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Eurobike 2008: Report 6

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Saturday, and with my flight out of Eurobike at lunchtime there's just a couple of hours with which to make one last blitz around the show. Stay tuned, though - there's lots of stuff still to come...

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A lot of titanium bikes around the halls, including the Nevi Planet

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But what made it stand out was the unusual rigid fork - we're not quite sure what the design brief was behind it...

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Interchangeable dropouts are a genuinely useful feature however

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KCNC make a lot of stupidly light components. This lever is part of a V-Brake set that weighs just 230g

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And if you want one of the lightest cassettes out there, this can't be far off the money. 151g for this 11-32t

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Focus Thunder Pro is the brands all-mountain offering, and looks well built for the job

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Focus Raven Extreme - SSPS high-modulus carbon frame, SRAM X.0, RockShox SID Team RL, Mavic Crossmax SLR, light as

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Giro will forever be known as more than just a helmet manufacturer. It's doing gloves now, and lots of them

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Giro also had several new shades out too, including the Pop Top - a hinged section of the frame allows quick and easy lens swapping to suit conditions

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DH riders are looked after with the Score MTB


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Mr.Wilson 
Posted: 06/09/08 17:00:51 51
Those white (in the middle) Giro gloves look quite pimpy in a Troy Lee kind of way.

I wonder how many times those model hands were arranged into 'comedy' gestures
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