My Interbike Photos On Line

I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"

These are photos of things that interested me the show. Obviously there
was a lot more to the show than this. I wasn't interested too much in
the fifty or so booths selling their sports drinks and sports nutrition,
nor was I interested in $200 headsets or $1000 wheels. My interests are
more along the utilitarian aspects of cycling.

Steve

On Sep 25, 4:10*pm, SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"


Any info on "The Dahon/Ritchey full size dissasembleable bike"? Is it
coupled like an S-and-S'ed bike?

And are those mid-fork front rake mounts on it?

"Brian Huntley" wrote in message
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On Sep 25, 4:10 pm, SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"

Any info on "The Dahon/Ritchey full size dissasembleable bike"? Is it
coupled like an S-and-S'ed bike?

They use the RITCHEY quick release mechanism which is probably a bit better
than the S and S couplers in my opinion. Tom pretty much refined the idea to
it's ultimate format.

"SMS" wrote
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"


Thanks.

Brian Huntley wrote:
On Sep 25, 4:10 pm, SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"


Any info on "The Dahon/Ritchey full size dissasembleable bike"? Is it
coupled like an S-and-S'ed bike?

No, it's got it's own system. It's been around for several years.

See "http://www.dahon.com/us/tournado.htm"

And are those mid-fork front rake mounts on it?

I don't remember looking for those, but I'm pretty sure it does include
the low-rider mounts. You could call Dahon after the show and ask them.

On Sep 25, 3:52*pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
"Brian Huntley" wrote in message

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On Sep 25, 4:10 pm, SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"

Any info on "The Dahon/Ritchey full size dissasembleable bike"? Is it
coupled like an S-and-S'ed bike?

They use the RITCHEY quick release mechanism which is probably a bit better
than the S and S couplers in my opinion. Tom pretty much refined the idea to
it's ultimate format.

Except the Ritchey system connects the two parts of the downtube with
a tiny little collar and one Allen head bolt. I trust the S&S dowtube
coupler much more.

wrote:
On Sep 25, 3:52 pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
"Brian Huntley" wrote in message

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On Sep 25, 4:10 pm, SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"
Any info on "The Dahon/Ritchey full size dissasembleable bike"? Is it
coupled like an S-and-S'ed bike?
They use the RITCHEY quick release mechanism which is probably a bit better
than the S and S couplers in my opinion. Tom pretty much refined the idea to
it's ultimate format.

Except the Ritchey system connects the two parts of the downtube with
a tiny little collar and one Allen head bolt. I trust the S&S dowtube
coupler much more.

You should see the new Dahon mid-tube folding mechanism, called LockJaw.
It's awesome, and very stealth.

I have a Montague folder with a stealth folding mechanism as well,
"http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=1998&Brand=Montague&Model=Urba n&Type=bike"
though it's around the seat tube, not mid-frame tube.

wrote in message
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On Sep 25, 3:52 pm, "Tom Kunich" cyclintom@yahoo. com wrote:
They use the RITCHEY quick release mechanism which is probably a bit
better
than the S and S couplers in my opinion. Tom pretty much refined the
idea to
it's ultimate format.

Except the Ritchey system connects the two parts of the downtube with
a tiny little collar and one Allen head bolt. I trust the S&S dowtube
coupler much more.

Tom is using that mechanism on a Cross bike which sees WAY more rough
treatment than a road bike and he hasn't been getting any failures that I've
heard of.

"SMS" wrote in message
...
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"

These are photos of things that interested me the show. Obviously
there was a lot more to the show than this. I wasn't interested too
much in the fifty or so booths selling their sports drinks and sports
nutrition, nor was I interested in $200 headsets or $1000 wheels. My
interests are more along the utilitarian aspects of cycling.

Steve

Great stuff Steve, Thanks for putting it all together.

Cheers

SMS wrote:
I put up my pictures from Interbike at
"http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/"

These are photos of things that interested me the show. Obviously
there was a lot more to the show than this. I wasn't interested
too
much in the fifty or so booths selling their sports drinks and
sports
nutrition, nor was I interested in $200 headsets or $1000 wheels.
My
interests are more along the utilitarian aspects of cycling.

Thanks for these!

Hard to see shoppers becoming a big segment. These things have much
to recommend them over the supercheap at one end (milk crate on the
rack) and the aftermarket Xtracycle on the other?

Any guesses what makes the Schwinn "Earth" too expensive to
manufacture?

"Gatorade forgot to train the booth personnel that they hired in
Vegas to staff their booth." -- Gosh, that's surprising. The
Gatorade brand got built with lots of attention to detail. Plus,
they have tons of money. As a stockholder [originally in Quaker, now
in PepsiCo] I'm disappointed.

"This tandem has the stoker in front. Inexplicably they have a brake
lever for the stoker" -- I'm confused here. The brake lever is on
the handlebar in front. In fact, I only see one handlebar on the
bike. Oh, wait, there's a handlebar in front, and another handlebar
farther in front? Do they both steer? My wife and I were
unsuccessful enough as tandeming without both of us getting to steer
at the same time.

You've got that World Bicycle Relief roadster there, which has a
delivered price to some needy 3rd world person of $134. This thing
is really sturdy and is a bike you can bequeath to your
grandchildren. www.worldbicyclerelief.org Note that with the
possible cost of the Wall Street bailout, we could buy 11.9 billion
of these -- enough for every man, woman and child on earth now, and
for some years to come. [math he
http://mikekr.blogspot.com/2008/09/b...out-scale.html ] Steve,
I wish your line "This roadster is being exported to third-world
countries. The U.S. will soon qualify, thanks to W." was funnier.

You may have been surprised to see Bruce Gordon at the show, but I
was surprised to see him in the Wall St Journal a few days ago:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122203411663760967.html

"The SLUG Queen has been a tradition here for a quarter century. It
began because some rebellious local politicians wanted to make a
snide statement about other Oregon pageants -- Portland's Rose
Queen, Lebanon's Strawberry Queen and the state's Miss Rodeo....
"The first year, they picked Bruce Gordon, a bicycle designer. For
the first parade, Mr. Gordon dressed up in a mint-colored gown and
perched atop an MG convertible. He was followed by a 25-foot slug,
modeled after a Chinese dragon. It's still in use today.

"Later that day, Mr. Gordon surprised the mayor by showing up at the
high-toned Mayor's art show in a wig.

" "Everyone was shocked," Ms. Wooten says. "They didn't know what to
do." Soon everyone was laughing, and today the reigning slug queen
always opens the art show."


--
Mike Kruger
http://mikekr.blogspot.com/