This years cycle show was held at Earls Court allowing the show to be bigger with more stands and an indoor mountain biking course. This gave the public the chance to ride on some of the latest bikes from some of the top manufactures including trek, Scott, Gary fisher and mongoose. There was also commuter track giving the public a chance to try some of the latest town bikes in an urban environment.

All the big names were there minus Giant which like last year very disappointingly was not there as we were looking forward to seeing the new Trance X.

Highlights of the show included:
 

Scott USA were showing off their latest Spark bike, with the limited model weighing in at 9.35 Kg and the Scale limited at a very impressive 8.55 kg - the lightest yet!! Also on their stand was a new ranges of bikes called Aspect, which replaces their reflex range and Gambler, their new DH bikes. 

The Specialized stand was split into two half’s displaying the women specific bikes as well as the rest of their full range of bikes. These bikes included the Stumpjumper HT, Epic & Enduro as well as the new Stumpjumper FS with Enduro inspired rocker link. Also on display was their new all mountain offering the Pitch and Specializeds new Future Shox.

Trek, which were not at the show last year, were showing of their new Fuel EX’s and Madone’s. The new fuel comes in both carbon and aluminium. New features on the bike were the active brake point that allows the suspension to continue to move under braking. Also the new full floater system. The shox now floats on two moving linkages that now gives a more precise end stroke compression. For more info visit the trek website trekbikes.com. The Madone was a peace of art with a new design and even more sloping curves making up treks new OCLV line up. Also on treks stand was the winning Madone from the Tour De Francs as well as Treks 69er line up.

Look were displaying their new hard tail mtb that looked absolutely stunning with its integrated seat post and stunning flowing lines. This bike should have a few companies worried and we would expect to see a lot of these bikes in races next season.