Summary
- The show ran 4 to 6 September at the Misano World Circuit, now branded International Bike Festival. Most Italian brands launched their 2027 ranges there.
- Two themes: gravel race bikes going wide, with Factor at 57 mm and Ridley at 58 mm, and Italian brands entering or returning to the road, with Ducati and Olympia.
- Ducati is the story of the show: a made in Italy carbon road bike built by Gruppo Zecchetto, plus a gravel bike and two e-MTBs.
- Bottecchia showed a titanium 32 inch gravel platform and a new non electric full suspension bike, with no specs yet.
- evolve, the frame brand from the Elitewheels founders, made its first European show appearance with a 750 g gravel frame.
The two things everyone was doing
Walk the Misano paddock and two patterns appear. The first is gravel race bikes designed around tyres that would have been mountain bike tyres five years ago. Factor's new Elara clears 57 mm. Ridley's Kanzo Fast 2.0 clears 58 mm. Both brands say their wind tunnel work makes the wide tyre free in aero terms, and both figures are manufacturer claims awaiting independent tests.
The second is Italian brands betting on the road bike market at a moment when many riders say bikes have become too expensive. Ducati enters with a €12,990 flagship. Olympia returns explicitly on price. Both are interesting because they point in opposite directions.
Ducati Monoscocca and GraviaX
The Monoscocca is a carbon road frame laminated in a single mould, front and rear triangle together, by Diamant Compositi in Italy. Diamant belongs to Gruppo Zecchetto, the owner of DMT and Alè and formerly linked to Cipollini. Two builds: Ultegra Di2 at €8,590 and 7.85 kg, Dura-Ace Di2 at €12,990 and 7.18 kg. Frameset €4,990. Race geometry with a 1.42 stack to reach in size M and 32 mm clearance.
The GraviaX is the gravel sibling: 50 mm clearance, 427 mm chainstays, SRAM Force XPLR, 8.2 kg, €5,990. Two e-MTBs, the DM-160 R and DM-170 RR, complete the range.
Ducati has not published frame weight or aero data, and no team races the bike. Our full article on the Monoscocca goes through the geometry and the open questions.
Factor Elara
Factor's gravel race bike takes the hourglass head tube and bayonet fork from the Ostro VAM and the One. It clears a 57 mm tyre in 1x and claims 5 to 8% less drag than the Ostro Gravel at 36 km/h on 47 mm tyres. Raw frame under 1,100 g in size M. Six builds from €10,999 to €13,599 with SRAM XPLR or Campagnolo Record 1x13, frameset €7,199. The 57 mm figure came from Magnus Bak Klaris, the 2025 Gravel Earth Series champion. The full Elara article covers the geometry and the wheels.
Ridley Kanzo Fast 2.0
Shown just before the festival, the second Kanzo Fast moves clearance from 42 to 58 mm, drops 150 g from the frame and takes its aero shapes from the Noah Fast. Ridley's lab says the new bike on 55 mm tyres is 2 W slower than the old one on 38 mm for the bike alone and 7 W faster with a rider. 1x electronic only, four sizes, three builds from €5,499 to €11,699. Our Kanzo Fast 2.0 article has the detail.
Olympia Galattica
Olympia, part of Lombardo Bikes since March 2025, is back on the road five years after the Leader. The Galattica is an all round carbon monocoque in Toray T1000, T800, T700 and M40J with a proprietary X-Feel cockpit. Campagnolo Record 26 speed or Dura-Ace Di2 24 speed, power meter on every build, six builds, five sizes. Under 7.4 kg in size M on the show scale. No official weights or geometry yet. The pitch is price; our Galattica article explains what that means.
Cube Agree C:62 and BH iRS1
Two launches from outside Italy landed the same week. Cube's updated Agree C:62 endurance bike saves 150 g, clears 36 mm tyres and claims 10.4 W less drag. Seven electronic builds start at €2,799 with 105 Di2 and carbon wheels. Frame weight is 1,150 g. BH's new iRS1 e-road bike introduces the SEG BLM motor, 700 W and 80 Nm at 2.1 kg. It carries a 630 Wh battery, claims 150 km of range and comes in four builds from €3,699.90 to €6,999.90. Both have their own articles.
Bottecchia: titanium and a new full suspension bike
Bottecchia used Misano to show its 2027 collection and named two new platforms. The TITAN32 is a titanium gravel bike on 32 inch wheels, a wheel size almost nobody else uses and one that only makes sense for tall riders and very fast, smooth gravel. The GARDENA is a new non electric full suspension mountain bike. The gravel range in aluminium and carbon has been renewed and the EMME 5 road bike gets new liveries.
That is all Bottecchia has published so far. No weights, prices, sizes or components for either new platform. The brand's own report says the most requested test bikes were the Gravel Titan, the Overland, the EMME 5 and the BE41 TRAXE e-MTB. We will cover the TITAN32 when there is a spec sheet to read. The current EMME 5 and Aerospace are in the Bottecchia collection on Bikeroom.
evolve CIMA GR
The one non Italian newcomer worth noting. evolve is a Xiamen frame brand founded by Tony Tong of Elitewheels and Mian Chan of Cybrei. Its CIMA GR gravel frameset claims 750 g unpainted in size M, 700x50c clearance, a threaded bottom bracket and up to 17.28 W saved at 35 km/h against unnamed rivals. US$1,999 direct, around €2,099 in Europe, lifetime warranty. Domenico Pozzovivo was on the stand. The brand has no European track record yet; our CIMA GR article explains how to weigh that.
What was not there
No new Colnago, Pinarello or Wilier flagship; those brands launched earlier in the year and showed current ranges. Specialized's Tarmac SL9 range, announced in late August, was the reference everyone compared against but not a Misano launch. If you want the broader picture of the model year, the Eurobike roundup from June covers the German show.
What this means if you are buying
Most of what launched at Misano ships in late 2026 or early 2027 and none of it has an independent test yet. The bikes these launches make interesting right now are the ones they replace. The Ostro Gravel, the first Kanzo Fast, the outgoing Agree C:62 and the previous iRS1 are all on the pre-owned market. All of them do most of what the new ones do. The road, gravel and e-bike categories on Bikeroom show what is in stock today, and the Factor and Ridley Kanzo collections cover the two gravel bikes most directly affected.
If you want to know whether to wait for a 2027 bike or buy the outgoing one, talk to our concierge.
Sources: BiciDaStrada.it, IBF 2026 coverage; Bottecchia, IBF 2026 news, 10 September 2026; evolve at IBF 2026; PR Newswire, 7 September 2026.
