Sometimes, you go visit a stand at a trade show hoping to see something new for mountain bikers, and you get slightly awkward or surprised looks from people at a company that mainly targets commuters or other kinds of rider, and dabbles in MTB stuff on the side. These were the companies I found that all reacted a bit like that at Eurobike. It seemed like a sensible way to group them at the time…
While not massive on the MTB components scene, VP Components have made a few recent ventures into MTB pedals. Here’s what they had on show at Eurobike.
Progrip seemed slightly surprised that a UK mountain bike magazine dropped by to see them. Expecting an answer like “five” or “fifteen”, I too was surprised when I asked how long the company had been going, and they said “ninety years”. They originally made grips out of buffalo horns on a lathe, but times have moved on and now they’re using dual compound rubber in suitably fluorescent colours for enduro.
They do do some locking grips, but their specialty seems to be flanged and non-locking grips for MTB, BMX and motocross. Available in the UK via Mito.
Supernova were one of a raft of companies showing high end lighting systems at Eurobike, but as of now don’t have any production models suitable for mountain biking. They are planning to do battery powered versions of some of their range in the near future though.
