Eurobike 2011: Local Colour

And here’s a sort of un-ordered collection of things that caught my eye at Eurobike this year, but that don’t fit into any particular story. I hope you enjoy them. Feel free to comment… Chipps

The Genesis 29er - we've seen it before, but now it has a name: Fortitude

A for-charity fundraiser by CK. Inspired by a Japanese review that said that of the Chris King hub; "It rolls good with angry bee sound"

It's a Cube, in bright, but good colours and with neat cables.

Do not adjust your set. Doesn't look good with a hangover though.

Endura is 20 this year and celebrated with a cake and IPA

Mmm... '70s muscle-car paint anyone?

The Claw and the Rey

It's fashion Jim. But not as we know it

Joe Murray walking the aisles

Cadel is somewhere in that scrum

Charge Bikes stand and hosts for many UK bike industry folks to have a beer one night

We can see Cotic, DMR, Polaris, Road CC (and our own 'C.C.' all in this shot

We'd like the set please!

Seen on the Enve booth. Sweet

Crema Cycles were true to their name and gave us great espresso

Big thigh owners only...

It's like the French exchange all over again

OK Chris, give me 'the tiger'

Everyone enjoys helping their boss feel even more embarrassed and King's Chris Distefano is no exception, holding this flashgun for some random Chris King interview

'I'm still enjoying it...'

Late night youngsters getting down. Us old folks were stood round the edge (or home in bed)

There's at least one Red Bull sponsored rider there, along with Gracia and more

How do we think this looks compared to the Niner fork?

29in Dugast tyres and a bike called 'Anakin' - how can you lose?

Great limited edition Raleigh (from Raleigh International) that doubtless we won't see in the UK.

And another... It's been so long since down tube shifters that they look appealing - because we've forgotten what a pain they were

Look again - closer this time

And you thought 650b had gone away. KHS is keeping the 'tween 26 and 29in size alive

Would you ride a 'Radon - Black Sin'?

This is the KTM stand, that takes up about 5% of one of the 15 halls... It's a BIG show

Electric assist, all mountain bike. There were quite a few there.

Liteville. They're popular in Europe...

A carbon electric-assist Corratec

If you've got it, flaunt it...

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (7)

tangtang September 6, 2011 at 9:47 am

Thanks! the FRM looks tasty.

tangtang September 6, 2011 at 9:48 am

Maybe hope could do a ringtone?

HoratioHufnagelHoratioHufnagel September 6, 2011 at 10:30 am

Liteville looks neat. Can we get them over here?

AlcopopAlcopop September 6, 2011 at 10:57 am

Great pics keep em coming
agree that FRM looks very nice

Mister PMister P September 6, 2011 at 11:01 am

My favourite sight at Eurobike was the two German chaps having a beer and a cigarette at around 9.30am. Breakfast of champions.

ChippsChipps September 6, 2011 at 11:52 am

Plenty more pics, including some of the more odd-ball ones still to come. The breakfast of choice at where we stayed seemed to be ‘cola-beer’ – half of each.

There were a couple of UK distributors sniffing around Liteville.

1961Bikie1961Bikie September 6, 2011 at 12:45 pm

I’ll take an FRM and a back up Fortitude please.

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