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...