Interbike 2012 - day 1

Herbert Krabel Mon Sep 17 2012

A very hot and dusty day greeted exhibitor and attendees at the 2012 Interbike Outdoor Demo in Boulder City, NV and we were there to capture some impressions.

Basically the Interbike trade show consists of 2 days outdoors in Boulder, City followed by 3 days inside the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas for a full 5 days of new bikes, components, gear, apparel, gossip and interesting folks and sights. But what happens in Vegas does not have to stay there.

All images © Herbert Krabel / slowtwitch.com

Bikes and cyclists have indeed taken over Boulder City and Bootleg Canyon.

Slideshow

Attendees lined up early to pick up badges and / or their Outdoor Demo bracelets.

Surely there is a color represented here that will fit your style.

Quite a few cross bikes now are sporting disc brakes, and that is also true for this lineup of Ridleys.

Litespeed's cross entry is completely disc dedicated and looks very nice.,

This Troy Lee truck and display is not size representative of the other booth setups at Outdoor Demo.

The RideKick trailer converts any bike into an E bike. Get a gentle assist while you pedal, plus you can store a few items too.

Busy work in the Cytomax / Muscle Milk booth as these drinks do not show up on the counter magically.

Testing out some Rudy Project shades and looking for approval of the spouse.

WD40 is indeed all in with the bike industry, and as we can see here, it isn't just all about lubricants.

The Felt Deep 6 looks like a fun bike to ride and we were told it actually does indeed ride well.

The Culprit road bike is set up with disc brakes here.

When the disc brake is chosen, the place where the TRP integrated brakes would go is nicely covered.

There is a booth babe dunking contest in the WTB booth with all proceeds going to IMBA, but we could not help smiling at the shirt of this guy ready to launch the model into the tank.