Rouleur Live is traditionally the last show of the year, and given that everything new for the year has already been released, it focuses more on the bling, the custom, and the fancy.
Every stand is positively bristling with top-end bikes from predominantly premium brands, nearly all of which have been custom-painted, decked out in matching parts, and moodily lit for the throngs of cycling fans that pass through the halls of a former brewery.
Let’s kick off at the Panaracer stand, with a very matchy-matchy Lab71 Cannondale SuperX.
A purple anodised Exposure Joystick up front.
New WolfTooth DEL pedals (part of a CTRL, ALT, DEL set) on the crank arms.
And matching Chris King hubs. A tasteful start.
Pearson isn’t a brand we see much of, but it brought along its Shift 2.0 aero bike to the show.
It’s a 7.25kg machine, and the first one of the raw carbon brigade for the day.
Road 1x is becoming a growing trend, and while Shimano doesn’t yet make a dedicated setup, there are plenty of aftermarket options to make it possible.
Fork-frame integration is key for aero, and this seems to follow the usual playbook.
Definitely not raw carbon, but I’m always going to stop to admire a Pegoretti paint job.
Pegoretti frames are famous for their paint, and this gravel bike lived up to the hype.
Each one is hand-painted, often with non-traditional methods.
At Argon 18, there was a custom Nitrogen Pro, the new aero bike from the Canadian brand, and one we’ve already put in the…
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