London Bike Show 2016 Randoms
Yep, another Bike Show. This time we headed to the capital for the London Bike Show to see what else was left to put on display.
Last week the new 2016 Banshee Legend 275 landed with Ison Distribution in the UK.
At first glance it may look the same with bigger wheels, but the 265 Legend has a much lower standover height and has refined its geometry with racing in mind.
Born in Sheffield, the refined Rocket full suspension frame from Cotic packs 150mm of travel from its steel tubes.
On brand. This grip by UK based brand Fabric has no issue with displaying its logo.
You can make some shapes with carbon, so why not? The Focus Sam C Team hides away some things from the eye while bulging out in other places.
Where was this when I was 6?
Kodak have produced something very good here. Bolting two of their cameras together will give you a 360 degree video. Edit it with their free software, upload it straight to YouTube and you can bring a whole new dimension to watching on board footage. Click HERE on your smartphone to see what we mean.
Kodak isn’t quite as simple as some may like, your GoPro mounts won’t work. That’s not to say you wont be able to find the mount you want though.
So wrong it’s right? Don’t think so.
MTB Beds Morzine is growing fast, if you’re thinking about going to Morzine this summer check them out, be fast though, they are on the way to being fully booked for 2016 already!
Purple Ano, bring it back.
Who has a soft spot for the new Orange Four?
Radon are now here in the UK, yet another brand branching out of Germany with direct sales of bikes at bike shop crushing prices. This is the new long travel (170mm) enduro bike, the Swoop 170 available in four build kits ranging between 2k and 3K euros. If you have seen the exchange rate recently, it’s definitely a good time to buy.
Currently just Aluminium, but we may see a carbon version in the future. This chip in the bottom mount kit of the shock allows you to switch the head angle between three settings, 64.8, 65.3 and 65.8.
Radons Downhill bike is named the Swoop 200 with you guessed it… 200mm of travel.
The Rose Soul Fire is on point as a freeride bike, maybe suited more to the alpine ‘do it all’ market than the UK though.
We’ve seen it before, but this bike steals the show again for us. This is Brendans 2015 Red Bull Rampage bike with custom graphics and some dope colour matching.
Plus Bikes. You might not think you need one, but Scott do. The Genius range is now fully ‘plussed’ up, we’ll be grabbing a ride on one soon to let you know our take on the latest big wheel size push into the industry.
Alpkit have gone bike with a daughter company Sonder. This new brand is full of bikes to use for adventures with some funky bikes made of Ti in the mix. This aluminium HT is long and low running a 120mm fork and plus sized tyres.
Go up as fast as you come down. That’s pretty much the idea of the Stealth bike lettng you hit your favorite downhill trails way more times in a day then you would at an uplift or pushing up. It’s pretty overbuilt and not the prettiest, but with batteries getting smaller could this be what we are all getting up to in five years time.
USE are pushing hard with their carbon components, these carbon MTB bars look bang on.
Yellow Jersey Cycle Insurance are one to check out next time you’re heading to the Alps. This quote pictured offers an insane amount of cover for such a low cost.
Who said there wasn’t money in the cycle trade?