Randoms Round One - Interbike 2016

Sep 22, 2016
by Mike Kazimer  
Interbike 2016


Interbike 2016
Leatt's DBX 6.0 helmet keeps the same shell design for 2017, but receives an updated visor, along with larger vents at the front of the chin bar.


Interbike 2016
Zoic are expanding their flat pedal shoe line with the addition of the Rhoam, which will be available in both men's and women's colors and sizes.
Interbike 2016
There are also new colors on the way for the men's Prophet shoes.


Interbike 2016
Topeak's Bikamper tent ($259) isn't an entirely new addition to their line, but with the growing popularity of bikepacking the company decided to update it to work with 29" wheels. One side of the three season tent attaches to a bike's handlebar and fork, and the front wheel is used to hold up the other side. When it's not in use, the tent packs down to roughly 10" x 5".


Interbike 2016
Do you regularly ride in blizzards? Are you on a first name basis with the Abominable Snowman? Then Lake may have a pair of riding shoes for you.


Interbike 2016
GoPro's new drone was attracting plenty of curious onlookers.


Interbike 2016
Maxxis continues to add to their line of 27.5 x 2.6" tires, this time with the addition of the Forekaster.
Interbike 2016
A 27.5 x 2.6" version of the Rekon is also on the way.


Interbike 2016
The latest version of Patrol's 871 downhill bikes received a slightly slacker 63.5-degree head angle along with improved internal cable routing. An XL size has also been added, with a reach of 461mm. MSRP as shown is $5,699 USD.


Interbike 2016
Fix It Sticks' clever T-handle multitool is now available with a mounting bracket that holds it securely underneath a water bottle cage.


Interbike 2016
RSD Bikes' Wildcat has 123mm of rear travel paired with a 150mm fork to give it a 66.5-degree head angle, with plenty of clearance for 27.5 x 3.0" tires. The bike will retail for $3,200 USD as shown, a price that includes a RockShox Pike RC, a Shimano XT 11-speed drivetrain, and a KS LEV Integra dropper post.


Interbike 2016
RSD's Sergeant 27.5+ hardtail is available in aluminum or titanium, and has a 66.5-degree head angle when run with a 140mm fork.


Interbike 2016
If you have to shuttle, you might as well get there in style.


Interbike 2016
The unique Rockingtor knee / shin guards are still in the prototype stage, but production is expected to begin very soon. The pads use a modular design that begins with attaching the top of the pad to a knee warmer style sleeve. Another strap wraps around the shin, and the final attachment is just above the ankle. A clear piece of polycarbonate shields the shin, and memory foam is used around the knee.


Interbike 2016
Bolle's B-Rock sunglasses were designed to provide an unobstructed field of view, and include features like a hydro- and oleophobic coating on the outside of the lens, plus an adjustable nosepiece and temples. Depending on the lens selected prices range from $180 - $200 USD.


Interbike 2016
Bolle's The One MTB helmet ($129) is nearly identical to their road helmet, save for the non-adjustable visor. It comes with two different liners, one for warm weather and one for cold, along with a removable blinking red LED rear light.


Interbike 2016
No mechanic likes to deflate or remove a tire just to true a wheel, which is why Park now make the TS-4 adjustable wheel truing stand. It'll fit tires up to 5" wide, and axle widths from 75mm to 215mm.


Interbike 2016
Blackburn are ready for hunting season with a limited edition line of camouflaged packs and bags.


Interbike 2016
Blackburn's new Chamber HV floor pump has a gauge even your grandpa could read. It also has a built in bottle opener at the top of the pump, and an aluminum handle that can be replaced with any 31.8mm handlebar.


Interbike 2016
Bern's FL1 trail helmet is now available with a MIPS liner for $129 USD.


Interbike 2016
Plus bikes aren't just for big kids - Norco's new Fluid 4.3+ hardtail rolls on 24 x 2.6" tires. Just think about how well those will skid down the driveway when mom or dad aren't looking...


Interbike 2016
Jill Kintner was all smiles about Slytech's line of protective gear. The knee pads use Slytech's proprietary 2nd Skin XT foam, which is designed to harden upon impact while also providing a high level of impact absorption.


Interbike 2016
Atomlab's Trail King pedal is on its way back, returning with a 105 x 105mm platform and a $99 sticker price.


Interbike 2016
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112 Comments
  • 85 3
 Bolle... Bless y'all. It's 2016 not 1986
  • 38 4
 100% seemed to get away with it though
  • 10 2
 Nice try Bolle.
  • 11 3
 Bolle' If you can't beat your competition (Oakley) then imitate them.........but gotta get the right century.
  • 2 0
 I don't know what you have in mind for helmets in 2016.
  • 8 0
 I grew up in the 80's and most company plus kids have been going that way for quite some time. Especially with all the colors. I guess nobody saw how stupid we looked back then and now the style is coming back around
  • 4 1
 @rivercitycycles: unless you're in a dry climate, you won't touch a pair of Oakley's again after using the Ryders' no fog glasses. They're unbelievable.
  • 2 0
 I think Chris Akrigg was wearing those in his recent retro video.
  • 3 2
 I like the dog.
  • 3 0
 Makes me wonder how their marketing team dresses for work.
  • 1 1
 @rrolly: but bro they dont say oakley bro
  • 1 0
 That Blackburn gear is sick!
  • 2 1
 cool story bro
  • 39 1
 @mikekazimer please post up more pics of the new removable chin bar leatt "enduro" helmet. Preferably on someone's head, with chin bar on, and off.

Then drink free beer and ride the new Zerode trail bike and let us know how it goes.
  • 18 0
 Just going to leave this here...
www.therodfather.co.nz/news/2016/9/22/zerode-taniwha
  • 3 0
 @Paluzas: What a cool review!
  • 1 0
 @Paluzas: i was expecting a really stupid gif. Thank you for that
  • 32 2
 Anything new at interbike this year?
  • 17 2
 to put it simply, no.
  • 32 1
 @rmx1: excuse me,the lighter 12 speed pinion
  • 5 0
 thinner pedals haven't seen that for the last 5 years.....
  • 4 12
flag michaelmarsh (Sep 22, 2016 at 21:06) (Below Threshold)
 @hamncheez: Does anyone actually care about that though? Seems like the easiest way to overcomplicate a bike.
  • 4 0
 @rmx1: that is good right? Hooray for no new faux standards!
  • 31 1
 The dog is new. I'm pretty sure.
And it's a + size
  • 1 0
 @sask250: Over-complicate? I assume you have no idea what you are on about then if you think they make things more complicated compared to a 'standard' drivetrain.
  • 2 0
 I was there yesterday. it kinda sucked. I was pretty disappointed.
  • 1 1
 @Coyotecrash: doge no fat. doge haz big boenz. such sad.
  • 1 0
 If you have little rippers, Flow bikes was there debuting their new 20" bikes: www.pinkbike.com/news/flow-convertible-kids-bike-outdoor-demo-2016.html

While not cheap, Flow's bike is on par with a Lil Shredder Icon and costs 50% less. I bought one for my son last month and they are seriously sick.
  • 1 0
 Fix it tools is pretty a new do dads comp...belt buckle/wearable tool.
  • 21 0
 My favorite part on Interbike is one of Gwin's WC bikes on Display at Onza rocking Maxxis with blacked out sidewalls. I also took a squeeze of his TRP's...whole new respect for the man!
  • 6 0
 This is awesome content that PB should be covering for fun
  • 4 0
 That's nuts. I wonder if Gwin will be riding his signature tyres next year.
  • 2 0
 Close to bar engagement or further out? Lever angle?
  • 21 0
 Anyone else think that RSD full susser seems like really good value for money?
  • 5 0
 I think that hardtail looks fun.
  • 14 0
 I'm liking that blackburn pump...
  • 33 0
 No way, not 35mm diameter.
  • 3 0
 @Legbacon: haha, this is my favourite show season post so far!
  • 4 0
 @Legbacon: Got to do something with your obsolete 31.8mm carbon wundabars... May as well make your pump faster...
  • 1 0
 @Cam86:

The pump is already an obsolete standard, making it impossible to upgrade to a high end carbon bar 10 years from now.
  • 1 0
 Loving that pump! There's no reason we should have to bend over to try to read a gauge. At 32, maybe I'm getting old, but I think it should be easily read from standing. Besides, I've been dying to find a floor pump that could show a more accurate low pressure reading! Sweet!
  • 14 2
 Packing a deer or elk out on a bicycle should be fun.
  • 19 1
 Guy i know just bought an e-fatbike with a trailer to haul quartered elk. True story
  • 2 0
 That bike is set up for fish huntin, with a spear gun and fins! Needs underwater camo.
  • 6 0
 Two guys got an elk last week on Baldface tenure outside of Nelson. Non motorized access only. 20km up on two fat bikes, and bob trailers. Yes they got an elk, and yes they rode it down....
  • 9 0
 Am I the only one that wants to see a better view of the Leatt's chin guard? Did they finally fix that weird looking one from the past?
  • 3 0
 yes:
singletrackworld.com/2016/09/eurobike-2016-leatt-enduro-helmets
scroll down to see 2 shots of the DH carbon lid with new mouthpiece/chinguard and visor design
  • 1 0
 Yes! It look sooo much better than before. Note to helmet designers: the top of the chinguard should ALWAYS protrude farther than the bottom!
  • 11 2
 hey look 5.10 are making new shoes called the zoic
  • 2 0
 Hey look, its my skate shoes from 10 years ago
  • 10 1
 Not sure that blue tape is going to stick real good out on the trail
  • 4 4
 Pretty sure InterBike wouldn't be so thrilled with Topeak driving spikes into the hardwood floor in the showroom.
  • 1 0
 It is not intented to be used on the outdoors, duh!
  • 4 0
 Digging the 2.6 rubber! Quick question for anyone: can you stretch a Pike 140mm 29er to 150mm? Would like to run 150 but not enough to purchase a new fork...? I like the look of the RST, seeing a growing trend of front forks longer that rear sus
  • 5 0
 Yes, 160 as well. You just need a new air shaft: www.amazon.com/RockShox-Pike-Shaft-150mm-Travel/dp/B00G239ZU0

It's not very hard to replace.
  • 1 0
 @unrooted: My Pike is one of the older ones, as it does not have to sag o meter on the stantions? the main body, crown and stantions are all the same? there isnt snything that needs to be done to neg. spring or limit stops, or whatever is holding it to the current 140mm lenght right now?
  • 1 0
 @sjdeweese: that's the same as mine!
  • 6 0
 Something about that RSD....It looks so normal - yet I like it so much.....
  • 5 0
 ill take that leatt, a pair of those zoics, that rsd, the truing stand, pump, the tent and the drone. thank you . oh and thAt dog
  • 3 0
 Then I get the dh bike.
  • 7 1
 If I were Sram owner I would release a new 220mm rear hub standard just to mess with Park Tool.
  • 2 0
 Is the BERN FL1 a "trail helmet" because they put a visor on it? No mention of it on their website, just the FL1 with and without MIPS... (side note, sure disappointing when companies are showing their new stuff to the media but have nothing about it on their websites)

Hard to believe a helmet can be light and aero enough for road but also have enough coverage to be a modern mountainbike helmet???
  • 6 1
 Is that Dog Boost compatible?
  • 9 0
 Woof compatible
  • 2 0
 Fetch specific...
  • 5 1
 pump handle that can be replaced with a handlebar... no shot whatsoever.
  • 6 0
 Sorry. Here it is: www.blackburndesign.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1000x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/l/blackburn-chamber-hv-floor-pump.jpg
  • 1 0
 @mikekazimer: looks awesome! I will be shopping for one.
  • 3 0
 Now I know why to do my old "too narrow to ride" Easton Monkey bars
  • 4 0
 Those rockington knee shins look very orthopedic.
  • 3 0
 I wonder if the translucent plastic will act like a magnifying glass???
  • 1 0
 @scjeremy Damn, Here on natural light almost invisible an not shiny...
L=http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/13970692
  • 1 0
 @unrooted: No I think they use the same polycarbonate you can found for some MX chest protectors. Very stiff and flexible
  • 6 0
 @PauRexs: Stiff abd flexibler you say, what miracle material is this?
  • 1 0
 Man that Bern helmet... uglyest bike related stuff I have ever seen in my life, shape and color are so ugly hurt my eyes... that skate shoes also looks so ugly and so cheap like trash... That Patrol bike looks beautiful
  • 3 0
 Those are nice looking DC's from the late 90's!
  • 4 1
 anything 26"+?? Or is this for next inter bike?
  • 2 0
 I thought there was an RPG-7 mounted to that bikepacking bike but it's just a spear gun Frown
  • 3 0
 liking the rockinators, and the track pump.
  • 2 0
 Flat peddle shoes are so much better looking than clip ins. Why is that? Wish Zoic made clip ins.
  • 3 0
 That RSD hardtail is pretty beefy!
  • 2 0
 If you are shuttling with a badass can am wouldn't you think maybe a dh back there might be a better selling point
  • 2 0
 Glad Leatt moved away from that backwards tilting vagina vent chin bar of before.
  • 2 0
 Bike shoes that look like shoes! I'm in
  • 2 0
 I'm all about that doggo.
  • 3 0
 great looking Patrol!
  • 1 0
 That truing stand seems like the sort of thing that should have existed already a long long LONG time...
  • 1 0
 "blackburn is ready for hunting season"
fishing equipment on bike. lol pinkbike you so silly
  • 2 1
 @mikekazimer It's the TrailKing pedal. Cheers!
  • 2 1
 Love my lake 303s. Even use them to snowshoe off the fatbike
  • 4 13
flag Marcusthefarkus (Sep 22, 2016 at 18:07) (Below Threshold)
 Oh geez, snow shoes? Fat bikes? You're on the wrong site.
  • 4 1
 @Marcusthefarkus:

I'd love am alternate winter activity that maintains bike fitness.

I also snowboard, but the fat bike conditions are money when the snowboarding sucks.
  • 1 0
 What kind of temps are they good till, I am looking at getting either those or the 400's.
  • 2 0
 @deiru:
Last year the winter was pretty mild. I was riding in 0-30F with a pair of wool socks and I was good. Snow was super wet and my feet stayed dry. If i did thicker boots i feel like my feet would sweat. If you're riding colder than that I'd do wolvhammers or 400s
  • 4 2
 @Marcusthefarkus: Markus don't be a farkus
  • 3 0
 @deiru: I ride 5.10 Impact Low down to -24c with a pair of wool socks. At that temp they're good for about 45 mins. Throw in toe warmers an it's a bit longer. Not much. At -15c with wool socks I can ride all day.
  • 5 6
 "No mechanic likes to deflate or remove a tire just to true a wheel"...???
All mechanics must deflate (and obviously remove) the tire to truing a wheel correctly!
  • 12 0
 In most cases, for a quick wheel true taking the tire off would be overkill.
  • 2 1
 Well, you better get used to it if you deal with tubulars. Nobody wants to pay for a glue job unless they have to.
  • 4 0
 Actually you get a better true and more accurate spoke tension with the tire on an inflated to riding pressure. The amount of inward force an inflated tire puts on a rim and spokes is impressive.
  • 1 0
 3.0 Minions? Might convince me to take the plus bike for a rip!
  • 1 0
 No 3.0 Minions on display, but they did have a 27.5 x 3.0 Highroller II, which looked burley. And if you saw the DHF in 2.8 it looks like something you would see on a motocross bike
  • 1 0
 I questioned if that dog was a live for a moment.
  • 1 0
 wow that's some truly uninspiring shit
  • 1 0
 Hahaha, 2.6 is the latest and greatest. Next up: metric tires.
  • 1 0
 RSD's Sergeant = Gary Fisher Mullet.
  • 1 1
 I didn't know there is something like women's\men's clours.....
  • 1 0
 Women's colours are almost the same, just 20% more expensive.
  • 1 0
 @bishopsmike: that is what I mean!
  • 1 0
 zoic!
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