This year's London Bike Show saw a wide variety of brands showcase their newest wares to the public, with a pleasant focus on road bikes and some innovative new offerings.
One of the biggest stands at the Excel came courtesy of Ribble, who has been renovating its image considerably over the last few years. The brand has invested in e-road offerings in numerous different platforms.
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Most notable perhaps is the new Ribble CGR ALe, which is based on the very successful aluminium gravel range from Ribble.
The 5.4kg Ribble Endurance SL R perhaps drew the most stares, as it was suspended by balloon.
Further along the show, Canyon had an impressive showcase of old and new – displaying Mathieu van der Poel's Canyon Inflite CF SLX.
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Up to 12-speed
Canyon had Sram's 12-speed AXS groupset on its Aeroad, and the groupset was also being shown off on Cervelo and Titici bikes.
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There were also some impressive TT and triathlon options bearing their head, from Canyon, Ribble, Ceeco and Parlee.
In terms of purely good looking bike bits, Fizik and Topeak certainly stood out with a stunning display of shoes and multitools.
Electrification project
Electric seemed to be a theme of the show, from ultra-discrete concealed motor e-road bikes to folding electric solutions.
GoCycle's fully carbon version of the Gocycle GS electric bike was one of the more stylish on display, with a slick carbion weave and a total weight of only 14.9kgs.
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The newly released golding GX is also set to take on the best offerings from Hummingbird and Brompton in the electric folding bike field. While we're roadies at heart, we can't help being impressed by the convenience of a folding electric bike.
Weird and wonderful
As usual, the London Bike Show was an opportunity for small upstarts and kickstarter brands courting the attention of the public.
Two caught our eye. The first was a MotionLab rucksack that was designed not to put any weight whatsoever on the shoulders, instead putting weight tactically on the hips.
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The bag has been anatomically designed to follow the curvature of the spine and move with the rider.
The second eye-catcher was what looked like a power-drill. The MyoMaster filled us with skepticism at first, but having tried the pulsating massage drillbit on our own quads, it was something of a suprise hit.
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As massage is an area often neglected by amateur cyclists, this could be a brand to watch.
