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Eurobike 2016 Coverage: Bicycle Touring, Bikepacking and Adventure Gallery

byAlee Denham
September 5, 2016

It’s that time of the year again when Eurobike (the biggest bike tradeshow in the world) is over and we get to take a closer look at the bike touring, bikepacking and adventure gear and innovation from the show.

Bikepacking bags have continued to become more prevalent at the show this year, as have off-road adventure bikes and Pinion gearbox touring bikes. There’s a carbon fibre touring bike here in the mix, and you should take a closer look at the new Surly alt handlebars.

Here’s the CyclingAbout roundup gallery of all the touring, trekking, adventure and bikepacking gear from the show. I will update this resource as more photos become available. 🙂

A special thanks to Franz from Velologie for running around and taking all of these great photos. 

AcePac

Acepac bikepacking
Acepac had a great stand setup to show off their bikepacking gear! Image: Franz Herkendell
Acepac bikepacking
The Acepac stand was one of the show highlights. Image: Franz Herkendell

Apidura

Apidura Eurobike
Apidura brought all of their bikepacking kit to Eurobike. Image: Franz Herkendell
Apidura bikepacking
The Apidura bikepacking bags have a great reputation for quality. Many of their new bags are waterproof too. Image: Franz Herkendell
Apidura front bag
This is a new front bag by Apidura. Image: Franz Herkendell

Blackburn

Blackburn Eurobike 2016
Blackburn brought all of their racks and bags to Eurobike. Image: Franz Herkendell
Blackburn bikepacking bags
The Blackburn bikepacking bags are a popular sell and are now available in camo. Image: Franz Herkendell

My Boo

Boo Bamboo Touring Bike
My Boo make bamboo touring rigs out of this natural product. Image: Franz Herkendell

Breezer

2017 Breezer Radar Pro
The 2017 Breezer Radar Pro is a new adventure touring model from the same parent company that owns Fuji. Image: Franz Herkendell

Bruno

Bruno Minivelo Touring Bike
This Bruno Minivelo was found with a full set of panniers. Image: Franz Herkendell

Busch & Muller

Busch Muller IXON Space
Busch & Muller were showing a new 150lux rechargable light (not dynamo) called the IXON Space that can also charge USB goods. Image: Franz Herkendell

Co-Motion

Co-Motion Divide Pinion
Co-Motion had their Pinion Divide touring bike at the show. I’ve written about how much I like this bike HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
Co-Motion Americano
They also brought along their popular Americano touring bike too. Image: Franz Herkendell

Fuji

Fuji Touring 2017
Fuji brought their great-value touring bike along. I reckon it’s a killer bike for the price! Read more HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell

Gates Carbon Drive

Gates CDX EXP
Gates had their new Carbon Drive system on display: the CDX:EXP. Read more about it HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
Gates sprockets
There’s lots of different Gates sprockets available now. Image: Franz Herkendell

Giant

Giant Toughroad SLR touring bike
The 2017 Giant Toughroad is a great value offroad touring bike. You can read more about it HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
Giant Anyroad 2017
The Giant Anyroad bike is designed for light touring, commuting and road riding. Image: Franz Herkendell
Giant Anyroad 2017
The Giant Anyroad is available in two colours. Image: Franz Herkendell

Gilles Berthoud

Gilles Berthoud Eurobike
Gilles Berthoud had their usual leather goods on display. Image: Franz Herkendell
Gilles Berthoud bags
The Gilles Berthoud bag ranges is pretty extensive. Image: Franz Herkendell
Gilles Berthoud Eurobike
Gilles Berthoud make all kinds of accessories for touring bikes too. Image: Franz Herkendell
Gilles Berthoud touring bike
Gilles Berthoud had a nice touring bike on display with all of their gear. Image: Franz Herkendell
Gilles Berthoud touring bike
I really like the Gilles Berthoud chainstay protector. Image: Franz Herkendell

Hartje

Hartje touring bike
Hartje make some great touring bikes for the European market. Image: Franz Herkendell

HiLite

HiLite Touring bike
The titanium touring bikes by HiLite are stunning! This one features a Pinion 18 speed gearbox. Image: Franz Herkendell

Intec

Intec touring bike
This Intec touring bike has been fitted up with panniers and a front basket. Image: Franz Herkendell

Koga

Koga touring bikes
Koga have one of the nicest touring bike ranges in the world. Image: Franz Herkendell
Koga touring bike
This Koga touring bike is ready for world travel with its Rohloff hub and Gates Carbon Drive. Image: Franz Herkendell
Koga trekking bike
Koga make a bike for every kind of rider and every kind of budget. Image: Franz Herkendell

Marin

2017 Marin Four Corners
The new 2017 Marin Four Corners touring bike looks awesome! You can read more about it HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
2017 Marin Pine
Marin also brought their 27+ Pine adventure touring bike to the show. Image: Franz Herkendell

Maxx

Maxx Crossmaxx 650B
The Maxx Crossmaxx 650B touring bike is new for 2017. Image: Franz Herkendell

Moulton

Moulton Eurobike
Moulton had their famous bikes loaded up with panniers for touring. Image: Franz Herkendell

MTB Cycletech

MTB Cycletech Touring Bikes
The MTB Cycletech touring and adventure range is quite extensive. Image: Franz Herkendell
MTB Cycletech Pinion
This Pinion gearbox MTB Cycletech bike is designed for long-distance world travel. Image: Franz Herkendell
MTB Cycletech Pinion Offroad
MTB Cycletech also had a 26+ offroad Pinion bikepacking bike on display. Image: Franz Herkendell

Ortlieb

Ortlieb Bikepacking Bags
Ortlieb were proudly showing off their 2017 bikepacking bags. Image: Franz Herkendell
Ortlieb Handlebar bag
You can use a smartphone through the top of the handlebar bag. Image: Franz Herkendell

Patria

Patria Touring Bike
Patria had some lovely steel bikes at Eurobike. Image: Franz Herkendell

Pedal Power

Pedal Power Tandem
Pedal Power had a nice touring tandem on display. Image: Franz Herkendell

Pinion

Pinion C-Line Gearbox
Pinion just released their new lightweight C-Line gearbox. For more info, head HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
Pinion Shifter
The Pinion shifter can fit on road handlebar if it is splits in two. Image: Franz Herkendell

Restrap

Restrap Bikepacking Bags
Restrap had their bikepacking bags on display at their stand. Image: Franz Herkendell

Ritchey

Ritchey Ascent
The Ritchey Ascent is designed with both touring and bikepacking in mind. Image: Franz Herkendell
Ritchey Handlebars
Ritchey have also expanded their handlebar range to include flared bars. Image: Franz Herkendell

Rohloff

Rohloff Eurobike
Rohloff were showing some new hubs for different axle sizes this year. Head HERE for all the goss. Image: Franz Herkendell
Rohloff Sprocket
The new Rohloff sprocket carrier is a great innovation. Image: Franz Herkendell

Rose

Rose Pinion Trekking
Rose had a really nice Pinion trekking bike at Eurobike this year. Image: Franz Herkendell
Rose Trekking Bike
Rose use aluminium as the material of choice, popular amongst all German manufacturers. Image: Franz Herkendell
Rose Touring Bike
Many of the European manufacturers include a dynamo hub as standard on a touring build. Image: Franz Herkendell

Rotor Bikes

Rotor Touring Bikes
Rotor Bikes (Germany) put together some really configurable steel and aluminium touring bikes. Image: Franz Herkendell

Salsa

Salsa Eurobike 2016
The Salsa stand had lots of nice colourful bikes! Image: Franz Herkendell
Salsa Fargo 2017
The Salsa Fargo has received an update for 2017. You can read about it HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
Salsa Handlebars
The Salsa handlebars offer lots of flare. Image: Franz Herkendell
Salsa Cutthroat
The 2017 Salsa Cutthroat is a carbon bikepacking bike. Image: Franz Herkendell
2017 Salsa Vaya
The Salsa Vaya has also received an update for 2017. Read about it HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell

Schauff

Schauff touring bike
The Schauff Sumo touring bikes are built as sturdy as ever. Image: Franz Herkendell

Schmidt

Schmidt Dynamo Eurobike
Schmidt were showing the internals of their famous dynamo hubs. Image: Franz Herkendell

Simplon

Simplon Kagu
The Simplon Kagu is one of the brand’s best touring bikes. Image: Franz Herkendell
Simplon Kagu 2017
The 2017 Simplon Kagu is ready to go, off the shelf! Image: Franz Herkendell
Simplon Touring Bike
Simplon also had some of their other touring bikes on display. Image: Franz Herkendell

Soma

Soma Steel Frames
Soma brought many of their retro styled steel frames to Eurobike. Image: Franz Herkendell
Soma Handlebars
Soma have a very extensive rack and handlebar range too. Image: Franz Herkendell

SP Dynamo

SP Dynamo Hubs
The SP dynamo hubs are a popular lower-cost alternative to Schmidt.

Supernova

Supernova E3 Pro
Supernova ran a line of their waterproof E3 Pro dynamo lights. Image: Franz Herkendell

Surly

2017 Surly Troll
The 2017 Surly Troll has been redesigned for the first time in a while. You can read more about the bike HERE. Image: Franz Herkendell
2017 Surly Straggler
The Surly Straggler is an awesome colour! It uses STI shifters now too. Image: Franz Herkendell
Surly Eurobike 2016
The Surly stand was stacked with awesome steel bikes. Image: Franz Herkendell
Surly Eurobike 2016
Surly manage to fill lots of niche categories with their bike range. Image: Franz Herkendell
Surly Eurobike 2016
The Surly offroad touring bikes are pretty popular for adventure touring. Image: Franz Herkendell
Surly racks and bags
Surly also had some new handlebars and bikepacking bags at the show, along with their extensive rack range. Image: Franz Herkendell

Tern

Tern Joe 24
The Tern Joe 24 is a larger sized folding bike that is a pretty handy light touring bike too. Image: Franz Herkendell

Topeak

Topeak Bikepacking Bags
New for 2017 are the Topeak bikepacking bags. Image: Franz Herkendell
Topeak bike phone mount
This new bike phone holder by Topeak looks great. Image: Franz Herkendell
Topeak bike phone case
It slides straight onto the stem for navigating. Image: Franz Herkendell

Tout Terrain

Tout Terrain Eurobike
Tout Terrain had their awesome touring and adventure bikes on display! Image: Franz Herkendell

Vaude

Vaude Panniers
Vaude had their usual range of waterproof panniers in all kinds of colours. Image: Franz Herkendell
Vaude Panniers Eurobike
A closer look at some of the green Vaude panniers. Image: Franz Herkendell
Vaude Pannier Lock
You can lock the Vaude panniers onto your racks! Image: Franz Herkendell
Vaude Accessory Bags Eurobike 2016
Vaude make a whole bunch of accessory bags too. Image: Franz Herkendell
Vaude shoes
These Vaude shoes could be great for bicycle touring. Image: Franz Herkendell

Velo de Ville

Velo de Ville Premium Trekking
Velo de Ville had their premium trekking bike at the show. It uses the Pinion 18 speed gearbox and Gates Carbon Drive. Image: Franz Herkendell
Velo de Ville Touring Bike
Another Velo de Ville touring bike with all the bells and whistles. Image: Franz Herkendell

Velotraum

Velotraum Touring Bike
Velotraum had their standard offering of premium touring bikes at the show. Image: Franz Herkendell
Velotraum Offroad Touring Bike
This Velotraum touring bike is designed for the path less travelled. Image: Franz Herkendell

VSF Fahrradmanufaktur

VSF Touring Bike
VSF had their standard great value range of touring bikes at their stand. Image: Franz Herkendell
VSF Damen Touring Bike
This VSF TX400 step-through touring bike is one of only a handful of this style in the world. Image: Franz Herkendell

Wiawas

Wiawas Donar Touring Bike
This is the Wiawis Donar carbon touring bike. This Korean brand is one of only a few making carbon touring bikes! Image: Franz Herkendell

Yasujiro

Yasujiro Touring Bike
Yasujiro had this nice celeste touring bike at the show. As far as I know, Yasujiro is a Japanese brand which is owned by Tange (frame tubing manufacturer). Image: Franz Herkendell

 

You Can Check Out Eurobike Coverage From Previous Years HERE.

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Alee Denham
Alee is a bike and travel addict who has cycled through 100+ countries and doesn't really have any plans of stopping. Along the way, he creates technical resources, in-depth reviews, inspirational videos, how-to guides and more. If you've learned something from him, you can support his mission to create the best bike travel content HERE.
9 comments

  1. So many nice bikes, pinion looks like it is taking off. Just setup a Rohllof bike, would have liked a pinion one.Surprised at how many German makers there were, them and the Dutch make great Aluminium frames.

  6. Don’t forget that Eurobike takes place in Friedrichshafen, in the south of Germany.
    Also, you probably read touring blogs and websites in English, so their users normally have American or British bikes, leading to think that everybody around the world cycles on a Surly or a Thorn Nomad. However, Germany has a long tradition on touring and some of the top brands for touring (Rohloff, Ortlieb, Tubus, B&M, Son, etc.) are German. Actually, in countries like Cuba, when the people saw us coming by bike, they assumed by default we were Germans, and often the other cyclists we meet on the road are also Germans.
    I live in Germany and it’s quite normal to have plenty of touring bikes in any normal bike shop to choose from, and many brands still doing steel frames. On my train to work there are daily a couple of Rohloff bikes and many other beauties.

  9. There are two big bike-touring magazines in German. Are there any in English? I mean specialized in touring bikes only…

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