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Salsa's new road bike in True Temper S3

Salsa Primero

Salsa claims to be the first mass manufacturer to be using True Temper's new S3 steel - previously the domain of the chi-chi custom builder. A 54cm frame weighs 2.9lb and builds easily into a sub-17lb bike.

Selle Italia Thoork

Selle Italia Thoork

Selle Italia had this 'Thoork' saddle on a fast rotating dais, presumably to stop everyone photographing it. From what we can gather, it's a 110g saddle that doesn't resort to bare carbon in the rails or seat padding.

Shimano gets deep

Shimano gets deep

There's always something to be seen under the counter, or out the back, at these shows. Shimano's store room held a never-before-seen set of deep section Dura Ace carbon wheels to complement their shallow set, introduced earlier this year.

Kyptonite's beefy Fahgettaboudit lock

Kryptonite Fahgetts aboudit

Kryptonite is now back to firing on all cylinders after its mass lock-barrel recall of last year. Witness this New York Fahgettaboudit lock. Big enough to lock up your bike in the middle of the city, but small enough to stick in a back pocket.

Jens Voigt

Voigt signs up

Jens Voigt was on display at the Bell booth, happily signing autographs for dealers and wide-eyed fans – and that was even on the trade day.

Gore Bike Wear's very very shaped jacket

Gore Bike Wear

Gore Bike Wear has a new patented clever idea for its top end jackets – a strip of highly breathable mesh that hides behind the storm flap. It keeps the jacket watertight, yet allows more air to get in and out. Gore has some other cool jackets in the range, including a road-specific GoreTex jacket that looks almost like a tail-coat in that it only reaches to your navel when you stand up, yet the tail comes down halfway down your thighs. When in a racing tuck on a road bike though, it fits perfectly.

Brooks Swallow

Brooks Swallows

Brooks has reissued the classic leather saddle, the Swallow. This was one of the most popular saddles of the ‘30s and ‘40s and stiller brings tears of nostalgia to old cyclists, and tears of discomfort to riders not aware of the amount of wearing in that the hard leather takes. A worn-in Brooks, though, is treasured by every rider that has one.

Nike Tete de la Course jersey

Nike's new wonder-fabric

Nike was just one of a dozen clothing companies showing a retro-styled wool jersey. In this case one in yellow and one in black with ‘Tete de Course’ embroidered on. In our opinion, one of the classiest attempts of the show at the new cool of looking old. Look next for CNCd cottered cranks, centre pull brakes and unconcealed brake cables.

Kona King Zing

Kona King Zing

Kona has been quietly making road frames for its sizeable European market for a few years now and its ‘cross frames have been popular for even longer. The King Zing, though, is a full carbon frame, with a subtle Kona logo that distances it away from their hucking freeride cousins. Looks good so far.

Rocky Mountain Blizzard

A modern classic

The Rocky Mountain Blizzard – it's been in the range for 20 years, has always been steel and always black and white. Except now it’s silver… Eh? At least it’s still steel, so purists can relax. Not that you were going to buy one because you probably still ride the one you bought 15 years ago, eh?

Kore gets versatile

Kore gets versatile

One of the neatest things of the show was this mountain bike hub from Kore – it featured a splined side to the hub, onto which you could fit either a six bolt disc adaptor, or a Shimano splined adaptor, either of which could then be tightened into place with a lock ring. Clever, simple and good.

Spot the new chainset

Campagnolo Mirage

Campagnolo is making compact chainsets available now for its Mirage group. Not everyone is an Italian climbing god, are they now?

Carbon. Custom. Seven.
Photo ©: Chipps

Wool. Seven.

Seven varieties

Seven Cycles’ staff must carry dusters around with them at all times to wipe off the drool that accumulates on the frames on their show display. As well as custom building full titanium, steel and carbon/titanium mix bikes, Seven is now offering the same level of custom ride tuning on its new full carbon bikes. So you still fill in the same ten page frame ‘wish list’ depending on your ride preferences and Seven's designers reckon they can not only fit your carbon frame to you, but to your preferences for things like BB stiffness and vertical compliance.