yep, sitting in another airport. this time cleveland waiting for my flight out to vegas.
preliminary scan of my fellow passengers is that a few of them are fellow bike geeks the rest of them are looking to loose a lot of money on stuff other than bike parts. how silly.
what's the game plan today?
land, unload and meet up with tom from wobblenaught and one of his contacts from thompson. tom is the owner/developer of the entire wobblenaught fit system and regarding thompson - the bike fits most often usually result in some type of saddle and/or stem adjustment or change of length/rise/etc. this is where thompson comes in. wobblenaught supplies the fit, thompson supplies the bike stems and seat posts.
so, tom wants me to meet up with him to down some beers and i must indulge. good way to start the trip.
then i'll meet up with the guys from the shop who are out at bootleg canyon as i type probably riding some of the new products now that you'll be riding next year. last year we got a chance to ride the salsa 29er that is currently on special at the 'goat, so i am hoping the guys come back with some good product reviews and pics. i'll miss out on the demo's, but i will say that those trails are pretty cool as i had a chance to ride there a few years back. very nice stuff. not as nice as bend oregon though. THAT place was soooooooooooooooooo cool. i want to go back there soon.
back to vegas...
so tomorrow, the carnival starts at 8:30 i think. think of the day after thanksgiving when all those crazy shoppers are outside the doors of every stupid deparment store. that's what it is like. totally silly as you have 3 days to walk around, but everybody just gets so pumped up about it. there is so much cool stuff and only so much time. i'm just pumped up to see the new stuff, maybe give a different perspective of the show, soak it all in and maybe make some new contacts for next year. some people call it networking. hopefully, i can call it sponsorship for next year.
i'm going to try and concentrate on 29er stuff as much as possible, then maybe anything related to world of enduro racing. then, i'll just be roaming around. oh, and i am probably going to sit in with the guys when they meet with moots, titus and the independent guys. those guys have some of the coolest stuff. indepedent will have some killer paint jobs, for sure.
that's it - flight is boarding in a little bit. i'm hoping to post as much as possible, though i may just end up posting a ton of pics and little content - want to give you guys a good "picture" of all the new products and maybe fill you in on the details later.
really gotta run...
oh - check out this link:
flat sally blogspot
it was very unfortunate for sally to get flattened by a chalkboard, but the cool thing is that a very special friend of mine has sent me sally to enjoy in my travels. check it out and make some people happy. nice comments only!
sologoat out.
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