POST

Imagine total control of your bike right from the handlebars, just like a Formula 1 driver: shifting, suspen-sion lockout, seat height.

CRATONI C-AIR WOMEN

HELMET§

RST CABLE HIDE-IN FOR 700C SUSPENSION FORK

For its integrated design front suspension fork, RST developed a 'Cable Hide-In' and ICS Crown (Integrated Crown Set) feature

for 700c city bikes, which provide a dual solution that

eliminates the annoying assembly problem caused by

wires and headlights.

The built-in power hub and integrated headlight design make the RST 700c front suspension fork more concise and elegant; the

integrated design is the perfect solution for assembly problems.

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In countless laboratory and practical tests, a total of six highly specialized, unique compounds emerged. These were then combined as Triple Star compounds, which precisely suit the relevant application.

Plus, all new versions are now ‘Tubeless Ready’. Simply by adding a liquid puncture sealant they can be made into tubeless tires (ca. 5g extra).

"We have decisively advanced the principle of triple compounding,"

explained Schwalbe technician, Markus Hachmeyer.

n countless laboratory

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The 2.30-inch section optimized for Enduro-AM application provides the same speed and confident cornering but handles the bigger rocks and technical sections with ease.

With Sticky Soft compound for the best grip in any situation, reinforced casing and bigger knobs, the New Mezcal redefines the semi-slick, taking high performance AM riding to the next level.

SMART "TWO EYES" RL321R TAIL LIGHT

Following the overwhelming success of the half-watt tail light, Smart is intro-

ducing a brand new one watt tail light: the

"Two Eyes."

This all new tail light combines two half-watt Nichia LEDs, generating maximum illumination for night riders, providing total security through two precisely engineered lenses.

The exclusive IC uses very little energy, resulting in a highly efficient and extremely reliable superbright tail

light.

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The all-new RockShox Reverb gives you this, with 125mm of infinite seat height adjustment and control of your return

speed with a hydraulic Xloc handlebar remote.

A custom sealing system keeps the performance optimal even in the worst

conditions. Weight is 515g, zero offset seat clamp.

Diameters: 30.9mm and 31.6mm. Lengths: 380mm

and 420mm.

conditions. Weight is 515g,

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The 2.30-inch section optimized for

Imagine total control of your bike right from the handlebars, just like a Formula 1 driver: shifting, suspension lockout, seat height.

The all-new RockShox Reverb gives you this, with 125mm of infinite seat height adjustment and control of your return

speed with a hydraulic Xloc handlebar remote.

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The C-Air is a sporty and extremely light all-round helmet for women who are looking for a streamlined helmet with fashionable design.

The trendy white and silver colors perfectly match current bike fashions.

The height of the new Hyper Control adjustment system can be adjusted, which significantly improves comfort for cyclists with long hair or ponytails.

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ELECTRA AMSTERDAM BLACK TREE OF LIFE BIKE


ELECTRA TOWNIE BALLOON PEARL WHITEThe Electra Townies offer a com-pletely different ride experience, showcasing Electra´s patented Flat Foot Technology in all its glory.

SIGMA SPORT LIGHTSTER 20

LUX LED

KETTLER HYBRID OBRA EBIKE

This year’s Kettler Obra creates the perfect mix between function and design. With "Made in Germany" quality it confirms the leading position of Kettler in the e-bike segment.

Flat Foot Technology in all its glory. Flat Foot Technology in Flat Foot Technology in Flat Foot Technology in Flat Foot Technology in High-performance optics

and latest LED technology have culminated in the shapely Lightster 20 Lux.

The high-tech light has a wide, glare-free lighting pattern, which provides up to 20 hours of homogeneous illumination. Side light apertures also increase visibility.

The enhanced anti-skid pads of the trusty click bracket offer a perfect fit, even on oversized handlebars. Thanks to the slide function, the lamp can be removed to protect against theft.

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The BC 2209 TARGA is specifically designed for the needs of mountain bikers. The matte-finish metallic side panels slightly protrude over the disk and protect it from the hard daily grind in difficult terrain.

SIGMA SPORT BC2209 TARGA

With the same functions as the SIGMA BC 2209 MHR (altitude, speed, heart rate, temperature etc.), the TARGA version is supplied without cadence (optionally available).

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The exceptionally successful Alexander Girard Edition of the Electra Amsterdam collection will be extended in 2011 with the Black Tree of Life model.

The tree of life stands for the connection of all creative elements and represents here the

symbiosis of detailed design and high quality riding experience. The tree of life spreads energy and joyfulness. More cannot be expected from a

bike, wouldn't you think?

A2-601 NECO ROAD BIKE CHAIN WHEEL

Neco is launching this white-coated road bike chainwheel.

The chainwheel features a forged alloy crank with white coating, ISIS Spindle or Square Type. 52T/42T/30T, BCD 130/74.

An elegant hydroformed frame provides well-balanced handling characteristics.

To create a harmonious appear-ance, battery, electric motor and control are integrated into the frame. The Panasonic motor offers power support to a maximum speed of 25 km/h.

This year's Obra is fitted with Shimano Nexus eight-speed gear, Magura HS11 hydraulic brake, and suspension fork with lockout.

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By rotating the riding position backwards 23 degrees, they´ve created an ergonomic, upright seating position, which reduces arm and neck fatigue and lets you plant your feet flat on the ground whenever you want. Urban bikes are the big trend in the world of bikes. Electra is the market leader in this segment in the U.S., and

the Townie Balloon 8D offers a sporty, yet relaxed riding

experience. New are the painted alloy fenders, guaranteeing that the fun continues even in rainy weather.

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CORRATEC CTT PRO MISS C WITH UBBS INNER BEARING SYSTEM

An ingenious system makes it possible to use any of the established suppliers' cranks and adapt any of the common inner bearing systems.

FLYER BIKETEC AG

CENTURION BACKFIRE 29ER MOUNTAIN BIKE

Centurion is another European brand debuting 29ers.


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Centurion is another European brand


Centurion is another European brand

A component series named after the highest mountain range in the universe (on Mars) must be very special.

With this new line of components you will excel in all-day mountain journeys. Pro Tharsis is unique because it’s the first high-end line-up of Trail components made entirely out of carbon. By using special lay-up designs and fiber-types, Shimano engineers succeeded in developing extremely strong, durable and lightweight components. These unique components are topped-off with a trendy matte finish.

SHIMANO PRO THARSIS TRAIL COMPONENTS

PRO THARSIS STEM

Strong & lightweight monocoque carbon trail stem; Reversible stem design (+6/-6) with integrated gap-cap and spacer.

Special front-clamp design (with ti-bolts) preventing bolt- and

handlebar stress. Weight from 130g.

PRO THARSIS HANDLEBAR

Lightweight and durable trail handlebar.

High-tech T800-1000 UD carbon with titanium reinforced center

section. Weight: 195g.section. Weight: 195g.

PRO THARSIS SEAT POST

Lightweight trail seatpost with 10mm offset.

T800 UD carbon material with reinforced clamping zone. Includes clamps for both metal and carbon saddle-rails. Sizes: 27.2, 30.9 and 31,6 x 375mm. Weight: 175g.


ightweight trail seatpost with 10mm offset.

T800 UD carbon material with reinforced clamping zone. Includes clamps for both metal


Lightweight trail seatpost with 10mm offset.

PRO THARSIS GRIPS

Lightweight trail grip with anatomic shape

Tapered design for optimal shifting performance. Internal locking system combined with low profile lock-ring and ti-bolts. Weight: 120g./set.

Depending on the crankset, the appropriate seating connects the bottom bearing axle to the inner bearing. This arrangement makes it

possible to switch to a completely different inner bearing system later (by replacing the seating

ring), something not normally possible with conventional bottom brackets.

UBBS is compatible with all common chain-wheel sets: Shimano Hollowtech II

Road, Shimano Hollowtech II MTB, Shimano Pressfit Road, Shimano Pressfit MTB, Campag-

nolo, Sram Road, Sram MTB, BB30, BSA and FSA.

DAHON VEKTOR X10 FOLDING BIKE

The Vector X10’s hydroformed frame is substantially stronger and stiffer while imparting a more elegant and sleeker look to the bike.

A new 11-36T 10 speed cassette paired with a custom 55T FSA crankset gives the Vector X10 an even wider gear range compared to a conventional 53/39T double crankset. Top-of-the-line components like a SRAM X9/X7 shifting system, Kinetix Pro wheels paired with custom Schwalbe Durano tires and a Kore seat post combo make this one of the fastest, lightest folding bikes on the planet.

Flyer’s innovation in mobility goes far beyond developing a wide range of e-bikes suitable for all kinds of purposes.

A sense of detail is also an important quality of Biketec.

The following customer-friendly specifics are just a few examples:

- This year's Flyer is more colorful. Several models come in additional standard colors;

- The new battery has offers greater travel range;

- A new high-end bicycle and battery

lock gives more protection.

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sense of detail is also an important

following

sense of detail is also an important

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For 2011 the MTB hardtail models Backfire Ultimate 3 and Backfire 800 will both arrive in 29er versions. Centurion’s entire hardtail range features new tube designs, tapered steering and Shimano’s pressfit inner bearings.

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