3rd Slice of London Bike Show
In the third slice of the London Bike Show we take a look at Brendog’s stunning 275 Gambler, a bit of kit from GT, Fabric, Rose Bikes, Canyon and Cannondale.
The bike of the show for us, Brendog’s 275 Scott Gambler. Pride of place on the Scott stand this bike is what Brendan has been riding all winter and includes a few prototype bits.
Although the bike is a pretty standard spec, the linkage plates on this bike do seem a little different, most likely just creating minor adjustments on the way the shock works.
The biggest bit of new tech on this bike is the prototype air DH shock by Fox. We have seen a few photos of this, but this was the first time we could get some close up shots.
It’s adjustments seem pretty standard and by the look of it, it’s probably not that far off production now.
At The Bike Place we looked at the Fury World Cup, this is it’s little sister, fourth in the lineup, the Fury Elite.
Gt Fury Elite £2499
As excited about saddles as you can get, we are massive fans of the Fabric range with their stitch-less design. The finish on this red saddle stood out from the crowd.
The Rose Bikes Uncle Jimbo is bound to be a big seller for 2015. This high end bike with a matching finish retails at under 3k.
Rose Bike Uncle Jimbo – £2911
This is the Scott Gambler 720, sitting mid-range between the top spec 710 and lower spec 730.
Scott Gambler 720 – £2999
The Voltage Freeride is the shorter travel version of Scott Bikes range. Pictured is the top spec 710 at £2999
There is a lot of chat surrounding the Canyon brand and their new Strive mountain bike, their stand was one of the busiest all weekend.
Canyon Stive CF 8.0 Race – £3199
This bike took the Enduro World Series by storm in 2014, but we are yet to see many on the trails. Will 2015 change that, we’re not sure but we’re hoping to get a ride on one soon to see how fast it really goes!
The Lefty has been around for a long old time, but did you know they have a range of different versions including carbon bodies and thumb adjustments using RockShox levers?