Eurobike 2009

My friend Konstantin asked me to assist him at this year's Eurobike. His business, Revolution Sports, is the German distributor for several American products like Stan's NoTubes, Niner Bikes, American Classic, NiteRider and Titus Bikes etc which he presented at Eurobike. As the crews of those companies came to Germany and the audience at the show is a very international one, he was looking for someone who is fluent in English and is somehow familiar with the products. So here I was, looking forward to taking a couple of days off, immersing myself into some show madness.
Though, most of the products didn't evoke any emotions and a lot of them seem to be useless, I was impressed by how unbelievably many people around the world put time and effort into bikes and related products.
Since I had to stay at the booth most of the time, I only wandered the show in search of some nice hand-built bikes (and forgot my camera that day to take pictures of them).
I got to talk to the guys from Rewel and IF concerning a 29er for my little self. I'm still not sure if it'd make sense to give the big wheels a try (Jon recommended not to and refused to build me one - I do trust him on that but would still like to get a chance to test one). Stand over heighth, toe overlap and an overall strange handling of the bike might be issues. But the frame-builders didn't consider it to be a mission impossible, recalling several small ladies on 29ers. IF recommended a rigid, non-suspension corrected frame in order to avoid some of the potential problems.

Some impressions of the show:

Camping with the Bike Point boys
Konstantin and Pat of Titus BikesPicture with Cindy of NoTubes - in this mostly male business, it was great to have another "girl" at the booth
Stan, Jerry and Cindy of NoTubes
Very likely we were the most popular booth in our hallStan explaining the idea behind the design of his new rims.Nice surprise: I ran into Anthony from Great Britain......with whom I rode in Tibet in 2007. It was good to see you again, Ant!Jerry, Stan and Konstantin during one of their dealer presentations on how to install NoTubes kits.
Dinner with the NoTubes crew - great company, good foodDetails (MTB Cycletech)Real craftsmanship amongst a million main stream products (Waldmeister Bikes)
I'm not sure what you'd transport in one of Porter Bike's containers but the design made me at least take a second look.Last photo shoot with the crews of Stan's NoTubes, Niner, American Classic and Revolution Sports