In most scenarios, Sour Bicycles is considered a "bespoke" brand. While it batch produces its steel frames in stock sizes from its workshop in Saxony, Germany, each one is comprised of proprietary parts and comes with custom accouterments like brazeons and paint per customer request. Yet, at a show like Bespoked, where the innovative, extravagant, and one-offs prevail, Sour's bikes can appear fairly "normal."
For this year's show, which kicks off tomorrow (October 10) at the Dresden airport, founder and owner Chris Süße wanted to make a splash. He worked with his team to bring two visions to life: one is Sour's Pasta Party hardtail, inspired by Kona's late 1990s über-popular Lava Dome mountain bikes, and the other is a brand-new road bike concept using carbon thermoplastic seat and head tubes for claimed reduced weight and added compliance. These builds represent the creativity Sour is capable of and, in the case of the Carbon Crush road bike, what's coming to its lineup.
Let's look at each in detail below...
Carbon Crush prototype road bike
Sour launched its Space Cake road bike platform in early 2024. With roots as a mountain bike company, a road bike was one of the last additions to its catalog. However, since its release, the Space Cake has gained popularity, inspiring Süße to offer more road options.
The Carbon Crush to be shown at Bespoked is a prototype collaboration with a local thermoplastics manufacturer. Running from the bottom bracket to the seat mast, this new road frame features a thermoplastic carbon seat tube that's designed to shave weight from the steel frame and also add compliance to its ride quality.
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