The 2011 Eurobike trade show started today with the Demo Day in Ratzenried and warm temperatures and beautiful skies were present all day in this quaint setting of the Allgäu region of Germany.
It seemed very busy most of the day and a lot of bikes were out on test rides. Some booths were actually wiped out of their fleet of bikes when we came by. Some booths had no demo bikes though and just showed gadgets and gear and we were able to spy all kinds of goodies including the new Zipp Firecrest 303 Carbon Clinchers.
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Some test riders heading from the venue to downtown Ratzenried.
The Trek and Specialized booths were very busy most of the day.
Zipp is launching the 303 Firecrest Carbon Clincher here at Eurobike.
Abus is known for their locks and here folks could try some big bolt cutters on an Abus and an unidentified competitors product.
29er bikes are starting to get popular in Europe, so it is no surprise to see the Niner brand here.
The Hirzl Gripp gloves are very grippy indeed and little pockets on the fingers help with their removal.
The Westfalia Portilo bike rack can be folded in to a very compact 58cm width, 22cm height x 69cm depth.
When only the bike carriers are folded it a cargo box can sit on the carrier.
Trek Bicycles knew how to draw a crowd around lunch time.
The crew from Poland enjoyed a few cool beverages away from the action but still within the Demo Day compound.
More riders returning from test rides in and around Ratzenried.
The Acros hydraulic shifting works quite well and feels very smooth.
The rear derailleur of the Arcos system.
These X-Bionic shorts are not reversed, that is indeed what they look like and folks seem to really like them.
We noticed this Isaac TT bike in the Vision booth. It looks familiar but we are not sure why.
Several empty racks in the Cannondale booth and folks are still lining up.
There were quite a few recumbents available for test rides at Eurobike Demo Day, but this one was only for show.
Late in the afternoon traffic slowed down a bit.
Demo Day was the first opportunity for quite a few people to test out the Shimano Ultegra Di2 electronic shifting.
After a busy day of riding the Cervelo S5 and R5 fleet gets packed away.
