September 23, 2014 (Las Vegas, NV) – Pedal’s coverage of Interbike, North America’s biggest cycling trade show, continues with more exciting new goodies from Polar, Lapierre, Kinetic and Reynolds. The show was held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre in Las Vegas, Sept. 16-18.

Polar

Polar dubs its newest and most advanced cycling product the Polar V650, “The smartest bike computer with GPS”. This advanced unit does it all and will help you get home if you get lost! No matter what you are doing, you can ride with confidence! It works with and syncs with all other transmitting systems, so you’ll be fine with whatever you currently use on your bike.

The reasonably large, 2.8-inch colour touch-screen makes navigating from function to function easy. You can get great, easy to read feedback while riding or download the information after each ride to analyse your ride data later using the free Polar Flow App. The new Polar V800, takes everything in the V650 bike unit does, including GPS, and puts it on your wrist! Either on the bike or on your wrist, Polar continues to lead the way with advanced training tools & technology! See more at www.polar.com

Lapierre

Lapierre’s Aircode, their latest top-end road bike, has gone full in for aero, speed and precision and is built for competition – it’s the new weapon of choice for Team FDJ.fr. The re-shaped down tube and seat tube feature a a Kamm Tail wing profile which Lapierre claims “…has the most efficient ratio of stiffness, weight, and aerodynamics.” The new tear drop shape is also efficient in cross-winds as it eliminates the vortex caused by a classic trailing edge.

The Aircode range offers two exclusive versions on their Ultimate program, along with three standard versions. For those ranges the components dedicated to performance include a double or compact drivetrain, 11-speed cassette, Shimano Ultegra brakes, Mavic Ksyrium wheels, Zipp cockpit, Fizik Antares saddle and more… – read more on Lapierre here.

Kinetic
Kinetic is highlighting two products for 2015, the new Z rollers and a new water bottle cage. The Z Rollers are the perfect training accessory to help improve balance and technique, or for easily transportable pre race warm-up system. Precision machined aluminum rollers and premium bearings offer a smooth, quiet ride, and make for a very light weight system. The Z Rollers use a trifold hing system to allow for compact storage and transport and it is backed up with an unconditional lifetime warranty.

Kinetic’s new Twenty20 Bottle Cage provides an new ergonomic approach to grabbing your water bottle. The cage can be mounted three ways on the frame, in line with or at a 20-degree offset left or right – allowing bottle insertion into the center of the cage rather than from the side. Available in black, white, red, and Kinetic green, the lightweight composite Twenty20 weighs in at only 38 Grams.

Kinetic’s inRide power computer system has a new and improved App for 2015. The new App features redesigned graphics and added functions, user-programable display with flexible data fields and multiple screens, Pre-programable field test workouts to establish user FTP’s, improved spin down calibration, and Workout creator that lets users program and save interval workouts. – more on Kinetic here.

Reynolds
New for 2015, Reynolds takes its most versatile, all around and best-selling wheels, the Assault SLG and adds disc brake compatibility to this already outstanding wheel-set.  It sports a modern tubeless ready, 25mm rim, which results in a lower rolling resistance and overall smoother ride. The 41 mm deep rims are made even more aero by the Reynolds proprietary Swirl Lip Generator that smooth’s the airflow from the rim to the spokes. They are also available in tubular – the weight for the tubular at 1,365g for a set – and for the aforementioned tubeless clinchers at 1,565g for a set. These wheels would be perfect for any of the new disc brake road bikes, for use on a CX bike with discs, or some of the new gravel road bikes that sport disc brakes. – more on Reynolds here.