London’s Cycle Show is at Earl’s Court from 10-12 October. Thursday was trade day, so we took a lightning dash around the aisles to see what’s what. Here’s the by-no-means comprehensive results – there’re big bits of show we haven’t got to yet, but if you’re thinking of paying a visit this may whet your appetite…

Hope has lopped the front off its Vision One and added an external battery pack and headstrap to make a high-power headtorch – just the job for adventure races

Hope has also got one of its CNC milling machines on its stand so you can see exactly how all those aluminium bits get made

London-style fixie style comes to Moulton. It’s a bit of a cheat, though – there’s a Schlumpf two-speed box hidden in the cranks…

It’s been a while since Raleigh’s had a convincing high-end bike, but the new aluminium and carbon fibre M-Trax models look good

Satmap is launching its outdoor-specific, OS-map displaying handheld GPS (and associated online route planning software) into the bike market
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