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Leaving Las Vegas - Interbike wraps up for another year
Published: Sep. 30, 2006
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Instant city. The whole show goes up in a few hours and disappears just as quickly
Success in Las Vegas is all about playing the odds.
Crumpler, maker of packs and bags, had a completely recyclable booth. Made entirely of cardboard, the booth no
Of the hundreds of thousands of people who gamble in the Nevada desert city each year, only a handful will hit it big. Similarly, of the thousands of new bikes and related products that crop up at Interbike each year, only a few will become huge hits.
Only time will tell which will fly and which will eventually flop. As this year’s Interbike bicycle industry trade show wrapped up in Las Vegas on Friday evening, the display booths came down, bikes, products and clothing got packed into boxes and our crew headed back to the Rockies.
Tour de France champion Floyd Landis was absent in person but not in image.
Here’s a look at a handful of some of the more interesting items, intriguing bikes and favorite people we spotted over the past few days.
VeloNews.com's 2006 Trade Show Coverage:September 29 - Industrial Wastrel: All things come to he who Waits September 28 - Interbike heads back to the great indoors September 27 - Interbike 2006: Another day in the dirt September 26 - Interbike 2006: A hands-on start to the U.S.'s biggest bike show September 26 - Industrial Wastrel: O'Grady on Interbike September 25 - Tech Talk: Cannondale's newest Rush September 17 - The Milan Bike Show: Getting there is half the fun September 3 - EuroBike: That's a wrap September 1 - EuroBike Day 2: Germany's Haus Brands August 31 - It's show time! The doors open at EuroBike
