£775 disc brakes, a €12,000 super bike and mid

Plus a titanium time trial bike, the cargo bike drivetrain of the future and the new Propain Tyee

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By Jack Luke

Published: April 25, 2023 at 3:50 pm

Coinciding with this year's edition of Sea Otter, the Cycle Show 2023 brought together some of the UK's biggest brands in the salubrious surroundings of Alexandra Palace in London.

From aero titanium time trial bikes to mid-century modern bikepacking bags, this year's show truly had something for all tastes.

New Motion Labs’ Enduo Cargo is a cargo-bike specific drivetrain claimed to last three and a half times longer than a conventional drivetrain.

The drivetrain uses a skip-tooth profile and a 06B-1 chain. These chains are used commonly in industrial settings and differ from standard bike chains, engaging both sides of a tooth.

The Enduo Cargo drivetrain is only available for Enviolo, Shimano or Rohloff hub gears.

A full Enduo Cargo drivetrain costs £216 and is available to buy direct from New Motion Labs. International pricing is TBC.

Propain had its updated Tyee enduro bike on display at The Cycle Show.

The 160mm-travel enduro bike ticks every box in a game of ‘new MTB bingo’ – it's longer, slacker and lower, the suspension kinematics have been updated and it now features internal cable routing (bingo!).

Check out our in-depth news story for more information and our first ride review for Luke Marshall's early impressions.

It was impossible to walk past this amazing time trial bike on the Reilly Cycleworks stand without taking a second glance.

Like the Reilly Fusion, this bike pairs butted titanium tubing with cast titanium components to create an almost carbon-like aero-optimised silhouette.

The Lezyne Mega HB E2000 is a new bike light designed to run off an electric bike's central battery.

A large StVZO-compliant central beam is paired with six additional LEDs.

Electric bike lights are a growing market for both OEMs and as aftermarket upgrades, with Lezyne now offering at least 16 ebike-specific lights.

The Basso Palta is a go-fast carbon gravel race bike.

The bike launched in 2021, but this is the first time we’ve got up close and personal with one.

The bike's a real looker, with classic seatstays and a sleek silhouette, but we’re particularly fond of the junction between the down tube and fork crown.

It's a really nice bit of design that makes the most of Basso's signature offset crown. Lovely stuff.

These premium disc brakes from Braking take the top prize for the most literal product name ever.

Fitted to a Forestal Cyon electric bike, Braking's IN.CA.S 2.0 brakes cost a whopping £775 at RRP, and that's without rotors or mounts.

For context, a pair of Shimano XTR M9100 brakes would set you back ‘only’ £470 for a pair.

Sturdy Cycles’ titanium crankset is made to order, 3D-printed and an oh-so-lovely object to ogle.

This is the first time we’ve seen the £1,300 cranks fitted with SRAM's Red AXS 2x integrated chainrings, including the integrated power meter. Premium!

Lucienne Day was an iconic British textile designer. Her work defined the contemporary style of the 1950s and 1960s.

Quintessential Customs Workshop pays homage to Day's work with this custom bikepacking setup.

The bikepacking bags by Wizard Works and matching custom Teme frame incorporate motifs inspired by Day's work, and we absolutely love it.

Mid-century modern design and bikepacking bags? That's any millennial cyclist's dream.

Fizik's Gravita Tensor shoes are available in either flat or clip-in options. The neat inboard ankle guard, which will help protect socks from oily marks, is shared across both shoes.

Our eyes were drawn by this black-and-white version of the flat pedal shoe, which looks a bit like something you’d hire at a bowling alley.

Most all-black bikes are as boring as sin, but we’ll make a rare exception for this stealthy BMC Teammachine SLR MPC.

Funky paint and weird specs will always draw our attention, but we still have a soft spot for a good ol’ no-compromise, lust-worthy, go-fast stealth-fighter inspired road bike. This €12,000 (!) bike ticks all of those boxes.

Deputy editor

Jack Luke is the deputy editor at BikeRadar and has been fettling with bikes for his whole life. Always in search of the hippest new niche in cycling, Jack is a self-confessed gravel dork, fixie-botherer, tandem-evangelist and hill climb try hard. Jack thinks nothing of bikepacking after work to sleep in a ditch or taking on a daft challenge for the BikeRadar YouTube channel. He is also a regular contributor to the BikeRadar podcast. With a near encyclopaedic knowledge of cycling tech, ranging from the most esoteric retro niche to the most cutting-edge modern kit, Jack takes pride in his ability to seek out stories that would otherwise go unreported. He is also particularly fond of tan-wall tyres, dynamo lights, cup and cone bearings, and skids. Jack has been writing about and testing bikes for more than six years now, has a background working in bike shops for years before that, and is regularly found riding a mix of weird and wonderful machines. Jack can also often be seen zooming about with his partner aboard their beloved tandem.

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