London Bike Show Highlights 2017
I spent most of a day wandering around the London Bike Show recently and wanted to share some of the interesting things I found whilst doing so. Whether you missed the show or not, hopefully you’ll agree it’s always interesting to see images and words about new products. Shows are great for me, it’s an […]
Rose Bikes Bike Town Munich visit
On our way to the 2016 model year “press camp”, Rose took us to their own shop in Munich. Launched late in 2014 it’s designed to help customers who would like to see a Rose bike in the flesh before ordering it online, to get help ensuring they’ve chosen the right spec – or simply […]
2016 Rose Bikes – New road models and updates
German direct to consumer company Rose Bikes, looks to capitalise on growing success in the UK and elsewhere with three completely new models for the 2016 model year and significant updates to two more. Rose’s well received and reviewed current road range has helped the company to a record UK sales performance in 2015. However […]
What’s a bike press launch really like?
If like me, you’d always wondered what it was really like to attend a bike launch, I thought you might find it interesting to hear about how I found attending my first ever press camp. Rose Bikes have now facilitated a number of firsts for this blog over the years: They were the first brand […]
Rose Bikes 2015: Four new road models & first ride reviews:
Update July 24th 2015: I’ve just attended the 2016 Rose road bikes launch and you can read about the latest models here: http://girodilento.com/2016-rose-bikes-new-road-models-and-updates/ Last week, I was lucky enough to spend 3 days in Austria with Rose Bikes learning about and riding their new 2015 bikes. Since I began this blog I’ve been fortunate enough to […]
Rose Xeon DX review
The courier collected the Xeon DX yesterday for the return journey back to Rose. I managed to ride over 600km on the bike, certainly enough for a review that I’m happy with and funnily enough like a lot of bikes – after 600km, my views are still the same they were from the first couple […]
First ride: Rose Xeon DX road disc bike review
With all the talk in the cycling press this week from Eurobike about new road disc bikes being released by a lot of manufacturers, it’s been perfect timing for this bike to arrive: The Rose Xeon DX. Obviously there is lots and ongoing debate on do you need discs on a road bike, what benefits […]
2013 Rose Bikes
Back in 2010 not long after I started this blog, I first saw Rose Bikes in the UK at the London Bike Show. At the time Rose wasn’t a brand I’d heard of so I stopped to find out more, put a post on the blog (http://girodilento.com/london-cycle-show-rose-bikes-2011/). Those discussions also led to the first bike […]