This attention to detail and aero focus extends to other parts of the bike too. The frame comes with specially designed bottle cages which help to funnel air around the frame. The bottle for the down tube and seat tube have been specifically designed for how the air will hit them as they sit on the bike, so Seka has gone the extra mile and designed two diffrent bottle cages in the pursuit of aero gains. When it comes to R&D, Seka seem to be quite far ahead of a lot of their Chinese competition.

Just as before, the bike will come in two versions. The RDC version which we have here, is the more racey and superlight version but there will also be a regular race version. In the wind tunnel with a rider on it, it works out as being a few watts faster than the outgoing exceed which is all good and at the same time… still being lighter, stiffer, having more tire clearance and all that jazz. We have been in chats with the boss of Seka and we are trying to get this frame available on Panda Podium as soon as possible but they are still struggling to keep up with the demand so you’ll have to bear with us, but we’ll get it up for sale here as soon as we can.

Very exciting stuff coming from Seka at the Shanghai Bike Show this year!

This wireless shifting groupset from Magene comes in both a hydraulic disk brake version and will also be released in a rim brake version for all you rim brake fans. The rear mech is twelve speed so you will have a nice big range of gears to work with when choosing what setup to put on your bike. The shifters are totally wireless and the front and rear mech will be connected to a battery in the seatpost as we have come to expect.

Each shifter has three buttons, so your two outer buttons which control the shifting as well as another button on the inside of the shifter which can be hooked up to your preferred functions through the app. The shifting buttons are opposite to what you’d expect from Shimano as standard but it’s also possible to customise this thorugh the app. As far as the shifters go, they feel really great in the hand and are a far cry from the very bulky and primitive early hydraulic stuff. They look sveldt and feel good in the common riding positions on first impressions. The shifting was working really well on the test rig they had setup at the show, and we are really excited to get a bike built up with this groupset and get it out on the road. This groupset is apparrently coming to market in China this year but won’t come to market in the west until next year but we’ll keep out finger on the pulse and keep you all updated as things develop.

One more interesting thing that caught our eye on the Magene stand was their P715 power meter pedals, these are a slight upgrade over the P705. They’re a dual sided power meter pedal. They appear to be using the look standard and they feel pretty light in the hand. They should be coming to market in July and will also be available here at Panda Podum. They’ll be a bit cheaper than the Assioma ones so if you’re interested in power meter pedals from Magene keep a look out for these coming in the next few months.