iceBike 2011 Part One: SKS, Park Tool, Thule

Jamie and Mark headed down to Madison’s annual iceBike trade show the other day to take a look at what’s new from the distribution giant. They saw plenty of exciting new things from Thule, Contour, Blackburn, Bell and more – here’s a gallery with lots of captions for you to scroll through and enjoy…

icebike 2011 (21) — New Blackburn lights fit onto Bell helmet with built in mounts…

icebike 2011 (20) — ..and there’s the mount.

icebike 2011 (19) — Jamie is modelling the Blackburn Helmet Mirror…

icebike 2011 (18) — …just the trick for urban cycling – or making sure you’ve dropped your mates.

icebike 2011 (17) — Lights can be integrated with the helmet at the rear too…

icebike 2011 (16) — The new Contour GPS has full 1080p HD video at 60fps and weighs just 122g – it won’t throw your aim off on your video game inspired rampage.

icebike 2011 (15) — An app will be out soon that’ll be able to Bluetooth a live image to your Apple device. Even so, it currently has software in it that allows it to send video toa laptop via Bluetooth.

icebike 2011 (14) — Park Tools – they’ve got something for every bike based job there is.

icebike 2011 (13) — Here’s their new multi tool…

icebike 2011 (12) — …and here’s their folding chain tool. Small enough to pop in a Camelback but sturdy enough for proper repairs.

icebike 2011 (11) — Here’s their very trick, pro workshop standard wheelbuilding jig that’ll tell you the runout to fractions of a mm…

icebike 2011 (10) — A special hacksaw blade for cutting carbon fibre steerers without tearing the fibres…

icebike 2011 (9) — SKS now have a cunning fold-out mini pump…

icebike 2011 (8) — ..but their new SKS USP shock pump is a little work of art. Super precise gauge goes to jus 0.2 bar divisions…

icebike 2011 (7) — The SKS Diago – it’s won design awards for it’s smooth look and easy to use features…

icebike 2011 (5) — The Elite Cuissi steel cage – £22.99

icebike 2011 (4) — Elite Sior Carbon cage – at 26g the packaging weighs more.

icebike 2011 (3) — BMW were showcasing a motorbike that’s impossible to wheely.

icebike 2011 (2) — New Thule Euroclassic G6 LED towbar carrier folds flat so you can still get in the boot…

icebike 2011 (1) — ..like this. Available in four, three or two bike versions, it’s out in April and will cost from £380…

More coming soon…

Comments (5)

AlexSimon March 3, 2011 at 6:02 pm

I thought that BMW motorbike looked great for doing wheelies!
In fact I wonder how quickly I could learn to manual/wheelie if I put a device like that just beyond the balance point. hmmmm.

rOcKeTdOg March 4, 2011 at 8:18 am

park folding chain tool looks fab!

spacehopper March 4, 2011 at 11:22 am

theyre not new… ive had one of those chain tools for a couple of years…! though it is an excellent piece of kit… 🙂

Mister P March 4, 2011 at 1:39 pm

I imagine you have the CT-6 and that is the revised CT-6.2 version. They arrived in the UK about 3 weeks ago.

spacehopper March 4, 2011 at 2:03 pm

whats new? it looks pretty much identical..!

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