Bike Expo Report

[KnottedYet]

Only got to spend about 2 hrs at Bike Expo, as SKnot seems to be coming down with some sort of bug. Got to see 3 TE'rs, but had to get SKnot home before I could meet AintDoody. Darn...

Collected lots of goodies. Best of all was Ibex, chatted with the Ibex rep for quite a while. Ibex is coming out with a seamless undewear line: women's tops will be a bra and a supportive camisole, women's bottoms will be a brief, a thong, and a pair of compression shorts. All these will be a lighter fabric than the Roaster Boxers. Turns out the Ibex rep is also the Chaco rep! Chacos are my all-time favorite shoes. Chaco has a children's line now. By the time we'd left the Ibex booth the rep had given SKnot a pair of Teko socks and me an Ibex Meru hat. (in black, the color I've been yearning after and which is out of stock... ooh, yeah!) I've got his card, he said he can get me a demo shoe that's in pieces so I can show my patients how Chacos are built and how they can be resoled and such. Very cool. I also got stickers.... hee hee! I like stickers and am more than happy to advertise Chaco and Ibex on my car.

Ooohed and aaaahed over Ralieghdon's new bike. Wow, is it GORGEOUS.

Collected lots of info on rides and such, a couple water bottles.

Learned that FlexCar has started putting bike roof-racks on their Subarus.

Bike Works is having their annual auction this coming Friday March 16th at the Univ of Wash. www.bikeworks.org

I didn't buy anything, but SKnot spent all my cash on a gyro sandwich and a bottle of pop. Next time I'll just tell him to go graze at the Clif booth instead...

[mimitabby]

Well, I met Susan126, AnnOrange (annieorange) and of course I ran into Knot
several times.

I did not find AintDoody, she was late for her shift and I had to go home.

When I come home from the next social activity, I will post a few photos of a few sights at the expo.

There were none of those amazing bikes like you saw at the Handmade bike show, but there WERE nice bikes and lots of great booths.

more later
Mimi

[mimitabby]

This Waterford was on display at the Elliott Bay Bikes booth. It was recently purchased and set up the night before of the show. Look at the beautiful paint!


The inventor of Sella An-Atomica, Tom Milton was there at the show.
I asked him why he wasn't making any saddles as big as my Brooks B67
he said he sent out hundreds of test saddles in 3 sizes, and this was the
size that most everyone liked the best. This saddle has OSTRICH KNEE leather on it..



There was a guy doing a demo, he jumped his bike ON TOP of his truck trailer.



Here's a cool Bleriot side by side with Raleighdon's bike




Here's a fully set up Raleigh, perfect for Seattle, full carbon, brooks saddle,
and FULL FENDERS!!



And there was plenty of bike parking at the bike corral outside.

[KnottedYet]

Mimi - the one time SKnot showed any interest in any bike, it was that Waterford.

[Susan126]

What a great day! Even though it rained it was a good day! I went to the bike expo with dh and daughter. I met mimitabby and knottedyet and her very nice son. I missed Aint Doody (and I stopped by the CROC booth twice)! I guess we just missed each other! I got a lot of information on rides and gear. I bought quite a few things (and a couple of things for dd). I drowled over a Rodriguez bike (I want a Rodriguez bike . . . completely custom fitted! It's on my gift to me when the kids finish college list!) Here are some pictures I took of a beautiful blue one:









and here is a picture of my daughter with Ryan Leech:



and here is a short video clip of dd riding an inline bike trainer . . . I may have to get me one of these. It feels like the real thing and man do you ever work up a sweat riding it!

My daughter on the in line trainer!

It was great meeting everyone!

I hope this "pineapple express" passes quickly and we get some decent weather for the up coming weekend!

Sue

[East Hill]

Dang! I actually talked to Susan, but didn't realise it. We were standing at the Redspoke booth...Hi Susan!

Other than that, I didn't get to meet anyone...I still had a great time. Drooled over the Rivendell Bleriot and the Rodriguez travel bikes...talked with Jim of Pac-Mule trailers (I have one of his commute trailers, they are wonderful)...even my husband enjoyed the walk around.

Ryan Leech was incredible (he's the man who jumped his bike on top of the trailer), makes me want to go out and do some BMX stuff...

East Hill