It was extremely exciting to arrive at LV. The lights, the action blah blah. We got fried at the desert tryout day, and the highlights are as follows
First stop, Cervelo, our favourite road and tri brand. Nice guys . Very popular with their P3Carbon and New Carbon Solists racked up and ready to go.
And the verdict………..
Best roadbike ridden today. Very smooth, but stiff. I thought it was very similar to the Six13, my favourite riding bike of all time. Superlight too. This is going to be a very popular bike methinks.
NIcest looking roadbike was this Calfee bamboo machine. Full custom options are available and it comes with a 10 year warranty. Smooth ride, but a bit flexy in comparison to say a dale or cervelo. I love brown
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH! The Surly Pugsley with 4 inch tyres was fn awesome. So much fun. I hung out in the tent with the Surly guys for a while. 1X1s and Karate Monkeys wre coming and going. I heard 3 other people (apart from myself) say "the best bike I've ridden all day" !! Dave, get me one of these going for canberra.
MIck tried the 808s and Discs on this Rourke Ti. Ask him for his verdict when he gets back
Chub hub on the back of a giant RV
There were a few of these Niner bikes floating around. They also made these cool aheadset caps that you can mount a bottletop on. I'll be ordering up a stack of these for sure.
This one had chrome rims and cogg and everything
there were some funny outfits around.
More tomorrow night
Schmadzie
Love the reviews and I’m enjoying the trip. The pictures are looking great and I look forward to getting a cheekymonky jersey.
Keep it up.
Comment by Mark Byrne — September 29, 2005 @ 1:56 am
Cool trip…you guys are gonna be full bottles on all the new stuff…. I am so jealous…but impressed too that you take the bike biz so serious to get over to shows like these…
Droppin in to the cheeky donkey real soon
Love the look of that pugsley…you gotta let me have a go in Canberra next wickend!
Comment by P. Nessenvie — September 29, 2005 @ 8:49 pm
Cool trip…you guys are gonna be full bottles on all the new stuff…. I am so jealous…but impressed too that you take the bike biz so serious to get over to shows like these…
Droppin in to the cheeky donkey real soon
Love the look of that pugsley…you gotta let me have a go in Canberra next wickend!
Comment by P. Nessenvie — September 29, 2005 @ 8:49 pm
I was in Cheeky Monkey and Tall Dave showed me the rim he is buildin up for the Pugslie talked about in Ad’s blog…That rim is FAT!!! so big in fact that I am sceptical that it couldd ride ok…I will be atvThe MONT in Canberra too…so I guess I will have to ask you for a go Ad…
Its gigantic…
Comment by Ophelia Gussett — September 29, 2005 @ 8:55 pm
wow……what about that hot bamboo bike. ya wouldn’t want to ride it in china tho coz a panda might eat ya bike, ha ha ha. i can’t wait to have a go on pugsley. it will be totally sick. is there enuf room on the handlebars to hang a fuffy dice do ya reckon…….ciao chookens
Comment by Anonymous — September 30, 2005 @ 5:09 pm