No, really. Dangit, I'm missing interbike this year. You know, on account of stuff. So. Seeing as how I'm currently- like, right now- missing out on being drunk way too early in the day for other peoples' comforts and then going on to make a ass of myself, I figure I'll point out some things I would have pointed out while hooting appreciatively and rummaging around in my truck tarp materialed bag for another ice cold beer.
1st up- we've all already seen Surly's 29+ Krampus. I'm skeptical of the 1x drivetrain's usefulness overall, but I know and am sure it is a fun bike to ride. Perfect for demoing while loaded, anyhow. Sad to miss it.
2ndly- crashing the tent at Surly during Dirt Demo has been a fine waste of time. Lots of beers and shittalking. I lik that.
Also- reaching overload with the above and wandering boozily with an eye to demoing some of the more frivolous/far-fetched wares. Like the strider bike, etc. Rallying same in ill-advised conditions.
And, obviously, whatever new newness I don't know about already from the computer. Looking around at whatever catches my eye.
I don't really care about road discs, but it would have been useful to see what's going to be rammed down our throat in the next model year.
Someone would have had a bottle of rye, and that's worth looking into as well.
People complain about interbike being in Vegas, but I relish it. C'mon, it's once a year seeing old friends and blowing out the pipes. Oh! how I mean that. And on that note, it would have been nice to attend the underbike party, especially seeing as how it has come around to the Double Down- a quality dive, of which my last memory is being escorted out the door with my arm bent back during a forced moment of clarity. Good Times.
Mostly, it would have been nice to see those of y'all I only ever see there. Hi! I apologize. Have fun, ride hard, be safe.
2 comments:
The clearest clarified moments are usually mandatory.
And you're really loving Raleigh huh? I thought they had become RINOs, but I don't know jack.
Yes, I'm sincere in my appreciation for Raleigh. They had become a warmed over mass market for low end bikes, but in the past 6-7 years they've really brought along a solid line of real/steel bicycles with great spec and pricing. Their "high end" carbone stuff is pretty much the same as everyone else's- and it don't interest me anyhow. But the steel club racer and townie oriented bikes are very well executed.
And, NOBODY makes a mixte above a 58. Except them or cu$tom.
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