The bike Brad Wiggins won this year’s Tour de France on, the Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think 2 in yellow, was taking pride of place on the Italian firm’s standJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
We risked life and limb to get these photos today, dodging fork lift trucks, wagons and stack trucks along the wayJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Wonder what Garmin have in store for us this year? We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out, because we were quickly told to move alongJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Rotor will be launching a new crank based power meter at Eurobike, though this poster gives little awayJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
FFWD have a new 45mm version of thir F4R wheel for 2013 as well as their 38mm. Due to new manufacturing techniques, there’s only a small weight penaltyJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Eurobike 2012 is still very much a work in progressJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The Cannondale bike Italian Marco Fontana rode to a bronze medal at the Olympics earlier this monthJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
It was a dry, dusty day at Hadleigh FarmJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Cannondale’s alluminium Jekyll MX is new for 2013 and built for race enduro. It features a Fox 34 fork and 160mm travelJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The new Cannondale Trigger, unveiled in June, also comes in this 29er versionJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The Super Six Evo remains the top of the tree of Cannondale’s road line-up, with this Red Racing version coming equipped with SRAM’s new Red groupsetJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The Rotor crank power meter stand, sadly missing the power meterJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Colnago were keeping their cards close to their chest on the night before the showJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Of all the companies setting up their stands, Park Tool had the weakest excuse for being this untidyJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
POC’s Tempor time trial helmet had totally consumed their wallJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The GoPro track looked ready to ride onJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Brompton were clearly showing off just how compactable their bikes areJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
The Rose Xeon CW looks to be a new model for 2013John Whitney/BikeRadar.com
It’s like at Christmas when your parents did a terrible job of disguising what they’d bought youJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
These were an incredible find as we flagged during a humid opening dayJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Normally the grey sky wouldn’t worry us, but some of BikeRadar chose to camp this year and our tent wasn’t zipped upJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Even the mannequins weren’t ready for dutyJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
We’re going to bring this one home as our editor’s next test bikeJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Who knew Playboy made bikes?John Whitney/BikeRadar.com
It was hard to see how the show would be ready in time for the morning given the work still to be doneJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
While most were using hammers to get their stands ready, Genesis favoured a hosepipeJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
Shimano have one of the biggest areas at the show, but wouldn’t let us closeJohn Whitney/BikeRadar.com
A new trend for 2013 perhaps?John Whitney/BikeRadar.com
“Can you guys not just wait one more day?” was the response from an employee of a well known manufacturer, as journalists frantically snapped away at half-built stands on the eve of Eurobike, the world’s biggest bike trade show.
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Frankly, no we can’t and we know you guys can’t either. So as the vast show in southern Germany was hurridly assembled around us, we took a quick look at what’s in store this year.
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With many of the product managers down the road at the demo day, there was little in the way of information to be garnered, but we hope the gallery opposite will satisfy your hunger before the news starts flowing in tomorrow.
Cycling Plus deputy editor and tireless domestique John has been putting in a shift for the magazine for seven years. Despite having been a ‘proper’ road cyclist for the last decade, he still can’t work out what his main motivation for punishing all-day rides is. A freewheeling attitude towards cake is the popular theory, however.
