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Benji's top 10 items from this year's Core Bike Show

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Core Bike Show came and went, as did we. Here's the best bits from Benji's memory card.

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 8:01 am
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Seems like Pirelli can make a good tyre but are totally incapable of making a good tyre range

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 7:06 pm
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Hope - please, please, please can you start doing pink??

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 7:27 pm
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I am a sucker for nice tools so I do like that topeak prep station but alas, I lack the need and money, plus the house finance director would never sign of on such an extravagance.

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 7:41 pm
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I prefer the forest to the bronze 🙂

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 10:52 pm
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It’s a bit close to Team Green though?

 
Posted : 01/03/2025 11:11 pm
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Isnt mocha what people were hoping that bronze would be?

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 3:35 am
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I'd like them to bring back gun metal.

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 11:19 am
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Any idea of the price on the moon light?

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 3:58 pm
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Posted by: LAT

Isnt mocha what people were hoping that bronze would be?

That's definitely what it looks like.  But who knows with on screen/photo colour reproduction.  

 

 

 

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 5:27 pm
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We don't need 3 shades of orange from Hope.

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 7:32 pm
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I like the Smoke and the new 'bronze' actually looks like a bronze. Forest would need to be done very right for a complete look - could turn out horrendous 

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 10:38 pm
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Hmmmm those mocha Hope hubs look nice. Must resist urge to upgrade exisiting wheels!

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 11:06 pm
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Of you want to influence the new Hope colour there's a queue are (won't let me type in the capitals for some reason reason)code right there. I've gone for smoke.

 
Posted : 02/03/2025 11:55 pm
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Posted by: ratherbeintobago

It’s a bit close to Team Green though?

Hope previously did forest green, a lot different from team green. + Team green has a habit of fading really badly

 

Example of the original forest green here -

https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/mk1-hope-green-skewers.474142/

 
Posted : 03/03/2025 12:59 am
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Bring back the gunmetal / smoke ones! I was really disappointed that colour got discontinued when I bought my last pair of hubs. Just a super-nice colour. The green is nice, but very close to the colour OneUp uses for it's hubs and components.

 
Posted : 03/03/2025 10:59 am
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Mocha and Smoke colours both look good.
Not that I'm gonna invest in a whole new array of anodised trick bits at this stage.

 
Posted : 03/03/2025 2:35 pm
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Black or silver or GTFO. I've had my time with fancier colours and I'm now officially boring. Apart from the bronze-coloured Nukeproof stem and handlebar with matching decals on one bike, for which I blame the WiggleCRC firesale. 

Manitou news is great. I like the front-facing decals, quite classy too as far as those sort of things go. Got Mezzer Pros on two of my bikes so I'm very biased. 

 
Posted : 03/03/2025 2:52 pm
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Really like the grey/ gunmetal colour most

 
Posted : 03/03/2025 5:20 pm
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Beautiful green hubs

 
Posted : 05/03/2025 1:09 pm
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Seems like Pirelli can make a good tyre but are totally incapable of making a good tyre range

Who's actually making them? I know Pirelli owned the Clemente and licensed the name to Donnelly who sub-contracted the manufacture to the catchily named  Hwa Fong tire Co.  Are they doing it in-house this time or have they just licensed the names to another factory?

 
Posted : 06/03/2025 11:56 am