The Lightweight Urgestalt frameset is seriously light: the medium weighs 1,340g and gets you frame, fork and seatpost - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The box the Lightweight Urdgestalt comes in is as luxurious as the frame which costs north of £3,900 - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
It’s beautifully engineered and the seat clamp bolt is located on the underside of the top-tube - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Ritchey Logic road triple-butted frameset was revised last year and has room for 700x28c tyres. It’s built for long, long days on the road - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Cipollini Bond is been around for a year or so, but it’s been given the fluro treatment for 2014, which ties in nicely with the brands sponsorship of the Italian Yellow Fluo pro team - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Cipollini Bond is an aggressive brute: the stout headtube is complemented with a BB386 bottom bracket - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Core Bikes is an opportunity for brands like nutrition specialist CNP to show off their memorabilia. Thought the Tour de France yellow jersey was a pantone? Think again – CNP’s signed jerseys from Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins prove it - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Classics-ready and sportive-orientated Colnago CX Zero was released last year at the Tour de France. It gets its first outing in the Classics in a couple of months’ time - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Colnago and Campagnolo go together like peas and carrots… - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
…But the CX Zero also makes use of FSA components - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Colnago CX Zero has a mighty long headtube which should give plenty of stability to steering - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Lots going on here. Praxis Works says its cold forged rings last longer and give better shifting than the machined alternative; they’re versatile too and here’s an SRM-compatible version. - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
TRP R979EQ brakes are CNC’d magnesium and are featherweight beauties that often find their way onto custom bikes. A pair of these callipers add 260g to a rig but pack a punch on the wallet: £499.99 - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Reynolds Assault wheels have been updated aerodynamically for 2014 with something called SLG– a swirl lip generator – on the inside of the rim of the 41mm wheels - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
DMR’s popular range of Vault pedals have been largely redesigned in 2014. Atop the range is a pair of 290g Vault Mag Superlight flats. A 105mm x 105 magnesium body allied to a titanium spindle - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The DVO Emerald inverted downhill fork makes – and takes – a serious impact - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The DVO Emerald is pared down to the minimum and can take a pro mechanic who knows his way around the fork around 15 minutes to take to bits and service - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Expect irreverent US brand Ritte’s presence to grow in the UK in 2014 and beyond – it’s got a national distributor now - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The eye-catching 930g Ritte Vlaanderen frameset will cost around £1,800, but just look at the cool Belgian colour scheme. Wow - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Ritte Bosberg 3.0 is a sportive bike – the front end looks slack – but it also looks cool - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
SuperCaz make bright, loud bar tape in any number of colours and combinations. It ain’t cheap though: prices start from £27.95 and reach £37.95 - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Spiuk Pragma is the new top of the range shoes from the Spanish label - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The new Fi’zi:k Volta R1 saddle is unashamedly retro and race-orientated at the same time – some pros’ bottoms just like an old fashioned shape - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Does that channel look deeper to you? The Fi’zi:k Versus X range of saddles has a 20mm deep channel, which is crater-like compared to the standard Versus - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Fi’zi:k Tritone is the first sawn-off, triathlon-specific saddle from the Italian maker and debuted at the end of last year - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
New to the UK is the Fi’zi:k Cyrano range of handlebars which has adopted the company’s bull/chameleon/snake taxonomy based on a rider’s flexibility. These compact bars therefore belong to the less flexi bull family - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Ancient, but somehow still in production, the Tioga Spyder saddles for mountain biking and road riding - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Colorado-based Feedback Sports developed this handy vertical bike storage hook dubbed the Velo Hinge. The hinge closes to hide the hook when the bike’s being used - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Neil Pryde Zephyr is the brand’s offering for sportive riders and the big and the powerful. It’s built for comfort but delivers an equally racy ride - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The relentless march of the fat bike continues and cult brand Surly’s ECR 29er is a versatile camping bike that looks like it’ll carry everything bar the kitchen sink - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
It’s ready to carry big loads, this frame (ok, and the kitchen sink too, then) and the 4130 cro-moly steel is reinforced where necessary - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Salsa Warbird 2 gravel bike screams versatility. An ENVE fork has been allied to the aluminium frame – classy upgrade - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Identiti make road bikes, we hear you say? Yep, the dirt and BMX brand has been ploughing this furrow for a little while now and appears to have sneaked a SRAM Red Hydro R disc brake set past the Chicago company’s recall police on this bike - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Mio Cyclo 315 is a new halfway point to the all-singing and dancing, Cyclo 505. It’s got all the functionality of the 505, bar the wifi connection which helps it receive texts from a user’s phone (and other uses) - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Like the look of old fashioned cycling jersey but want modern technical details? Then Solo jerseys are for you - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Cinelli Zydeco is an old school triple butted cyclocross frame - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Stages Cycling is making waves in the power meter market with its non-drive side meter-fitted cranks. Here’s a Shimano Dura-Ace 2014 model - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Italian brand De Rosa celebrated 60 years of frame building last year and it unveiled the retro titanium Sessanta at the end of last year in celebration - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The welding on the De Rosa titanium Sessanta is neat and tidy - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Campagnolo updated its EPS battery at the back end of last year – and now the pen-shaped power unit can be mounted internally - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
The Storck Aero 2 is a mighty fine-looking machine and it was designed and built in five months said the company founder Markus Storck - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Graphene is going to revolutionise the way we live, say experts. Spanish helmet makers Catlike say they’ve already integrated the substance into their Mixinio helmet’s chassis to make it lighter. - Sam Dansie/BikeRadar
Each year, Core Bike is a chance for UK local bike shop owners to peruse some of the world’s best bike brands.
This year the annual show was celebrating its tenth birthday and BikeRadar travelled to the depths of Northamptonshire today to check out some of the high end road kit (peppered with some MTB gear) and see what’s heading to a bike shop near you in 2014.
Sam Dansie is a former contributor to BikeRadar. With 15 years experience working in cycling media, Sam also worked for Procycling and was a script writer for GCN.
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