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It’s not all 13-pound carbon road bikes
Dunking booths, double chains and Pugsleys — here is another side of the desert bike show.
Published: Sep. 22, 2009
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What do pretty girls, dunk tanks and trail-building have in common? Who cares? That’ll be $5 to IMBA to try to knock her in.
From Banshee Bikes and Bell Sports to WTB and Xtracycle, more than 120 companies exhibited their wares at Outdoor Demo in the two days preceding Interbike. In the desert heat of Boulder City, just east of Las Vegas, thousands of bike shop owners and their crews wandered from pop-tent to pop-tent, scoping out the latest and greatest to take out for test rides on the singletrack and roads.
Most of the bikes and gear on display fell within the standard confines of road and mountain. But, being a bike show, there is always some tomfoolery afoot, and the odd vendor hawking a unique product.
Here are a few sights from day two of Outdoor Demo.
