NEW PRODUCTS NEW PRODUCTS The BikeBiz team rounds up our favourite new brands and products
1 Canyon unveils all-new Lux Trail XC bike Canyon has unveiled a new Lux Trail, dubbed the brand’s “ultra-capable XC bike”. The Lux Trail is a completely new bike that’s been entirely redesigned from the bottom up, sharing its DNA with the race-proven Lux World Cup On paper, the Lux Trail is a 120mm 29er with 115mm of rear suspension. Canyon says that teaming up these stats with the bike’s new kinematics and rear suspension design, provides “instant responsiveness on the climbs and levels of control and manoeuvrability on the descents that makes riders choose the faster line”.
The Lux Trail’s geometry
is central to the bike’s updated efficiency and capabilities.
Making the seat tube angle steeper by 1.5° to 76°
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carbon Trail Cockpit, with XS frames getting a specific size. To assist the rider with
control over the suspension on the fly, a handlebar mounted control flicks between three suspension modes: Open, Pedal, and Locked.
Open Mode lets riders
puts the rider in a more upright position that helps make long rides more comfortable.
This steep seat tube also puts the rider in a more efficient position above the bottom bracket which helps improve the power transfer from the pedals to the trail. Slackening the head angle
by 0.5° to 67° has been done to improve control at high speeds and on steep downhill descents. For quick fixes and fixing flats, there is a mini-tool stored in the underside of the top tube, a CO2 canister attached to the inside of the downtube storage cover, and tyre plugs in the bar ends.
For bigger jobs, the
downtube can hold a Canyon LOAD Pouch, which can be bought as an optional extra. Size specific shock tunings, dropper post travel, and cockpit dimensions make the Lux Trail ready to race out of the box. Lux Trail CFR models come with an integrated
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take advantage of the full amount of travel in the front and rear suspension. Pedal Mode holds the bike higher in its travel while Locked Mode fully locks out the suspension. RRP: Canyon Lux Trail CFR LTD – £8,099 Canyon Lux Trail CFR – £6,699 Canyon Lux Trail CF 9 – £5,449 Canyon Lux Trail CF 8 – £4,499 Canyon Lux Trail CF 7 – £3,499 Canyon Lux Trail CF 6 – £3,199
2 Hiplok launches 1000 Series security range
Hiplok is launching the 1000 Series, a line-up of anti-angle grinder security products to protect motorcycles, e-bikes, and bicycles.
This includes creating the
world’s first anti-angle grinder anchors and a D lock engineered with motorcycles and larger framed bikes in mind.
Hiplok’s 1000 Series includes three new products. The AX1000 is described as “the ultimate anchor system” with a revolutionary pivoting arm for securing motorcycles and larger framed bikes. Paired with the Hiplok
DX1000, it creates a complete anti-angle grinder
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