Cycle Show 2019 highlights | New bikes from Condor, Shand, Vielo, Ribble and Genesis
Cycle Show 2019 highlights | New bikes from Condor, Shand, Vielo, Ribble and Genesis
The latest road, gravel and mountain bikes from British brands Condor, Shand, Vielo, Ribble and Genesis
The Columbus Spirit HSS tubeset is paired with a new carbon fibre fork, internal routing compatibility for electronic groupsets and CNC-machined thru-axle dropouts.
Condor has gone all-in on the Cycle Show, launching a fleet of new bikes in Birmingham, including the freshly-updated Fratello Disc. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Fratello is Condor’s best-selling frame - it’s a real all-rounder, employed variously as an all-weather commuter, winter bike, touring bike or simply something to blast about the lanes on. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The new Fratello Disc has 12mm thru-axles at the front and rear, and accepts the now ubiquitous flat-mount disc brake standard. Claimed weight for a painted 55cm frame is 1960g. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Fratello has all the fixtures and fittings you’d expect of a versatile steel frame. It’s ready for mudguards and a rack, and has clearance 32mm tyres with mudguards. The frameset costs £1,199.99. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
Condor’s gravel bike, the Bivio, was launched in 2017 and has been updated to offer additional tyre clearance. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
There’s now room for 42mm tyres with 700c wheels, as well as compatibility for 650b wheels with 47mm tyres. The Columbus steel frame has a new carbon fork, with thru-axles at the front and rear. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The 2020 Bivio has modular routing for electronic or mechanical groupsets. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The finish is very smart out indeed. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
Condor’s iconic crest adorns the top tube. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
Claimed weight for a 55cm painted frame made from custom triple-butted Columbus steel is 2,100g. The fork weighs 350g. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Bivio framesets costs £1,399.99 but you can also put together your own build through the Condor website. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
Also new from Condor is the updated Super Acciaio Disc. The steel race bike took home our Best in Show: Road Bike award at the Cycle Show. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Columbus Spirit HSS tubeset is paired with a new carbon fibre fork, internal routing compatibility for electronic groupsets and CNC-machined thru-axle dropouts. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The quality of the finish is exquisite. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Super Acciaio Disc is made in Italy and will set you back £1,899.99 for the frameset. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media - http://Jack Luke/Immediate Media
The Leveret is a brand new commuter from Scottish brand Shand. While Shand’s steel frame are normally made-to-order in Livingston, the Leveret is a stock bike made in Taiwan. - George Scott/Immediate Media
Shand says the Leveret is a response to customer requests for a feature-packed, all-weather bike for commuting. That means you get a triple-butted chromoly steel frame and a maintenance-free Gates Carbon Drive CDX drivetrain. - George Scott/Immediate Media
The Leveret has eight-speed Shimano Alfine hub gears, paired with Microshift bar-end shifters.
That means the triple-butted chromoly frame is equipped with a Gates Carbon Drive CDX drivetrain, Shimano Alfine eight-speed gears and TRP Hylex hydraulic disc brakes. - George Scott/Immediate Media
These Schwalbe G-One tyres should provide a good balance speed, comfort and grip. The Leveret will cost £1,895 when it lands in February 2020, while a mudguard and rack accessory pack will also be available. - George Scott/Immediate Media
Vielo teased the R 1 earlier this year but the Cycle Show gave us the opportunity to see it in the flesh. The R 1 follows Vielo’s V 1 all-road bike and is an aero, 1x-specific carbon frame with clearance for 30mm tyres. - George Scott/Immediate Media
Vielo claims the R 1 is 30 percent stiffer than a 2x frame thanks to the increased bottom bracket width afforded by the 1x-specific design. The broad BB shell transitions into a symmetrical downtube with Kammtail aero shaping. - George Scott/Immediate Media
Focusing the lower half of the frame on stiffness has apparently allowed Vielo to build more comfort into the seatstays through the extended flat section seen here. At the very least, it’s somewhere to put your coffee cup at the cafe. - George Scott/Immediate Media
The R 1 is also designed specifically for SRAM’s wireless eTap groupsets, so there are no ports for cables or wires. It certainly looks aero... - George Scott/Immediate Media
The flagship R 1 UD frameset will set you back a cool £3,999 when it becomes available in April next year. The R 1 UDG uses a more affordable grade of carbon fibre to add 200g to the frame weight and drop the price to £2,699. - George Scott/Immediate Media
The Ribble HT Ti broke cover earlier this year and is now available. The triple-butted 3AL/2.5 titanium frame is Ribble’s first MTB chassis for many a year (the brand is best-known for its mountain bikes). The chassis has a slack and long geometry and is available in builds from £2,699 with SRAM NX Eagle. - George Scott/Immediate Media
Even newer from Ribble is this HT 725, launched at the Cycle Show. In fact, this scooped this Editor’s Choice prize in our BikeRadar Awards. It paires a progressive hardtail geometry with Reynolds 725 tubing, with builds from £1,399. - Jack Luke/Immediate Media
We showed you the updated Genesis Fugio earlier this year but it’s certainly worth another look. The frame is now made from Reynolds 725 steel and wear Shimano’s GRX gravel groupset in its single-ring setup for £2,699.99. - George Scott/Immediate Media
The 2019 Cycle Show gave us the opportunity to check out the latest road, gravel and mountain bikes from British brands Condor, Shand, Vielo, Ribble and Genesis.
The UK's biggest cycling showcase opened to the public on Friday, but we got a sneak peek during the press and trade preview.
Condor brought a range of new bikes to The Cycle Show, including the updated Fratello Disc all-rounder, Bivio gravel bike and Super Acciaio Disc steel race bike.
Meanwhile, we got a first look at Shand's all-new commuter, the Leveret, and Vielo's 1x-specific R+1.
Ribble's new steel hardtail, the HT 725, was also on display in Birmingham, while the revamped Fugio took centre stage on Genesis' stand.
The Cycle Show is open until Sunday (15 September) and you can get money off advance tickets by using the discount code BRADAR. Head to The Cycle Show website for more information.
George Scott is BikeRadar's head of content, overseeing web, video and podcast content. He has been writing about bikes for more than a decade and riding them for much longer. George is a road cyclist at heart but caught the gravel bug in 2020 after buying his Mason Bokeh and now rides little else. As a cyclist, he’s happiest exploring new gravel trails around Bristol or riding in the mountains, even if he can't climb them quickly. George studied journalism and cut his teeth at Eurosport before joining RoadCyclingUK in 2010. He became editor of RCUK in 2014 and, after a spell as a freelance journalist writing for Cycling Plus, Rouleur, Cyclist and T3, joined BikeRadar in 2019.
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