Shanghai Bike Show Day 4 (2026)

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Day four marked the final day of the Shanghai Bike Show 2026, so we did one last speed lap around the halls to catch some of the brands and products we hadn’t had enough time to properly check out earlier in the week. Even on the final day, there was still plenty of interesting tech and some seriously wild bikes hiding around the show.

LTWOO updates

We started the day at LTWOO, where they were showing updated versions of their electronic mountain bike and gravel groupsets, alongside some very interesting folding bike drivetrains. One setup in particular supported up to a 40T cassette, showing just how far folding bike performance has come. They also had several new e-bike motors on display. LTWOO seems to be pushing well beyond traditional drivetrain categories now and using their electronics expertise to branch into more areas of the cycling industry.

KUNG’s aero bike and new all-round frame

Next up was KUNG. We’ve been testing their aero road platform, the MACH, recently and are happy to announce that it’ll be landing on the Panda Podium site soon. It was also great to get a closer look at the MACH-X all-round bike and some of the paint options they had on display. KUNG has done a good job of combining aggressive modern frame design with genuinely eye-catching finishes.

More wheels!

After KUNG, we took a quick look around a few wheel brands including Vortex and Upvine. Vortex is clearly aiming for the higher-end market, with wheelsets sitting around the $3000 mark, while Upvine’s latest wheelset appears to target more powerful riders and sprinters, using a 24-spoke rear setup paired with a slightly heavier 50 mm rim profile. It’s always interesting seeing how different brands approach stiffness, aerodynamics, and ride feel depending on the rider they’re designing for.

Spaceships at a bike show?

We then stopped by Dragon Bikes, who had some of the most outrageous aero bikes at the entire show. Their TT bike in particular looked absolutely bonkers, alongside several other extremely experimental aero platforms. While these bikes definitely draw huge crowds and turn heads, we rarely see them actually being ridden around China, so we’re very curious about how they perform outside the showroom floor. Regardless, they were impossible to ignore.

We wrapped up the day in probably the best way possible: riding around the show in a sidecar e-bike. It was an incredibly over-the-top machine loaded with chrome and details, and somehow even more fun than it looked. Huge thanks to the team who let us take it for a cruise around the halls.

And with that, Shanghai Bike Show 2026 comes to an end. We’ve had an excellent time covering the show for you and getting hands-on with some of the most exciting products coming out of the cycling industry right now. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be working to bring more of the standout products we discovered at the show onto Panda Podium.

Now it’s time to head back to Xiamen and get back to doing what we do best: giving you the best shopping experience we can at Panda Podium. 🐼