Interbike was a little underwhelming .... it seems the fat bike craze is over as I hardly saw one at all. Couple of big players weren't there at all. Outdoor Demo was half what it was last year. Dahon wasn't there at all. I said hello at the Brommy booth.
Tern was there with their container booth and a slew of new and exiting bikes. The dealer evening at their rented house gave us the opportunity to actually ride the bikes and get some really good food as well.
I posted some pics on my facebook page ...
In short .. they had the Japanese full size ( small that is ) designer bikes there. They are nice but really designed for the Japanese market. No Mini bikes which I thought was disappointing ( Ill still try to get a handful down the road )
The big news was the ebikes. The Bosch bike is pretty awesome indeed. I like my Bionix but the center motor feels better, very stable and exiting. Even if the 3400 dlr pricetag is hard to swallow for the US market as we are not used to E bike pricing over here. Also there was a linkd7 with center e drive, not quite as nice as the Bosch version but "only" 2000 dlr ....
For me the real big one were the 3 Verge models starting at 900 with 451 wheels, a huge rear sprocket will make for a very wide range of gears, all frames are disc brake ready, and they are a little longer and have slightly different angles. These are riding awesome. Not sure what colors will be coming but I cant wait for those... the middle one has disc brakes too ....


Other than that we were super busy selling spokes and rims and didn't have time to look into all the small little nicks and crannies to find anything of interest.


thor