2007 Outdoor Demo
This was Guitar Ted’s and I first year to the Outdoor Demo and I understand why a) everyone likes it more than the tradeshow and b) everybody is already worn out when you see them Wednesday morning. It’s two days in the Nevada sun riding a whole lot of bikes and some pretty rad trails. Oh yeah, and the exhibitors are working their tookus off demoing bikes, dealing with their demo booth AND setting up their Interbike booth.
But I do enjoy my roll to play in all that… going around demoing as many bikes as possible for two days.
Monday I focused a lot on what few commuter rigs were available to ride at the show. I posted most of them up on commutebybike.com but I gotta say the coolest one was the Big Dummy from Surly. I’m gonna be wantin’ one bad when those things hit the market.
I did also get a couple dirt rides in on Monday and then all day Tuesday was singletrack. Here’s all the mountain bikes I tried out:
- Surly Karate Monkey
- Niner RIP 9
- DiamondBack Mission 3
- Haro Werx Xeon (with 650b wheels)
- Trek 69er Singlespeed
- Salsa El Mariachi
These were all bikes I’ve seen many times but never had a chance to throw a leg over (except the 69er) and each one had different elements that made it fun. I’m sure I’ll be posting impressions here and on the other crooked cog sites. Make sure you keep your eyes on Blue Collar MTB, Twenty Nine Inches and Commute by Bike for interbike updates.
Oh yeah and if you were wondering if I rode much yesterday…
