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Bike-X Bike-X offers both its own branded and Powerzone bottles and cages. All are FDA (Food and Drug Administration USA) approved, as well as meeting strict CE standards.

The ergonomically designed Sport Direct bottles come with an alloy cage mount measuring 5mm. Each bottle has a capacity of 600ml.

Powerzone’s advanced ‘Gripper’ bottle is available in both white and gold and features an anti-slip gripper strap, blended in around the ergonomic shape of the bottle. The model features a wide opening cap, so adding supplements or ice is far easier. The body holds 750ml of fluid.

The Cycle Division The Cycle Division is distributor for the RavX brand, which designs and manufactures a range of products designed to fit the body, increasing comfort levels, while also taking into account function and style.

Guided by industry trends, RavX continues to evolve its brand focusing on providing a range that is financially beneficial to the dealer. This year the brand can offer a diverse range of product, but some stand out items include the grip range, which takes inspiration from the comfort associated with the leisure sector. A variety of compounds, shapes and sizes are available, too. RavX has also put a lot of thought into add-on-sale pieces such as bottles, bottle cages and tools. This year both carbon and metal cages are available, both coming in an array of colours and featuring sturdy frame mounts.

Coyote Sports Coyote carries ranges of SMP and Velo saddles and saddle covers, including entry level, gel saddles, junior, gents and ladies models at very competitive, margin-friendly prices.

To complement the range of saddles, Coyote offers a full range of Micro Adjust seat posts in sizes from 25.4mm through to 31.6mm. Full range details, specifications and prices are available at Coyote’s website – www.coyote-sports.com

Coyote also has a comprehensive range of bottles and alloy cages in a variety of colours all branded under the Coyote Logo. The distributor also stocks the Resin Q/R bottle cage that can be mounted on the handlebar or seat post. The range of alloy bottles comes in four different colours and is one of the distributor’s highest selling products, partly down to the highly competitive margins on offer.

Paligap Brand new in the Paligap warehouse is Ritchey’s latest carbon offering – the Superlogic Carbon seat post. The one-bolt design weighs in at a superlight 148g and has a patent pending on the clamp system, which is designed to make seat installation and adjustment extremely simple.

The high modulus carbon construction makes the post incredibly rigid. A single 5mm Allen key can be used to install and adjust the saddle position, which is held in place by Ritchey’s own design ‘SideBinder’ clamp technology. Interchangeable clamps provide compatibility with a range of saddle rail styles.

Also brand new from the brand, the WCS Biomax saddle is now available from Paligap. The anatomical cut out provides comfort, while the body itself is 35 per cent carbon, making it stiff and reducing weight. The Biomax retails for £90.

Fisher Outdoor Leisure Fisher Outdoor’s comprehensive saddle offering covers all sectors from leisure to high-end titanium railed race saddles. Having signed WTB recently, the entire range is now available to dealers, including the saddle of choice for freeride legends Wade Simmons and Thomas Vanderham – the Pure V.

This saddle features a distinctive drop nose design, wide whale-tail pedalling platform and an ergonomic contoured shape. This saddle also incorporates a flex-tuned shell with comfort zone cutouts.

For the leisure rider, the Leisure She retails for a hobbyist friendly £24.99 and has a tough synthetic cover, a flex-tuned shell, plenty of padding and stand out 3M reflective corners to make riders visible at night.

Greyville BBB’S saddle range covers road, off-road and leisure cycling, providing a solution for each sector at a sub-£25 retail price.

The leisure saddle is built from a ‘3D’ fabric and has a breathable open structure cover. This system maximises ventilation and stimulates moisture evaporation. Satin rails carry black bumpers, limiting everyday scrapes and damage typically caused when a bike is laid flat.

Bang on the £24.95 mark, BBB’s road and MTB saddle has coloured rails with adjustment indications etched on, while the body is designed to meet the needs of sportive cycling. Black, silver and white colours are available. Higher in BBB’s price range, a new carbon fibre seat post features in the catalogue, weighing in at just 185g and measuring 300mm in length. The dual bolt adjustable clamp is bolted to the lower integrated head. As with anything carbon, the post offers maximum strength, but at featherlight weight. The road bike only seat post costs £79.95.

Greyville can be contacted by telephone on 01543 251328. Alternatively, dealers can find a comprehensive catalogue of the BBB product line up and the distributor’s other brand listings at greyville.com.

IMG ProperBikeCo, IMG’s house-brand, offers only one grip, the aptly named ‘Team Grip’. This rubber combines features from the past (mushroom pattern) and the future (removable micro flanges) with a colour choice to suit all tastes including a full range of clear colours. Proper grips feature high-quality nylon bar ends.

IMG’s top selling brand, Odyssey, also has a full range of bicycle grips aimed at the BMX market. There is something to suit every type of rider from classics such as the mushroom styled Gedda 2 grips to the modern Aaron Ross signature grips and the forthcoming Chase Hawk signature grips.

Fly Bikes has three grips in its range, however the most striking is the Fino grip, which comes as one long, soft, thin grip and can be cut at any point in order to make two halves in your bespoke length. This grip has proved popular among fixed gear enthusiasts looking for a longer grip than usually available. As with all Fly grips, Fino grips come complete with nylon bar ends.

Rapha The new Rapha Bidon bottle range comes in five styles and sizes. Among them are two bidons designed in collaboration with Timothy Everest, the Savile Row tailor: a houndstooth check print; and Everest’s own design, the Spitalfields flower.

The bidons can be bought from Rapha (through the website) or from retail partners, which include Condor, Sigma Sport and the TriCentre in Scotland. Rapha product is not available to stock, but is a personal choice for many dealers looking for personal luxury.

Bottlesport Bottlesport is a UK-based manufacturer of sports and bike bottles with a wide choice of models and sizes to choose from.

All products are moulded and printed in the UK, which enables the company to produce orders very quickly and with the minimum of stress and hassle often associated with dealing with overseas suppliers.

The range consists of four sizes of bottles ranging from 300ml to 1,000ml. Bottles can be printed in up to six colours and the company is able to print orders from as low as 100 units. New to the range for 2009 are the brand’s own ‘Wide Neck Bike Bottles’ in 500ml and 750ml sizes.

Cannondale Cannondale’s aftermarket range includes add-on items such as bottle cages and bottles. What’s more, it’s all designed smart, too.

The Carbon bottle cage is said to have more wrap-around coverage than many standard cages and still weighs only 24 grams. Retail price is £30. The brand’s bottles come from as cheap as £4 retail price and Cannondale’s designers have been busy making them a little more interesting this year with a variety of illustrations.

Walkers Having taken on Serfas, a brand which has proved immensely popular with US dealers, Walkers now has a far more comprehensive and competitive catalogue.

Aimed squarely at the leisure and sport MTB crowd, Walkers’ line-up includes products such as the new RX Hybrid saddle, which features two-way shock absorbing elastomer springs. The in-built RX technology assists in eliminating pressure in soft tissue areas, while a new dual-density base allows flex in critical areas. The saddle retails for £29. To go with any saddle, a seat pack is also available, which has a water resistant outer sleeve, and expandable bottom for increased capacity, as well as an integrated ‘quick release’ twist clip system.

2Pure Selle An-Atomica has been selling its saddles in North America for three years and is now bringing them to Europe.

Handmade in America, using a unique tanning process, the brand’s saddles require no breaking in and no waterproofing treatments are needed to preserve looks.

Selle An-Atomica will be offering a wide and varied range of products in the Europe, ensuring that there is a saddle suitable for every rider. A selection of the product range is as follows: Titanico Watershed Leather with slot (£107.00). This saddle comes with copper or black rivets and colour choices of black, white, red, mahogany, golden, chocolate brown and TDF yellow. It also comes in two rider weights for over 180lbs and one for under 180lbs.

Secondly, the Titanico Watershed Leather (£77.00) comes with copper or black rivets and colour choices of black, white, red, mahogany, golden, chocolate brown and TDF yellow. Last of all, An-Atomica’s Titanico Ostrich Watershed Leather with slot (£268.00) comes with copper or black rivets and colour choices of black, white, silver black, cognac, red, antique saddle, Indian pink, tangerine, calfee yellow, neon green and emerald green. It also comes in quill hide or striated hide.

Jungle Products Syncros has announced a new design, dubbed the ‘Grunge Tribals’, which will feature across its black and white 2009 product.

There are separate designs (ranging from aggressive to noble) for all three applications (freeride, all mountain and cross country). This year’s all-mountain seatpost retails for £49.99 and weighs in at 259g. A patented one-bolt clamp design with 5mm offset features, with the single bolt made from steel. The model is available in 27.2, 30.9 and 31.6 diameters.

Accompanying this, Syncros has an all-mountain saddle, which is built onto the same chassis as the freeride model, just features more foam padding and cromoly rails for added strength. A white leather cover seals the foam, while Aramid rear panels strengthen the package, which retails for £39.99. Head over to syncros.com for more details.

Moore Large Benefiting from years of being a leading player in the BMX market, Haro’s Premium Products brand of upgrade parts and accessories has gained a growing interest since its introduction a few years ago.

Saddles make up just part of this exciting range, with the very latest colours, styles and patterns offering a wide choice for the season ahead. 2009 has also seen the launch of the Skull Pivotal Saddle and Stump Post, weighing in at just 368g combined and coming in three colours.

Between Polisport (bottles) and ETC (cages), retailers can offer a variety of options for customers seeking on-the-move hydration solutions. Offering good value, the Polisport 700ml bottles come with a push-pull plunger and a flip top for a quick and easy water-tight seal. A variety of colours, including translucent for easy cleaning, are available, all with eye-catching graphics. The Thermal bottle keeps hot things hot and cold things cold, with a dust cap to keep the mouth piece clean, even in extreme conditions.

MTB saddle brand Solor is also available via Moore Large and offers some competitive trekking and comfort saddles.

Chicken Cyclekit Selle Italia’s Troy Lee Designs saddle range is a perfect fit for importers Chicken Cyclekit. The first shipment will be landing as this magazine hits desks and consists of the Flite Eyeball, SLR Spider Phobia, SLR T1 History, Shiver Troy, and Yutaak Skulls – each with its own technology.   If these Troy Lee Design saddles are a bit outrageous for your customers’ tastes, the 2009 range of cross-country saddles will not disappoint. The combination of Selle Italia’s patented Gel Flow system (complete with a 30-day money-back guarantee) and the very specific advantages of each new model –the Flite XC, SLR XC and Shiver – lead to important new price points for a Selle Italia product.

The Flite Fibra has also just made its debut, recalling memories of the original Flite Titanium saddle of a previous generation. Chicken Cyclekit dealers will also have the advantage of using a neat, space-saving display that combines a five per cent or seven per cent discount on an initial small stock-in purchase and the benefit of preferential lower costs throughout the year.

Ison Many of Ison’s brands cover saddles and seatposts, so dealers with an account have plenty of stock choices. Gusset is one of those available. Saddle-wise, retailers selling to the dirt jump crowd should look at the Lil’ saddle, which is available in four colours. The saddle is perfect for off-roading and street where saddles are often subjected to scrapes. A heavy-duty diamondised vinyl top cover, mixed with anti-tear Kevlar rear and a nose guard, means that the Lil’ saddle is one of the toughest to tear on the market. The model sits on standard 8mm Cr-mo rails and weighs in at 310g. The brand also offers a seatpost, dubbed the ‘four-poster’. For those retailers stocking road or track product, Ison’s Genetic brand offers a variety of products, including add-on sale goods such as a carbon bottle cage, weighing in at just 23 grams.

Genetic’s Syngenic seatposts are made from 7075 CNC butted alloy and feature a layback off-set forged system. The Identiti 4cross team favour this twin-bolt model. Ison’s commuter brand, Passport, offers ‘Upper Class’ ladies and gents saddles, which vary in width depending on the sex.

Extra Antares is the latest addition to the Fi’zi:k road range. It sits between the brand’s other premium lines – the Aliante and Arione. The brand has focused a lot of its energy on creating saddles with maximum padding, but without compromising the weight or shape of the saddles.

Fi’zi:k claims that its Antares saddle carries 300 per cent more padding than its nearest competitors and offers 15 per cent more flat sitting area. The Antares weighs just 145 grams, despite offering a decent amount of nose padding.

Fi’zi:k has also developed, alongside professional athletes and through consumer feedback, the Tundra saddle. The XC/MTB saddle meets a market previously uncovered by the brand and has a whole host of features and benefits. A new wider nose adds to a rider’s comfort during ascent, while a carbon structure encircles the saddle edges protecting the vulnerable edges. Carbon braided rails also feature. Extra handles Fi’Zi:k in the UK.

Selle Royal Selle Royal’s established gel saddle is back this year under a ‘Look In’ label. The restyled, maximum comfort saddle combines a variety of features, including a ‘cool cover’, Royal Gel and RVL technology.

The Cool Cover is designed to prevent the surface heating up, whereas a standard black saddle can reach 60 degrees celsius in the direct sun. The cover keeps the saddle’s temperature at 25 degrees celsius or lower. RoyalGel makes up the saddle’s padding and is scientifically shown to reduce pressure on the prostate and distribute it to the ‘sit bones’.

RVL stands for Royal Vacuum Light, a process which enables the saddle to be manufactured with a lighter Polyurethane foam, guaranteeing the following benefits: the overall weight is reduced, the saddle will not absorb moisture and the saddle will be firm enough to support the rider, while remaining comfortable.

Wildoo Wildoo distributes EU-Bottle custom printed bottles that are proving incredibly popular with UK cyclists. The range covers sizes from 550ml through to one-litre and all sizes feature leak proof screw on caps.

One of Wildoo’s unique selling features over the competition is the special soft thermoplastic rubber pulling spout. The minimum order quantity for a custom printed bottle starts from just 150 pieces.

Wildoo can advise on the design layout and prepare a design proof from supplied logos to provide a prompt, efficient and seamless order process. If a customer has no logo, the company can even create a design using some standard stock images. Wildoo has supplied British Cycling, Team GB and Sustrans’ among other big names.

Raleigh 2009 sees Outland launch eight new saddles. These are designed to cover the demands of all riders at all levels, from road to street and dirt jumpers. The ‘Mountain Man’, features super-light hollow Ti rails, a Kevlar wrap and leather cover with cool new graphics. Also proving popular is the ‘El Rey’, Spanish for ‘the King’. This saddle is intended to find its way on to XC and road bikes alike. Again, boasting hollow Ti rails, a leather cover with Kevlar wrap and stylish new graphics, this saddle tips the scales at just 230 grams, which is impressive for a saddle retailing at under £50.

Zyro For 2009, Zyro are building on the success of the Podium bottle with the Podium Chilljacket – an innovative insulated bike bottle, keeping water cooler for much longer, but equally good for keeping drinks warm.

Unlike other insulated bike bottles, it is the same height as a regular 710ml bottle, but has a 620ml water capacity. Normally, the water capacity is a lot less compared to the bottle itself. It is very light, and is produced from two layers of Trutaste Polypropylene. The inner layer also includes permanent Hydroguard silver-ion anti-microbial protection to prevent bacterial growth. It is also squeezable, unlike many other insulated bottles and like the Podium, it includes the high-performance self-sealing, lockable Jet Valve.

Zyro will shortly be launching them alongside a special, pre-merchandised 36-bottle display, with additional back-up stock.

Zyro also stocks Zefal bottles and cages, from the new white Spring cage, made of thermoplastic resin. Zefal serves up lightweight Carbon bottle cages and an aluminium range – the Alu Plast. Zefal’s slinky Isotherm bottles cunningly keep liquids hot or ice cold, with the 135 Isotherm boasting an outside and interior technopolymer hull, while the 136 uses aluminium for its interior and exterior. Zefal also brings a 750ml plastic bottle clear lip lid with and without a dookap.

The distributor also supplies Prologos top-notch line of saddles, from the Scratch Pro TS Saddle (in white) and the Nago Evo TS Saddle (also in white), to the Choice V Max in red – specifically designed for the cross country market with a raised tail for firm seating and improved pedal stroke.

Finally from Zyro are two of FSA’s latest seatposts; the KForce 31.6/350ml 32.5mm and the SL250 White 31.6/350 ml seatpost.