Interbike 06
Wow, there were so many people buzzing around the stand during Interbike! It was a good vibe to be part of. Out of the hundreds of people that came past, two in particular have stuck in my mind.
One was a bike retailer that during the demo day, rode the cruzbike uphill at speed past our stand calling out 'buy a cruzbike'. He was quite a sight for his first ride. He came part the stand later durig the expo and wanted to see more emphasis on 'front wheel drive'. Yes, ok. we'll try to push that aspect more. Thing is though, the huge range of benefits that flow from FWD are hard to keep quite about.
The other visitor is what I call a 'connector' - someone who has the talent to spot a new product and hook it up with others. The upshot of this connection was that we sent a Sofrider over to Italy to be part of a three month display of this years top bikes. Its possible we will have the opportunity to negotiate with a distributor for Europe as a consequence of this guys entreprenurial talent.
I also got to meet Charles Coyne of Recumbent and Tandem Rider magazine and Bryan Ball of Bentrideronline. Bryan came complete with a trendy french hat which I was most impressed by. I also met Sheldon Brown, which was very nice. Sheldon's clear thinking and clear web pages have been very useful, particularly his gain ratio calculator. Don't know what I would have done without that.
One was a bike retailer that during the demo day, rode the cruzbike uphill at speed past our stand calling out 'buy a cruzbike'. He was quite a sight for his first ride. He came part the stand later durig the expo and wanted to see more emphasis on 'front wheel drive'. Yes, ok. we'll try to push that aspect more. Thing is though, the huge range of benefits that flow from FWD are hard to keep quite about.
The other visitor is what I call a 'connector' - someone who has the talent to spot a new product and hook it up with others. The upshot of this connection was that we sent a Sofrider over to Italy to be part of a three month display of this years top bikes. Its possible we will have the opportunity to negotiate with a distributor for Europe as a consequence of this guys entreprenurial talent.
I also got to meet Charles Coyne of Recumbent and Tandem Rider magazine and Bryan Ball of Bentrideronline. Bryan came complete with a trendy french hat which I was most impressed by. I also met Sheldon Brown, which was very nice. Sheldon's clear thinking and clear web pages have been very useful, particularly his gain ratio calculator. Don't know what I would have done without that.
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