Published June 30, 2026 01:38AM
Welcome to Velo’s Eurobike coverage, where we share our favorite things we’ve found at the 2026 show. Bikes, components, accessories, and more: if we think it’s cool, you’ll see it. See the rest of our Eurobike coverage
Every year at Eurobike, we send The European Bike Project around to find the most interesting bits of tech from small European manufacturers, who are often doing the most interesting and cutting edge work at the show. Here’s what he found this year.
Berk Composites
Berk Composites is best known for its light saddles, including the stunning Lupina Monocoque, which are all made in Slovenia. However, the most interesting new product from Berk Composites at Eurobike 2026 was the Cesta frameset.
The Cesta weighs around 900 g and comes in sizes S, M and L. Jure Berk says that the brand could have built a lighter frame, but he preferred to implement details that make the frame easy to live with, such as a BSA bottom bracket rather than a press fit bottom bracket.
The frame is made for 27.2 mm seat posts and uses regular, round seat clamps. The front derailleur clamp can be removed and UDH dropouts come as standard. Unlike other frame builders who buy third party forks, Jure decided to make his own fork as well. It has a tire clearance of roughly 32 mm and will be updated soon to match the frame, which can accept up to 40 mm tires, which are becoming more and more popular.
Waiting time for a new frame is just two to four weeks and you can choose between different decal colors to customize your frame. Considering that the frame is made in Slovenia, it’s really well priced at 2800 € / 3200 USD. The full bike as pictured here, including a Campagnolo Super Record 13s groupset and Campagnolo Bora WTO (45 or 60mm) wheels, will cost 8900 € / 10,150 USD.
True BC
True Bicycle Components (BC) is a small manufacturer from Bavaria, Germany. Dominik Heinstein makes various mountain bike rims, his Knuth 130 mm full suspension frame as well as road and gravel rims in his workshop in Pommelsbrunn. He’s also a talented wheel builder.
The new gravel rim has a 25 mm inner width, 37 mm depth and it’s hookless. It weighs around 365 g and you can order it with an UD or a stunning 3k finish.
Dominik offers a few different wheelsets with this rim, including one with Extralite Hypersmart hubs and Berd Spokes. These super light parts will bring the weight down to around 1095 g.
Obliq
This Obliq Scaletta looks pretty good considering that it’s a first prototype, no? Obliq is a brand that was created by the Swiss carbon experts from Dynacomp, a company that has a lot of experience with carbon parts that are used in Formula 1 cars, drones and other applications.
The team started the Obliq project to learn more about frame building, test their processes and also to see whether there’s a demand for a Swiss made carbon gravel bike or a demand from other companies that would like to have their frames made at Dynacomp.
Here’s what the Obliq team says about their frame: “Our gravel bike’s form follows fabrication. Connected surfaces enabling long fibers, bold edges to guarantee easy layup, no paint hiding the craftsmanship. An internal foam core dampens vibrations, a carbon stringer reinforces the frame. The frames can be built on demand. From the first sketch to the final test ride, every step happens under one roof. It’s a monocoque frame, moulded as a single piece, the way it was meant to be built. Thanks to the combination of our advanced structural core technology, simplified process management and automation potential, a manufacturing method is created that enables the economic production of high-performance carbon frames in Switzerland.”
The team was open about the fact that the first prototype frame is not light; it weighs around 1800 g and the complete bike weight is around 9150 g. However, the team is confident that the second prototype frame will weigh around 1100 g. The tire clearance is 50 mm, UDH comes as a standard and there’s a regular, round seat clamp hidden under the red cover. The frame has a BSA 68 mm bottom bracket, is compatible with 1x and 2x drivetrains as well as 650b and 28” wheels. According to Obliq, the head tube stiffness is 208 Nm/° and the bottom bracket stiffness is 588 Nm/mm.
Tune
Carbon spokes are gaining a lot of traction right now. The new system from Tune is currently for road bikes and light gravel bikes only, but maybe there will be a XC version in the future. Team Visma- Lease a Bike uses Tune hubs and Reserve rims now, which means that the Tune team gets insights from some of the best riders on the planet.
As Lucas from Tune explained, carbon spokes let them build even lighter wheels, but they do come with a challenge: They need to be perfectly straight (always), otherwise they break. As the ERD and spoke angle are not the same on every rim, they came up with a solution. The brand’s new Nano CS hubs (CS stands for carbon spokes of course) make sure that the spokes align themselves perfectly. So if you’re thinking about building a super light bike this year, the new Nano CS hubs might be what you’re looking for.
Toot Engineering
Toot is an Italian company that built a reputation for pushing the (UCI) limits. Some of its bikes might look unusual, but they have many users and fans, so they must work.
The grey X23 has a frame that looks tiny, and at the same time it’s pretty long. It was inspired by BMX bikes as well as hyperbikes from the 1990s, such as the “Old Faithful” from Graeme Obree or the “Lotus 108” from Mike Burrows.
The yellow X24 Stradale was made for Sergio, a 60-year-old Toot customer who used to be a U23 pro rider. He wanted a track-inspired bike that he could use for his fast, 1.5h rides around lake Garda that don’t have any major climbs. Andrea de Vicenzi will use a modified X24 Stradale for his paralympic 24-hour record attempt.
