My Interbike Photos On Line

SMS aka Steven M. Scharf 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.

Mr. Scharf is to be commended for writing "RANS" correctly in all caps.

"Pashley Roadsters now sold in the U.S.. The first roadsters in the U.S.
where you have to take out a home-equity loan to buy them. Look at the
true shopper with the humongous basket."

That http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/IMG_0906.JPG
is a delivery bicycle ("butcher bike", "trades bike" etc.), not a
shopping bicycle. I want one, but then I may have watched to many "Open
All Hours" reruns.

It appears that reflective sidewalls are "in".

"A unique front mounted trailer.":
http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/IMG_0954.JPG. Can it be called a
trailer if it is in front?

"Another valiant attempt to replace the chain, this time with a shaft.
Why don't these Asian companies pay someone $100 to check their English
prior to printing literature, signs, and banners?"
http://nordicgroup.us/interbike2008/IMG_0968.JPG Maybe they hired gene
(datakoll) to make the sign?

"Airhubs (or hubs for airheads)

I think this should get my coveted "Worst of Show" award.

It's hard to see what this is about. OMG, how did I live without an air
pump in my hubs for so long? A hose connects the hub the valve. You push
a button, then get on and ride, and the tire inflates up to a pressure
pre-set with an adjustment screw. Bizarre.

Maybe they could add a tire pressure monitoring system that wirelessly
sends the tire pressure to your bicycle computer."

How about a control for letting some air out of the tires to prevent
blow-offs on long, slow descents, then pumping the tires back up with
the hub pump?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“the bacteria people tuned in-as to bioengineering at the correct wave
Point” - gene daniels