It’s a good job I’m broke, because if I wasn’t, I would have been after a few hours in a huge room of bikes and bits. I’m 90% certain that my next bike should be a BMX, though I’m not sure what size of little bike would be right for me. Of course, I could go off the wall and get the recumbent BMX trike that some of the kids were showing off. An adult version will be available pretty soon, built quite heftily from square tubing it’s going to be a bit heavier than these lovely but expensive road/touring trikes. Laid back in a completely different way are these lowrider and Chopper bikes, great for popping to the pub of a chilled summer Sunday, but a little impractical for daily use. You really need a folding bike for that. Pashley remain totally cool whilst the next stupid craze (the manufacturers hope) is the three wheeled scooter. God help me, but I entered a competition to win one.
It wasn’t all bikes, there were components as well. The major theme seemed to be lights with everything, whether for safety or decoration. A clunky combined indicator and brakelight set just looks horribly wrong. Far cooler were the brake pads with built in pressure sensors and an LED which lit up as the pads pressed against the rim, but sadly I can’t find a page for them. Anyone worried about saddle related impotence, or those of us with fat arses (surely a result of not cycling enough, so something of a small demographic amongst cyclists) should invest in the Comfort Saddle, another horribly wrong looking component.
Gotta make lottsa money in the next year so I can go and buy stuff next year, and go to other events such as the Red Bull bike battle or the National Adventure Sports Show.