I was just going through some of my photos from Vegas and found a handful of weirdness that I took pictures of.
There are all kinds of oddities at Interbike. Many are things that aren't surprising offerings in the market, odd or niche as they may be, but why would you spend money to attend a trade show to display them?
Just thought I'd toss up the weird ones for laughs, and a couple that were funny exercises in excess.
Most unnecessary complication
When was the last time you had a serious traction problem on a road bike, that front wheel drive would have solved?
Most fun with a bedazzler
The entire bike was coated in rhinestones. I don't know what to say.
Biggest attention whore
This might have been grabbed by the rhinestone monstrosity above, except that this baby is visible from three miles away.
Most likely to develop Type II diabetes
I just don't know what to say here. Why? A 95 lb. single speed cruiser?
Most likely to develop anorexia
A juxtaposition to the one above... Specialized's new S-Works McLauren. The frame weighs under 1000g, and the whole kit costs a whopping $18k. Yikes.
Best recycling
This sculpture by SRAM was pretty awesome.
Most unloved
Xtracycle had a whole booth there. This little beauty was tucked away in a dark corner, over by one of the loading doors. Uh, yeah. Who ordered this thing? It looked like a hot tub on wheels.
Best media kit
Everyone is handing out media kits. Most are printed, but a fair number are coming on branded thumb drives now. X-Fusion was clearly the winner, though, with their molded rubber shock USB drive - a 4gb drive at that - and what amounted to a machined ninja throwing star, given how sharp the edges were.
Anyone else see any weirdness from the shots floating around?
There are all kinds of oddities at Interbike. Many are things that aren't surprising offerings in the market, odd or niche as they may be, but why would you spend money to attend a trade show to display them?
Just thought I'd toss up the weird ones for laughs, and a couple that were funny exercises in excess.
Most unnecessary complication
When was the last time you had a serious traction problem on a road bike, that front wheel drive would have solved?
Most fun with a bedazzler
The entire bike was coated in rhinestones. I don't know what to say.
Biggest attention whore
This might have been grabbed by the rhinestone monstrosity above, except that this baby is visible from three miles away.
Most likely to develop Type II diabetes
I just don't know what to say here. Why? A 95 lb. single speed cruiser?
Most likely to develop anorexia
A juxtaposition to the one above... Specialized's new S-Works McLauren. The frame weighs under 1000g, and the whole kit costs a whopping $18k. Yikes.
Best recycling
This sculpture by SRAM was pretty awesome.
Most unloved
Xtracycle had a whole booth there. This little beauty was tucked away in a dark corner, over by one of the loading doors. Uh, yeah. Who ordered this thing? It looked like a hot tub on wheels.
Best media kit
Everyone is handing out media kits. Most are printed, but a fair number are coming on branded thumb drives now. X-Fusion was clearly the winner, though, with their molded rubber shock USB drive - a 4gb drive at that - and what amounted to a machined ninja throwing star, given how sharp the edges were.
Anyone else see any weirdness from the shots floating around?
