New Fuji Altamira Road Bike

Fuji's newest road platform, the Altamira—named after (we're not making this up) a prehistoric cave and museum in Cantabria, Spain, where the Fuji-sponsored Footon team is based—boasts frame weights as low as 815 grams.

Road Bike Trends For 2011

You’re forgiven if you think that headline is representative of the depths the bike industry has gone to to attract new interest from cyclists. We’ve certain seen some kooky stuff pop up at past shows. But for the 2011 model year there is no clear single trend—seatmasts! aero road!—dominating the road side of things.

Instead, there are several mini-trends we noted that merit mention. A quick rundown:

I-Clic Carbon Titanium Pedals

Time has also moved towards an oversized platform, a slightly narrower 52mm width but a longer cleat bed at 75mm. The longer, narrower shape doesn’t feel quite as stable as the Blade, and once the cleats wore in we did experience a little rocking. Despite being longer than the Blades, the titanium axled I-Clics have a much more open design, and weigh slightly less at 182g a pair. The entry-level Fibreflex versions (£82.99) are 260g a pair.