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Topeak’s Taipei Cycle Show booth had the most new stuff of any booth I saw, and there’s a lot of very interesting new ideas, gadgets, and tools here. All of which are as-yet-unreleased, with minimal info available, but there’s a lot to be known simply from the photos.
It was the ultralight collection of water bottle cages that caught my eye first, ranging from just 10g up to 15.5g for road, gravel, and mountain bike use, so we’ll start there…
The new Feza Light bottle cage line is led by the R10S 10g kevlar-reinforced tubular carbon fiber bottle cage. This one’s for road bike use only, but…
…the Feza G12 is a 12g bottle cage for gravel bikes. Also carbon fiber with Kevlar, it’s presumably just a bit stronger or holds tighter. Or both.
The heaviest of the bunch is the MT16, a 15.5g mountain bike bottle cage that’s also a Kevlar-reinforced carbon fiber material. I think I could suck it up for that matte black finish and put this clunker on my road bike, too.
This combo bike stand and floor pump has fold-out legs that are long enough to counter balance an eMTB’s weight. The clever design holds your bike while your pump up the tires, but not sure the non-drive side pedal would clear it for spinning the cranks for minor maintenance, cleaning, or tuning.
It’s a two-stage pump, filling up high-volume tires quickly, then switching to a high-pressure pump for finishing off road bike tires.
The Topeak Prepstand T3X is a three-axis frame mount that doesn’t clamp to your seatpost to hold your bike. Not sure how this works around any patents the Silca-owned Hirobel mount may have, but it’s a safer way to hold your bike in the workstand without putting pressure on carbon tubes.
These TetraFender M1 and M2 mountain bike-sized fenders use universal fit straps to mount to almost any bike and fork. They provide much broader coverage than the typical fork and saddle mounted options.
Topeak’s collection of bikepacking framebags and saddle bags and mounts continues to grow, making a good argument for e-gravel bikes.
Topeak’s Pakgo line is expanding with a TT version for longer, weirder triathon and time trial bikes. The built-in tray captures the fork’s axle and straps around the BB area to keep it secure, then adds Velcro-equipped pads and parts management to keep everything secure and rattle free.
The Ratchet ‘n’ Roll tool roll comes with various Allen and Torx bits, a torque wrench and ratchet driver, plus extensions. Straps let you mount it to your frame, or stuff it in a pack or jersey pocket.
Lastly, a new series of saddle bag mounts combine accessory, tool, and light mounts into a modular system that lets you swap things in and out.
No word on pricing or availability for any of this yet.
Topeak.com
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By: Tyler Benedict
Title: Topeak’s 10g carbon bottle cage, pump workstands, bikepacking bags & more!
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Published Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:51:03 +0000
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