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10 show stoppers

The coolest looking bikes we saw at Berlin Bike Show, from Trek, Cannondale, Canyon…

We saw hundreds of bikes at last weekend's Berlin Bike Show – Berliner Fahrradschau – and here are some of the coolest looking.

 

• Standert Erdgeschoss

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We really like the finish on this prototype Erdgeschoss cyclocross bike from Germany’s Standert. The frame is made in Italy from Columbus Life steel tubing, the fork is carbon, and it’s built up with a SRAM Force 1 drivetrain and Zipp 30 Course Disc clinchers. 
www.standert.de

 

• Brick Lane Bikes Aeon

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The Aeon is a new carbon option from Brick Lane Bikes. As you can see, it uses a fixed gear. The wheel on the back is Brick Lane Bikes’ own Notorious 90 and that’s the brand’s new Z3 tri-spoke on the front. 
www.bricklanebikes.co.uk

 

• Bella Ciao

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This bike is handmade in Italy from double butted Dedacciai steel tubing. That’s a 48-tooth Sturmey Archer chainset on there with an 18-tooth sprocket at the back.
www.bellaciao.de

 

• Bididu Cycles Righty

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This is probably the only bike you’ll see today with a single-legged rigid fork. There’s something else really, really odd about this bike too, and that’s not even counting the disc rotors that look like they’re styled on the blade of a circular saw.

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Yup, the chainset is on the left. Bididu makes some less crazy bikes too. www.bididu.lu

 

• DeGinder Cycle Manufactur

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Berlin-based custom brand DeGinder Cycle Manufactur specialises in retro-style bikes. This lugged singlespeed has a number of unusual features including wooden rims.
www.deginder-cycle-manufactur.com

 

• Viks stainless steel bike

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Viks bikes, handmade in Estonia, have a dual frame – in that the top tube, head tube and down tubes are actually two tubes each – and there’s no seat tube.

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The manufacturer reckons it takes about 60 steel pieces and two days to build each frame and another day to sandblast and finish it. 
http://viks.cc/

 

• Canyon’s Brooks 150th Anniversary bike

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Brooks England is celebrating its 150th anniversary by enlisting 15 bike builders/brands to create a Brooks bicycle, and this is Canyon’s version. Each of the bikes has a copper theme, the copper rivet being an iconic feature of a Brooks saddle.

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This Commuter is belt driven with Shimano disc brakes and an Alfine hub gear. Canyon’s VCLS seatpost is designed to provide extra comfort.
www.canyon.com www.brooksengland.com

 

• Trek Emonda Project One

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You can design your own paintwork and choose your own spec if you buy one of Trek’s higher end models and go through its Project One program. I wouldn’t say that this Emonda’s treatment is the most spectacular ever, but it demonstrates the scope of the system. 
www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bikes/collections/custom-project-one/c/B503

 

• Cannondale CAAD12 Stars and Stripes

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We shown you this bike before but, hey, it’s worth a second look. This is a bespoke paintjob by Fatcreations

 

• Diamant 019

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Diamant, now part of Trek, has been making city bikes in Germany for well over a century. The 019 has a steel frame and fork, a Shimano Alivio 9-speed drivetrain, mechanical disc brakes and a bullhorn aluminium handlebar. 
www.diamantrad.com

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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kev-s | 8 years ago
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That Erdgeschoss cyclocross bike looks lovely apart from the carbon fork

Far too fat and looks out of place compared to the small tubing of the frame

 

 

Also the Bididu Cycles Righty actually has lhd cranks not the normal (for road/mtb bikes) rhd

 

 

The Viks stainless steel bike is beautiful!
 

 

 

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fukawitribe replied to kev-s | 8 years ago
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kev-s wrote:

That Erdgeschoss cyclocross bike looks lovely apart from the carbon fork

Far too fat and looks out of place compared to the small tubing of the frame

Each to their own - I hate skinny metal forks myself and like the mix of smaller steel/larger carbon tubes... didn't like 'em 40 years ago, still don't today  1

([edit] snip - picture showed chainset on left but text wrong, mea culpa)

kev-s wrote:

The Viks stainless steel bike is beautiful!

My first thought is that someone has made a bike out of a public cycle stand - but I also really like it too !

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only1redders replied to fukawitribe | 8 years ago
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Bididu unusual chainset, "Yup, the chainset is on the right", would be more unusual if it's on the left surely?

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Mat Brett replied to only1redders | 8 years ago
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only1redders wrote:

Bididu unusual chainset, "Yup, the chainset is on the right", would be more unusual if it's on the left surely?

Yeah, I got my words muddled, didn't I? Anyway, it's on the wrong side!

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