CORE BIKE 2012 REVIEW I-RIDE
DUTCH COMPANIES Agu and Cordo debuted a number of new and unusual products for the urban cyclist at Core. Most interesting to touring specialists is the addition on the Cordo CQC CRD panniers, designed to lock down to the pannier rack via a hard plastic centre console. Supplied with a key, the double pannier system retails for £80 and is available in white and red. For picnic lovers, the brand also offers the ‘Hipnic’, a fully kitted out picnic pannier bag, with cool bag centre and plates and cutlery all concealed in a front pocket. The main draw in the room
could have been the prominently displayed De Rosa Protos, a show exclusive and a first for the UK. This Super Record equipped build was just one example of the four
HOPE
HOPE’S TRAVELS over the past few months have seen plenty of potential product leaks, yet it’s never certain which are ideas and which are production models. This product spied for the first time at Core
is a production model, however. Though it doesn’t have a name as yet, Hope has created a one-piece single ring and bashguard combination for four arm cranks, as well as a ‘micro chain guide’, also confirmed for production. These could both be available as soon as April. More details emerged on the pedal, again set to land around April time. Projected to sell for £150, this two bushing design is machined from one lump of aluminium and since the London Bike Show at ExCeL has undergone a slight change to allow servicing via one end of the axle. Hope’s flagship R8 light also dazzled, outputting a whopping 2,000 lumens from eight Cree LEDs.
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the lower part of the foot with this winch-activated lace, while the upper is secured with a buckle, allowing the shoe to adapt to the curvature of the foot for comfort. What’s more, the heat-treated Dyneera fibre is stronger than its steel BOA rival and will not stretch over time. Token has been busy over the
build packages available spanning Dura Ace and Campagnolo. Stiffness is key to the 800-
gram frame design, with oversized downtubes and clever work at the junctions ensuring all pedal pressure drives the bike forwards quickly.
Northwave continues to
impress with its footwear product, bringing in the experts from sister company Drake Snowboards, which lends its Dyneera Speedlace Winch system to the cycling shoes. An example is the Extreme Tec, which secures
past few months, chosing Core to show an intriguing ‘egg box’ of headsets, dubbed the Heggset. The egg box is simply an optional point of sale extra, but it can hold 12 of the units, available in black, gold, blue and red. Retailers should also look out for upgrade kits, such as the new ‘Bling Box’. In other news, Argon 18 are
now offering complete bike builds, with an E-80 with SRAM Rival now available from £1,699 at retail, among other bikes.
Thompson has plenty in the pipeline; here we have a new direct mount
stem and shiny faceplates for stem customisation
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