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Gallery: Weird and wonderful gallery at Eurobike 2014

By BikeRadar

published 4 September 2014

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This custom track bike from Bedovelo appeared to have a flocked frame (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

At the DVO stand was this gorgeous Life Line carbon downhill bike from polish firm Antidote Bikes. Naturally, it was equipped with DVO suspension at both ends plus lashings of matching anodised kit(Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Topeak has come up with the Transformer X, a track pump that also doubles as a bike stand (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

This Diavelo could be a glimpse into commuter bikes of the future (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Corratec is now using an elastomer at the end of its rear shock to increase small bump sensitivity and to reduce vibrations, kudos to them for trying something new (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

This Corratec test mule was used to trial the company's Hard Fully system (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Fox heritage sticker kits add retro cool to cutting-edge forks (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

John Tomac's Yeti C-26! (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

This is the Zenslip Cadence Accelerator System, it claims to increase cadence without requiring additional effort from the legs. Interesting (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

This gent was demonstrating his skills on a penny farthing (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

There's 130mm of travel out back provided by the latest Inline shock from Cane Creek, sweet! (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Ghost's new Riot LT is one for the enduro heads (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The new Haibike Sduro e-mtb combines a 250w Yamaha motor with an e.i intelligent shock absorber(Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The Dryve rain cover reminds us very much of BMW's ill-fated but memorable C1 motorcycle (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The devil of the Tour de France himself, Didi Senft (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The Rafael R-023 TT bike features uses a single-sided fork and chain/seat stays, has an integrated water bottle and uses a drum brake at the front for all-weather, aerodynamic braking (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The front drum brake offers some of the benefits of a disc brake setup but in a more aero package (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

A closer look at the integrated water bottle of the Rafael R-023 TT bike (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Both the frame and fork of the R-023 are single sided for faster and simpler maintenance. It looks cool too(Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

German carbon specialist AX Lightness took home a Eurobike Gold Award for its exquisite Vial Evo D bike (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

The Vial Evo D frameset complete with THM's Scapula CT fork weighs below 1,000g for all sizes respectively, bar the XL size which comes in at exactly 1kg (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

Nope, that's not an engine casing… instead it's Yamaha's electric motor that'll provide 250w of power without the need to even pedal (Image credit: Oli Woodman/BikeRadar)

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BikeRadar's coverage from this year's Eurobike show has already brought you the most important and relevant news from the brands you want to see, but really that’s only half of the story…

You see, as anyone who's ever previously attended Eurobike will confirm, the show is not only full of innovative and radical products – you'll also see some things that are just downright weird.

So, for everything from flocked fixie frames to stunt riding on a penny farthing, flick through our gallery above for a collection of images that sit firmly in the miscellaneous category.

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