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Interbike 2005 with photos
Yesterday was the first official day for the exhibitors at Interbike 2005. Following two solid Demo Days, manufacturers and journalists alike moved indoors to talk shop, grab as many photos as possible, and engage in other forms of activity made famous by the city of sin.
Interbike - Inside the Sands Convention Centre, day 1
BikeMagic: The team at BikeMagic has done a great job keeping their site up to date with tonnes of photos and solid writeups. For their first day inside, BikeMagic devoted space to Ellsworth Bicycles, which introduced the Rogue (the replacement for the venerable Dare) and a prototype version of a new downhill bike, using a drivetrain design that’s similar to the Honda ridden by Greg Minaar on the World Cup circuit.
Other brands covered by BikeMagic include GT, Giant (there’s a good shot of the revised shock mount for the Reign), Titus, Ventana, and many others.
Cycling News: CyclingNews.com takes an interesting approach to their first day inside, focusing less on what everyone else is covering (ie. big name bike manufacturers) and more on other brands. Companies covered include Louis Garneau, Felt, Foes Racing, and cowbell.com.
Pinkbike.com: Back at the Sands after a couple of days in the sand and rock at Bootleg Canyon, Pinkbike.com focused more on component manufacturers for their first report. Product lines under the microscope include components from FSA, Syncros, Deity Components, and SDG. In addition to the information on the component manufacturers, there are some great shots of the Intense 6.6 and the 2006 Transition Bikes lineup.
NSMB.com: NSMB came in a little late with their wrap up of day one, but they devote a good deal of space to gear not covered elsewhere. There’s some coverage of Northwest bike company Transition Bikes, helmets by Bell and Giro, tires by Maxxis, a great looking light from Cat Eye, and a revised DRS chain guide from e.thirteen. Check out the writeup — there are some great photos too!
Interbike - Day 2
There was more bike gear from the regulars today, although it seems to me as though the excitement is wearing a little thin. I guess there’s only so much bike-related gear that the brain can take in over a five day span.
BikeMagic: For Day 2, BikeMagic focused on ‘the cool and the crazy‘. As we all know, one man’s cool is another man’s crazy and the team at BikeMagic devoted space to things like a bamboo tandem cycle from Calfee Design. Other space covered more conventional product from high-end manufacturers like Foes Racing, Storck, Bionicon, Intense Cycles, and Merlin (a gorgeous looking titanium hardtail). There are a whole lot of product shots on the BikeMagic site, so head there if you’re looking for more.
Pinkbike.com: The Pinkbike.com crew comes on strong again in Day 2, with yet another closeup on the 2005 Foes Racing lineup, soft goods from Dakine, great shots of the new 50/50 platform pedal by Crank Brothers and a number of other images from multiple manufacturers.
A special mention goes out to their coverage of the Mountain Cycle. The company’s prototype Slopestyle bike looks hawt and the upcoming 9.5SL has some amazing looking lines (especially without decals). The photos of these bikes make a trip to Pinkbike well worth it.
Others: A number of other sites are doing their best to provide a different take on the entire Interbike ‘experience’. The boys over at Blue Collar Mountain Biking have a prodigious photo gallery, even if many of the photos do indeed look to be snapped by a cheap camera phone. Guys! If you read this entry, snap some shots of the Giant Reign and the Giant Trance!
Go Clipless is spending some quality time with a number of different manufacturers’ products but the best Interbike-related entry on the site so far is a story about how site contributor J. Vicious was turned away at the doors of a nightclub for wearing his comfy Asics sneakers. Good stuff!