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NuVinci in Germany

August 30, 2007 on 5:17 pm | In News, Events, Where to buy, Channel / Dealers |

I am very proud to announce that the NuVinci hub will be available on one of the oldest bike brands around. As of the next model year, the NuVinci hub will be found on the Raleigh Carlton bicycle in Germany. In fact we were their 10 days ago for their dealer show. Raleigh in Germany is part of Derby-Cycle, one of the biggest bicycle manufactures and marketeers in Europe. They are impressive. First of all their dealer days are huge. It is a seriously big event. In a way you could say that after Eurobike and IFMA it must be the third largest bicycle event in Germany. The organization, the food, the hospitality is second to none. We had two Raleigh NuVinci bikes on the test stand and one of the show stand.

The test bikes must have been driven by a couple of hundred dealers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, all amazed at the smooth, effortless shifting. The bike itself is amazing. A fully spec’ed bike, yet just slightly under 17 kilo’s! It is one of my favorite NuVinci bikes at the moment. It is just a great bike and based on the feedback we gotten over three days, it already looks like a very successful bike.

I will try to post some more pictures of our test stand, our video presentation and the new banners. Also about the Ox they had on the roast. I kid you not, a complete Ox was being roasted.