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Eurobike 2009: Race Face, DT and SRAM

Race Face

SixC carbon chainset for all-mountain riding tips the scales only slighter higher than the Next XC chainset. Available with three rings or two rings and a bashguard

Atlas cranks in any colour you like. Well, as long as it’s one of these colours, that is

Race Face’s Deus XC stem in tasty white

Besides a new range of crank arm colours was an array of colourful chainrings

New Atlas FR low-riser handlebars in matching colours

SRAM

To complete SRAM’s XX groupset is the X-Dome cassette

The first eight sprockets are machine from a single piece of steel, while the two largest are made from aluminium

Weight for a 11-36 is a claimed 208g

DT Swiss

DT Swiss unveiled its new Tricon wheel range

Straight double threaded pull spokes in an ‘Open Crawfoot’ pattern is meant to deliver a high level of stiffness

Torx nipples allow for a lighter and tubeless rim

New all-mountain wheelset, the M1600

One for the racers and weight weenies, the EXC1550 is DT’s new carbon fibre wheelset

Full carbon steerer tube on the XC100 now, along with hollow carbon lowers and magnesium dropouts

There’s new graphics for the entire DT Swiss fork range

New ‘Torsion Box’ brace cuts weight and ups stiffness

Compression is now adjustbale on-the-fly as the dial is now situated at the top of the fork

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