Taipei Show

Taipei Show Design Winners: More Weird & Wonderful New Cycling Tech

More wonderful and weird (And Award-Winning!) stuff from the 2023 Taipei Cycle Show. From bikes to bags, hubs to brakes, and even a user-serviceable e-bike…

Written by Tyler Benedict April 11, 2023

Taipei Show Tech Randoms: Wheels, Drivetrain & Vanlife

Wheels, rims, hubs, and a bit of drivetrain stuff from the 2023 Taipei Cycle Show, plus a quick romp around Dirty Formosa’s outdoor pavilion of…

Written by Tyler Benedict April 10, 2023

Taipei Show Tech Randoms: Cockpits & Components

Tons of new tech for your touchpoints, from handlebars and bar tape, to lights, fenders, and bags, plus lots of saddles and saddle-adjacent bits.

Written by Tyler Benedict March 30, 2023

17 Weird & Wonderful Bikes From the Taipei Cycle Show 2023

From gorgeous to functional to straight-up oddities, the concepts and complete bikes shown in Taipei were a beautiful mix of lust-worthy gravel bikes to very…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 30, 2023

Maxxis Adding Eco-Friendly Tire Casings From Seawastex Recycled Fishing Nets

Maxxis is testing nylon casings woven from recycled nylon, created from used and discarded fishing nets. If you love baby sea turtles, here’s your bicycle…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 29, 2023

Topeak’s 10g Carbon Bottle Cage, Pump Work Stands, Bikepacking Bags, and More!

Ultralight bottle cages for road, gravel, and MTB, multipurpose floor pumps, frame bags, strap-on fenders, tool rolls, and lots more interesting new stuff coming from…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 28, 2023

Tektro Becomes Bosch Antilock Brakes Partner for E-Bike Spec

The Bosch ABS system for e-bikes gets a new partner with Tektro and TRP brake options for electric city, trekking, touring, and mountain bikes.

Written by Tyler Benedict March 28, 2023

Giant Trance & Liv Intrigue Advanced E+ Bring Full Power to Lightweight eMTBs

The new Giant Trance X e-mountain bike sits in the middle between high power and lightweight options with a clever blend of features like adjustable…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 28, 2023

FSA Gets Comfortably Aero on Gravel, Lots of Integrated Headsets & More!

FSA’s AGX lineup gets more aero for gravel bikes and long-distance “alt road” adventures, and more comfy with vibration damping stems. It was also showing…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 27, 2023

KS Shows Gravel Suspension Fork, Wireless Dropper Post, Inverted MTB Fork, and More!

With new suspension forks for gravel bikes and eMTBs, wireless and suspension dropper seat posts, a killer carbon drop bar, slicker coatings, and more, KS…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 27, 2023

DVO Onyx 38 Enduro Fork Almost Ready; Garnet 2 Dropper Post Gets External Travel Adjust

The 2024 DVO Onyx 38 brings more than just bigger stanchions, with new air springs, vent valves, thru-axles, and more. And the new Garnet 2…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 23, 2023

SKS Adds Feature-Rich, Universal Fit MIK Rear Rack & Digital Rennkompressor NXT Floor Pump

A burley yet reasonably light new universal fit rear rack helps you carry more on almost any road, gravel, commuter, or mountain bike! Plus a…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 23, 2023

Token Shuriken OSPW Throws Shimano a Curve, Plus New Stealth Headsets

A unique take on an oversize pulley cage system for road bikes, the new Token Shuriken offsets the upper pulley for smoother performance on the…

Written by Tyler Benedict March 22, 2023

Ritchey Adds Integrated Stems & Headsets, Shallow Gravel Bar, New Colors, and More!

Ritchey’s newest stems bring modern features and sleek, easy internal cable routing without giving up on its classic gravel handlebars and steel frames.

Written by Tyler Benedict March 22, 2023

Taipei d&i awards: Token Block adds a lower stop for any upper headset, Jagwire brake pads w/ graphene, more

Continuing our digging through the 2021 Taipei Cycle d&i awards, here are a few more new products worth a look (and apparently, an award). First…

Written by Zach Overholt February 26, 2021

Taipei d&i awards: RST Stem Shock for gravel + TranzX integrated dropper for standard frames & LEV C12

Along with the Gold Awards for the Taipei Cycle d&i awards, there’s a number of other noteworthy products worth checking out. Some of them are very…

Written by Zach Overholt February 25, 2021

Taipei Cycle Gold Awards by iF for 2021 include products from Merida, Liv, Cadex, & more

The in-person Taipei Cycle show has been officially postponed due to COVID, but that doesn’t mean the award show can’t go on. The annual Taipei…

Written by Zach Overholt February 24, 2021

2020 Taipei Cycle bike industry trade show cancelled over coronavirus concerns

Taipei Cycle, a key business to business trade show mostly between bike producers and component manufacturers, which had been scheduled for the first week of…

Written by Cory Benson February 11, 2020

Birzman teases unique new tools to solve everyday bike repair woes

Taiwanese tool maker Birzman has a number of new gadgets coming our way in the new year, set to make everything from regular at-home maintenance…

Written by Cory Benson October 17, 2019

Granite Stash-es chain tool in a bar, Juicy Nipple on a valve & Funn-damental pedals

Granite Design adds a new Stash hidden bar end chain tool to their line-up of clever mountain bike gadget, and we play with their Juicy…

Written by Cory Benson April 09, 2019

Ritchey twists new MTB & drop bars, aero stem, Break-Away refresh & more!

Ritchey is synonymous with both high quality steel bike frames out of the mind of Tom Ritchey himself, and of reasonably priced performance alloy cockpit…

Written by Cory Benson April 05, 2019

S-Ride M700, the low-cost 1x 13 MTB drivetrain you’ve never heard of

Count ’em, there’s 13 there. You’re excused for having no idea who Chinese drivetrain maker S-Ride is. But while the well-known drivetrain producers like Shimano,…

Written by Cory Benson April 04, 2019

TOR Mountain Products tease well-designed, well-priced components!

TOR Mountain Products is a new component brand poised to hit the market later this year with some creative design solutions and reasonably priced cockpit…

Written by Cory Benson April 04, 2019

Automatic Gearshift System smart derailleur delivers auto 1x shifts

The Automatic Gearshift System from Taiwanese engineering firm HIPCI takes electronic shifting 1x mountain bike setups to the next level, entirely eliminating the need for a…

Written by Cory Benson April 02, 2019

All-Wings Falcon saddle flies wild noseless design to the next level

With April Fools firmly behind us, we can get back to the unconventional but totally real gadgets we turned over in Taipei. As far as…

Written by Cory Benson April 02, 2019

Taipei Sneak Peek: Rondo Ruut Ti adjustable geo, titanium gravel bike

This one was a bit of a surprise, wandering the halls of the Taipei Cycle show hunting esoterica, I stumbled on this complete built-up Rondo Ruut…

Written by Cory Benson March 31, 2019

ControlTech makes waves in Sirocco aero wheels, unique aero handlebars & more!

With no shortage of aero road wheels on the market, ControlTech has a unique take on mid-depth profiles. Their new carbon tubeless Sirocco wheels wave…

Written by Cory Benson March 31, 2019

SunRace 12 speed prototype derailleur aims at XTR & XX, plus 11-51T cassette

Just last November in Tapiei, SunRace showed us new 12-speed SRAM replacement derailleurs and cassettes. But apparently that was only the beginning, as they already…

Written by Cory Benson March 30, 2019