I prodded chipp’s mukluk too 🙂
what was it like to ride RD?
Overall the show was a bit disappointing. Very few mtb’s and almost no 29ers, either bikes, rims, wheels, rubber or forks. What with all the 29er excitement at eurobike and interbike youd have thought there’d be more of a presence 🙁
I liked the STmag stand made up to look like the Dave TV channel ident. Very James May it was…
Best thing I think I saw of the show was the DMR Bolt in the flesh. Great looking frame, well thought out and good value for money. If only theyd do one in 29″ 😉 And I ‘spose USEs tidy drop bar disk brake reservoir adaptors. Neater than the hope thing, but probably all a bit too late in the day if the big boys are starting to look at doing it properly in the lever.
Otherwise, loads of road bikes, some nicer than others, and £6k TT bikes for nipping to the shops in Richmond Park. The geek in me enjoyed the Rohloff stand opposite the Carradice stand. Nearly dropped my pipe with excitement.
Probably wont go again until it’s fundamentally shifted up a gear and becomes something closer to eurobike (if ever it will)
so many brands missing, nothing from Ison distribution so no salsa, no trek/bonty, no surly, no pashley, no spesh.
Rockshox/sram/truvativ was so half-hearted they must have spent most of their time working out how much stuff to leave behind.