At shows, getting people on to your stand is paramount. Here's a few of the attractions and gimmicks employed to attract punters at Interbike, plus a couple of products more likely to make people run away...
This, apparently, is an Art Bike. There's a Jericho singlespeed underneath all that somewhere.
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The Paddle And Pedal amphibious bike attachment adds just a few feet in width and a mere 36lb in weight to your bike. Irresistible.
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GT's show-off cruiser featured Airlines shifting, faux fuel tank and a slack chain...
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There's a story behind Kona's brake-equipped custom wheelie bin. Maybe some other time, though.
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Cycle-Ops were mixing margaritas at the Outdoor Demo with the aid of this pedal-driven ice crusher.
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Little electric bikes where everywhere. Designed for children, obviously, but no-one was letting that stop them.
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Suntour drew attention to its fork and transmission range by encasing the whole lot in ice.
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This mental chopper thing was lurking outside the Tioga stand, although we're not sure it had anything to do with them...
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Looking at the Variable Exercise Bicycle's array of cams, cables and articulated levers, it's a wonder that simple cranks and chains ever caught on. This is clearly the way of the future.
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Park's Fastest Wrench In The West challenge attracted plenty of shop mechanics attracted, mothlike, to the glare of a potential Park Tool trolley dash. The qualifiers included removing a cassette, fitting a cassette, splitting a chain, fitting a headset cup, removing a headset cup and threading a front brake cable. Fastest time was just 1min 55s, which made our cable-fumbling 3:04 look particularly lame...
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Tom Cox
