There’s no scarcity of bizarre on the Taipei Cycle Present, however relating to bikes, it’s a mixture of pure idea to indicate what a body producer can do and a few “regular” bikes to court docket distributors. Typically, it means going to extremes, like with a 540g full carbon highway bike body. And within the case of this attractive blue Ioklin Frameworks Columbus metal gravel bike, some are customized builds to showcase a provider’s components.
Constructed to indicate off BLKTEC’s built-in handlebar and stem, the bike’s paint scheme seems tough and rusted in spots, nevertheless it’s all paint, and it appeared implausible. If I may’ve taken one bike dwelling with me, this was in all probability it. Phrase is, Ioklin might be exhibiting on the MADE Bike Present this fall in Portland.
Ora Engineering is a Taiwanese titanium bicycle producer, providing formed tubes …
… and perhaps even customized racks! Observed a pattern but? Full inner routing and cockpit cables are a factor now — and gained’t be going away anytime quickly.
Whereas we’re on steel, Speedvagen’s reps had been displaying off a couple of of the most recent. The Wavy Street is an all-road bike with a cool paint scheme.
The Rugged’er Street suits massive tires and provides a suspension fork … I’m undecided in the event that they painted the bike to match the fork or vice versa, nevertheless it appears good.
The City Racer in all probability has Ron swooning proper now. It appears retro, however the particulars from its highway bike (swoopy seatstays, built-in seatmast, paint-matched body pump) would make this simply as a lot at dwelling with some fats slicks as these full knob mountain bike tires.
Rear coaster brake yields to a entrance disc brake in emergencies, and an built-in chainguard ranges the entire thing as much as Present Bike standing. This mannequin’s not listed on the Speedvagen web site, although.
The Tommasini Mini T is, nicely, a highway bike with tiny wheels. Go determine.
The Trigon ARO1 gained a present design award (we’ll have particulars on it in a roundup publish for all award winners) because of cleanly built-in and novel aero options like dimpled floor textures throughout a lot of the body, brake rotor fairings, and extra.
The 2023 Argon 18 Darkish Matter gravel bike is out now and has extra mounts than virtually some other non-bikepacking particular body I’ve seen.
Three mounting factors on the fork legs, two on high, 4 on the seat tube, two on every seatstay, and 6 on the downtube. Some are fairly shut collectively, making them higher for small equipment or simply fine-tuning your bottle cage’s place, however nonetheless …
Sitting subsequent to it’s this thriller bike. It’s not on-line but, nevertheless it appears like an all-road bike borrowing options from the model’s efficiency and endurance highway frames and the Darkish Matter gravel bike, then including an inner storage compartment opened with a low-profile lever that might sit flush towards a bottle cage. I’ve reached out for more information, and can replace as they arrive.
The Big Revolt X Professional gravel bike provides a suspension fork to its high carbon frames, plus a dropper seatpost.
This cargo e-bike caught my eye for the design, after which I noticed the wi-fi charging spot it’s parked on. From Voltraware, it could actually ship as much as 150 W of juice from 15 cm away. Because the signal says, don’t put your cellular phone anyplace close to it.
This Santillo e-road bike has a really distinct look, and it’s additionally obtainable in human-powered variations. It has a Polini drive system …
… which is known as E-P3 — branding that’s suspiciously much like Shimano’s EP8 at a look.
I couldn’t discover a web site for Travix, however its HAMR folding fat-tired e-bike appeared rad. Full suspension, fenders, entrance basket, and cleanly built-in battery within the seatpost powering a hub motor — very good.
Travix’s mid-drive Powerkat e-bike with moto-style fork and handlebar appears like enjoyable too.
Second to final is that this full suspension prototype from Aryen Motor & Aeronautics Co, Ltd., which has a Taiwanese handle on its card however Google says is an Indian firm making motors and pumps. Such is the thriller of looking for a few of these issues after the present.
The mannequin is, I believe, referred to as the Fronbital. This one’s a correct take a look at mule it used to determine geometry and suspension kinematics. Word the completely different mounting factors for the linkage (and the comically brief rear shock), however my favourite half is the wood rockers:
They advised me it allowed them to extra rapidly take a look at completely different pivot positions than machining an element from steel, and it labored simply wonderful for kinematics work within the lab. No clarification for the downtube friction shifter, nevertheless it appeared cool and might be a enjoyable method to supply a rear shock distant lockout with out including an MTB lever to a drop bar structure.
Ending off this roundup is a body (technically #18, think about it a bonus) from Grat Co. Ltd. With a claimed weight of simply 540 g for the usual model, and 614 g for the one with a seatmast, it’s rated for a rider weight as much as 220 kilos (100 kg).
The entrance triangle makes use of a low headtube with house for an inset high tube cowl to maintain it clear. Each the highest and down tubes have shaping so as to add torsional rigidity, and the spherical BB tube could be 68 mm or 86 mm large relying on the client’s spec. As proven, it’s 100% carbon with no steel inserts. The rear dropouts are hole carbon fiber.
Keep tuned for extra enjoyable stuff from the 2023 Taipei Cycle Present!
