In the following article you will find eight damn sexy road-bike products, which attracted our attention! Continue reading on this page or check the article in issue #01 of the magazine.
Omata Speedometer
What’s at the crux of our lives? If you ask Omata then it’s speed, distance, time and ascent. A huge success on Kickstarter, Omata’s stylish and timeless-looking speedometer exclusively charts the most important stats that any rider wants during a ride. As precise as any digital counterpart, this analogue beauty has a ton of technology stacked within its understated design – so well designed in fact that even Fabian Cancellara wouldn’t leave home without it.
More info: omata.com
Price: $ 499 (Kickstarter Backing)
Nebouxii Socks
Is there ever a bad time for a new pair of socks? Especially not when it’s a pair of Nebouxii socks, handmade in Hungary, and likely to prompt some admiring looks on any group ride. If only stamp collectors knew the vast empire of socks that they could be collecting instead of those little squares; we’re not sure stamps work as well as #sockgame on Instagram. The height is right, the manufacturing spot on and the designs can match virtually any kit.
More info: nebouxiisocks.com
Price: € 12
Dromarti Shoes
Style can’t be bought – unless we’re talking Dromarti shoes. These brown leather beauties are much more than just sartorially sound; they’re also the most classic and comfortable lace-up road shoe around. But the shoe doesn’t maketh the rider – you’ve got to pin down the right outfit (lose the logos, modest colourways) and perform. Even we fell foul of the fashion on one occasion in this issue – learn from our example!
More info: dromarti.com
Price: € 313.18
Kraft des Urstromtals
Honey bear, sabre-tooth tiger or mandrill? Just because you’re pushing your body to its limits, doesn’t mean you should forget your values. Forget supermarket gels and squashed bananas, only the best bars will do for our fine-dining follies on the bike. The Berlin-based start-up Kraft des Urstromtals make their bars by hand, using cherry-picked, exotic ingredients. Not your everyday energy bar fare, these bars feature everything from elk to pistachios, olive oil to chilli pepper, lime juice to walnuts. Right now the brand have three bars: vegetarian, vegan and carnivore. If you’re going to give everything on the bike, then why not do it in style? Plus, having scoffed many of these bars during our group tests in Barcelona, we can vouch for their prowess when it comes to refueling the body.
More info: http://kraft-des-urstromtals.de/
Price: € 20.47 (Test Package)
8bar Mitte
Berliners know only too well that their city hasn’t entirely been swamped by Club Mate-swigging hipsters. Take the 8bar MITTE, for example: hailing from the aptly-named Mitte district in Berlin, this versatile bike is the hip Berlin alternative to dancing all night. Fusing the disciplines, it’s proof that religions can live side-by-side: road, cyclocross or adventure. In just a few steps, this surprisingly affordable bike can be converted to suit your riding terrain and still manages to deliver an uncompromising ride in all situations. Early birds have until mid-May to secure themselves a MITTE on Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/8barbikes
Price: € 598 (Kickstarter Backing with Frame-Kit)
Silca SuperPista Ultimate
We’re not sure when pumping up our tyres became an act of desire, but when you’ve got this eye-wateringly expensive Silca Superpista Ultimate Floor Pump in your shed then it’s a whole different ball game. With a 25-year hard parts warranty, meticulously chosen materials and the promise of impeccable precision, we’ve never been so pumped about doing our tyres.
More info: silca.cc
Price: $ 450
A fine British saddle
British roots and “Made in Italy”, Brooks’s newest carbon saddle is the material incarnation of a true British gent. Courteous and capable of anything, don’t be fooled by the minimal design of the Cambium C13: this incredibly lightweight one-piece carbon saddle with a vulcanized rubber top for comfort has been stringently tested on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.
More info: brooksengland.com
Price: € 200
Classique made in America
Bontrager take on high-quality and high-performance materials like silk, merino wool and leather to create the new Classique line, interlacing nostalgia with performance and adding carbon into the soles of the shoes. Our standout French tricolor-bearing favourites are the merino socks and jerseys, leather gloves and silk scarf. Vive la France!
More info: trekbikes.com/
Prices: € 22.99 (Socks), € 149.99 (Jersey), € 74.99 (Gloves), € 24.99 (Scarf)
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Words: Aaron Steinke Photos: Various
