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No garage too small with the Turn-up Bike Holder.

No garage too small with the Turn-up Bike Holder (click to enlarge).​

The Topeak booth always looks like the candy store with all those nice and smart solutions for common problems. Repair, preparation and storage play a big role here. Here's a small selection of their new stuff.

Turn-up Bike Holder

Small and smart could be the keywords for this very compact bike holder. Two points of attachment on the wall, the upper grabs the front tire and can be turned up to 70º in both ways. Get your bike high and dry against the wall.

The Joeblow Booster (left) provides easy inflating of tubeless tires without  a compressor. Scratch and clamp free prepping (right) with the Prepstand ZX.

The Joeblow Booster (left) provides easy inflating of tubeless tires without a compressor. Scratch and clamp free prepping (right) with the Prepstand ZX (click to enlarge).​

Prepstand ZX

An affordable and easy to use prepstand without clamps prevents damage on your seatpost, frame or other bike parts. Included is a small tool tray, so you've got your favorite tools in easy reach.

Torque on the trail with the Nano Torqbar.

Torque on the trail with the Nano Torqbar (click to enlarge).​

Nano Torqbar

This portable torque tool offers 5 bits (3/4/5mm and T20/T25) and is available in 4, 5 or 6 Nm fixed torque models. Carries two bits in the grip and then weighs only 62g.

You can use the Nano Torqbox on any existing multitool.

You can use the Nano Torqbox on any existing multitool (click to enlarge).​

Nano Torqbox

You can transform any multitool with a 5mm allen key into a torque tool. The very small sized tool offers 5 bits (3/4/5mm and T20/T25) and is available in 4, 5 or 6 Nm fixed torque models and fits snugly in its included transport case (total of 75g).

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Joeblow Booster

With a boost of 11 bar of compressed air that's being delivered to the valve in Charge modus, the mounting of tubeless tires now should be done in a whizz. Further fine tuning of the air pressure can be done in the Inflate modus. There's a big dial for pressure reading, an air release button and an extra head-pump connection.



Tubeless tires have take over the world but they have one flaw, installation. Installation with hand pumps and floor pumps is difficult and unreliable since the tire has to be shaped to form a seal upon initial installation. This can be difficult when the tire is brand new and the perfect tool for the job is an electric air compressor. Compressors have a tank that stores built-up air pressure and that air is released instantly to push the tire to the sides of the wheel and form a seal before the air escapes.

But compressors are expensive, noisy, heavy and not field portable. Bontrager last year introduced the Flash Charger which included a reservoir tank where the user can build up air pressure. This can then be released in one shot. The Bontrager Flash Charger has proven to be an incredible tubeless installation tool. As a floor pump, it's a big cumbersome and not quite as good as an plain old floor pump. We expect this Topeak pump to perform in a similar fashion.

The Joeblow Booster provides easy inflating of tubeless tires without  a compressor.

The Joeblow Booster provides easy inflating of tubeless tires without a compressor.​

For more details visit www.topeak.com.

This article is part of Mtbr's coverage of the 2015 Eurobike trade show in Freidrichschafen, Germany. For more from Eurobike CLICK HERE.