Mark from Marin shows us the new 2010 Attack Trail.

updates and highlights include:

-150 mm travel
-HammerSchmidt spec’ed on top tier model (6.9)
-Quad Link suspension has been redesigned
-new linkage design
-new tapered head tube

more info: www.marinbikes.com

John from CamelBak shows us 4 exciting new products from the 2010 CamelBak line.

First up is the Podium Ice insulated water bottle with CamelBak’s proprietary jet valve. Next up is a look at a high-tech-meets-hydration product, the Flow Meter. For the latest in wearable hydration, check out the Velo Bak. And finally, from the All Mountain/Freeride collection, is the new Don hydration pack, loaded with cool features (check out the cool park pass holder).

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Shown here is the women’s Race Bak, similar to the Velo Bak, but meant to go under your favorite jersey.

more info coming soon (Oct 15) at: www.CamelBak.com

At the Demo Days Rotor had a small booth displaying their very trick product suite. Rotor is a Spanish company that specializes in cranksets and lightweight components for mountain and road bikes. They are best known for their elliptical chainrings.

I was very intrigued by their new 3D cranks, which are very lightweight and use some very innovative methods to tweak out as much material as possible. There is a lot of CNC work done to the cranks to take out all that material. The crank arm core is even drilled out for weight savings!

The S2 stem was very lightweight, and again had a lot of trick CNC work. All in all, the Rotor products show a lot of precise work, and are highly engineered and very innovative products.

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Jessica and Cindy from Gore Bike Wear show us two of the latest offerings from their 2010 apparel line.

updates and highlights include:

Alp-X Jacket
-velcro sealed wind flap cover over vented front zipper
-integrated, fold up hood
-large rear zipper pocket
-elongated tail (to keep shorts/chamois dry)
-Gore pack light material
-reflective piping

Xenon Lady Sonic Bib Tights
-designed by a woman, for women
-combination of several fabrics
-silicon grips at leg band
-center hook in front for extra comfort
-open keyhole design in back area for comfort and breathability
-two side zippers (allows the top to partially detach from the bottoms for rest room breaks)

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Alan Crisp works for Knolly as a team racer and R&D test rider. He shows us the new 2010 Podium DH bike - “the privateer’s choice”.

Highlights:

approx 2 years in development
-64 degree head angle
-30.9cm bottom bracket height
-10.8 lbs frame (with RC4 shock)
-range of shock options

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Peter Vallance from Rocky Mountain Bikes shows us all new, fully redesigned from the ground up Flatline World Cup.

Highlights:

-all new rear axle mount system
-rear bearings replaced with bushings
-full race focus geometry
-team spec componentry
-RaceFace Atlas bar and direct-mount stem developed for the Maxxis/Rocky Mtn team racers
-MSRP: $5999

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Peter Vallance from Rocky Mountain Bikes shows us the Altitude 29, all new for 2010.

Highlights:

-120mm of travel
-straight up geometry featuring a 76 degree seat angle
-efficient pedaling
-short wheelbase for a 29er
-custom RaceFace cranks

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There was a buzz around the show about a new company that had a power measurement device that is integrated in the pedals.

I headed over for a visit and discovered that it was my friend Clark Foy and a couple of his rocket scientist race buddies that were behind this venture. They quit their tech jobs to pursue their passion and create a product that in their favorite industry.

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Tony from Magura Direct was excited to show us their best mountain bike helmet, the Uvex XP100.  It looks good, has a ton of adjustability and retails for only $100.

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Erick from Nema shows us the 2010 Digi Jersey, Digi Gloves and Telonix Shorts.

Jersey:
-moisture wicking poly
-stretch collar
-full body venting
-neck taping along the back collar (to prevent chafing)
-functional, comfortable, and looks great

Gloves:
-lightweight glove
-elastic wrist opening
-fully terry thumb
-double layer clarino palm
-pull tabs (for ease of pulling gloves on)
-gel on fingertips

Shorts:
-300 cordura nylon
-snap open waist
-rubber pull tab zipper
-removable Nema liner
-two front zippered vents
-two vented hand pockets and two thigh pockets
-two side velcro adjusters

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Devin Reilly from Montague bikes shows us the 2010 Paratrooper. Highlights of this unique bike include:

-used by US military
-easy to drop out of an airplane
-suspension fork
-folds in half
-approx. 29 lbs
-disc brakes
-$799

Also on display was the “Boston” folding bike, a 700c wheeled city bike (look for the forth coming article about that bike on our sister site: RoadBikeReview.com) and also an interesting telescoping, adustable height stem.

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Tyler from Twenty6 Products shows us their new Prerunner Pedal. Highlights of this slick new pedal include:

-256 grams per pair
-new concave design
-tapered bushings
-Turcite bushings (self lubricating)
-titanium nitride axle
-quad o-ring seals
-new pin design (aluminum pins designed to shear off)

The clear cutaway on display was very cool looking and showed the inner workings of the pedal. The pins are designed to shear off in the event of a crash and can be replaced very easily by using an allen key on the reverse end of the pin (the end that is protected and accessible from the inside of the pedal).

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Joe Osborne from Deuter USA shows us two of their latest hydration packs from their Commuter Cross Series - the Trans Alpine 26 SL (women’s specific model) and the Cross Air EXP.

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Jeff Steber shows Mtbr the new 2010 version of their popular SlopeStyle. The SS II is more of a “mini” 951. It is a 6″ travel park bike.

(note: the bike is closer in color, to the shade of orange in the video, not the still pix.)

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Here, Jeff shows us the all new Tracer 29!

Features of the Tracer 29 include:

-adjustable travel (5 to 5.5 inches)
-low standover height
-great, all-around trail bike

Jeff was even kind enough to coordinate his sweater to match the new Tracer 29!

Included below are pix of more from the 2010 Intense line-up:

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Jeff from Titus shows us the all brand new 29er from Titus…the Rockstar!

Highlights include:

-all carbon rear triangle
-true 4″ of rear travel
-tapered head tube
-approx. 5.5 lbs for the frame and shock

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Brent Foes shows us the first ever 29er from Foes…. the B-29! This bike was original shown as a prototype at Sea Otter, it’s now ready for production.

-head tube angle is adjustable +/- 1 degree
-tapered chain stays
-2:1 leverage ration Curnutt shock
-4″ rear travel

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Brent Foes shows us the latest updates to the ever popular FXR.

-tapered head tube
-redesigned top tube and down tube bracing for torsional stiffness
-150mm spacing at the rear axle
-optional floating rear brake
-ISCG mount

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Wayne from Ashima had on display a set of their new brakes, and some colored rotors.

Their new brakes are very radical and innovative. The PCB or Pancake Brake has no pistons, and instead operates using a diaphragm seal. The design is very simple, lightweight, and has very thin calipers (25mm). The piston less design, gives an excellent response, simpler manufacturing, and has an equivalent area of a 20mm piston. Wayne has another brake in the works,the 4 pot APV (Ashima Power Valve System). The PCB just became a Design Award Winner at the Eurobike Show, congratulations to Ashima.

The lightweight AiRotors brake rotor now comes in red, black, blue, yellow, and white! I got a trick set of the red ones to test out, and I must say that the colors really added to their uniqueness.

UFO Plast was hidden over in their usual spot in the European Village section of Interbike. They had a couple of very interesting new releases for this year, the paramount one was their fork protector. They zip tie onto your fork, and protect the sides from rocks and crashes that always seem to zero in on your forks. They come in white and black, and are relatively light, so they would be a nice accessory to protect your fork from damage. They are made from hard plastic, and should work much better than the usual protection tape that I usually use.

They also had some nifty new body guard protection to add to their body armor collection.

American Classic has updated their mountain bike wheelset with a few new tweaks. Foremost is that the rim is now tubeless. I have a set of their All Mountain wheels, and I have used a rim strip to run them tubeless, and it was hit and miss getting tires to work. So the new tubeless rims are a welcome change. The rims come in either white or black, while the hubs are a very cool red! The new rims are wider, deeper and lighter, and the new geometry has increased stiffness. They come in both 26 and 29 inch sizes.

I had a very nice technical walk through of the new wheels by the President, founder, engineer and techno geek Bill Shook. Bill led me through some interesting engineering features of their products that relate to the wheels. The IS disc brake interface posts on the hub are slightly raised, which aids keeping the rotors from getting warped.

Instead of using brass nipples Bill uses aluminum nipples, which are extremely lightweight and hence reduce rotational weight. He extended the body of the nipple so that the threads go slightly past where the nipple is cradled in the rim, so that the nipple is held in compression instead of tension, which reduces fatigue and breakage.

While I was at their booth Jenny Fletcher, their sponsored triathlete was signing autographs, so I got one for my daughter, and of course I got one for my basement bike shop! Jenny was really nice, and down to earth, and we yakked on about training and such.