Bike World News

Sugoi came to Interbike with their RSE line for Spring 2010. The RSE collection is an advance on their multi-award winning RS series – the ultimate in technical cycling apparel.

Scott brought their all new for 2010 CR1 Pro to Interbike this year. The CR1 Pro started with some of the lessons learned from their Addict line, but the entire bike is new.

We saw a lot of new products for women at Interbike this year, but Gore Bike Wear had something fairly revolutionary in their new XENON SONIC Lady Bibtights. Gore claims that these are the first high-performance bibtights perfectly tailored for women.

Wilier already had one of the most impressive bikes on the market in their Cento Uno. At Interbike this year, they bested themselves with the new Cento Uno Superlegerra (Superlight).

GORE™ RideOn® Cable Systems disappeared from the market in 2003, but after relentless customer demand, they made a return in 2007. Now, just in time for Interbike, Gore released their new GORE RideOn® Professional Cable System.

Rotor came to Interbike with a number of new and updated road products including their 3D road crank, new Q-Rings and the SP1 Seatpost.

Skins came into the cycling business as a seller of compression garments to aid racers with post-race/post-workout recovery. In 2010, they are rolling out a new line of cycling and triathlon clothing that are intended to improve performance while riding.

SkirtSports was founded in 2005 by former professional triathlete Nicole de Boom with the goal of ridding the world of ugly bike shorts.

Bergamo, Italy’s Limar held a special event at Interbike to roll out their new Ultralight Pro 104 helmet. At 170 grams for the European version, the Ultralight Pro 104 truly is the lightest helmet in the world.

We’ve had a chance to talk with the folks at Harlot Clothing Company via e-mail (and review some of their men’s shorts), but it wasn’t until Interbike this year that we were able to meet company founder and President Jenn Steketee.