Bicycle lust at Interbike

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; but I'm sure lots of visitors to Interbike wish they could take some stuff home with them. Here are some public pictures from years past posted at flickr.com (thanks to redneck666 and JJatSSdotNL) with comments I've added. Click on the picture to see it full-sized.

Diversions from bikes at Interbike, above; the Dangerboy bicycle component booth. Dangerboy Components is a Canadian owned bike components manufacturer with dealers in the US and Canada. It makes parts and apparel primarily for the mountain bike and BMX markets.

Redline's 925 on display at Interbike 2005. The bike is designed for the urban cyclist or commuter. Built from cromoly steel, the bike features either a singlespeed freewheel or fixed drivetrain. Check out the moustache-style handlebars.

Redline Bicycles, located in Kent, Washington, was one of the leading BMX bicycle makers beginning in the 1970s, when it was started by Linn Kastan. Sold to Seattle Bike Supply in 1986, the company still makes BMX, as well as adult bicycles and mountain bikes.

More like a phoenix than an ibis, Ibis has made its return to the bicycling world with the Mojo Carbon frame for mountain bikes, shown here at Interbike Expo in Las Vegas, and the Silk carbon frame for the roadies.

The Ibis name has been out of the picture for a few years. Scot Nicol talks about it at the company's new website. He started the Ibis frame company from what he calls a “funky little workshop” in Mendocino, California, back in 1981. The company grew over the next 20 years. It made road, mountain, tandems and other types of bikes with steel, carbon, titanium and aluminum.

He sold it in 2000, the new owners ran it into bankruptcy within 2 years. Nicol and his new partners resurrected it in time for the Interbike 2005.

California-based Soulcraft Frames assembled one of its road bicycles for the Interbike 2005 expo. The Petaluma company also makes bicycle frames and forks. Its frame styles include mountain, singlespeed, road, cyclocross, women's and 29-inch wheel size.

The subject of this photo is the bicycle helmet at the Limar booth at Interbike 2005. This Italian company knows how to call attention to its line of bike and ski helmets.

The France-based Corima company displayed its Cougar bicycle frame at Interbike 2005. The company says it's the only monocoque frame to be entirely custom-made. It's used for all track events — sprint, pursuit, keirin and point racing. English cyclist Chris Boardman rode a Cougar to set the world hour record in 1993.

The bike displayed here also features Corima wheels. The company also makes saddles, cages and other accessories.

KHS showed one of its fixed-gear training bikes at Interbike expo. This entry-level priced Flite 100 is designed for track or commuting. The frame is made from Reynolds double-butted cromoly steel. Note the pedals with toe clips and straps.

KHS bikes are made in Taiwan and distributed through KHS Bicycles Inc., based in Rancho Dominguez, California. The company makes much more expensive road and track bikes than the Flite 100, as well as folding bikes, tandems, mountain bikes, and different styles of cruisers.

Italy's venerable Bianchi company sent a slew of bicycles over to Interbike this year. This is a singlespeed specialty bike dubbed San Jose designed for cyclo-cross and commuting. Says Bianchi:

“Unlike fixed-gear track bikes, which are the obvious standard for track racing and urban hipster pothole dodging, our single-speeders have a one-speed freewheel, so you can enjoy the pain off-road.”

I enjoyed touring through Bianchi's website, which features information on its Euro bike racing teams as well as its history that dates back to Edoardo Bianchi's first bike-making shop in Milan in 1885.

Ashland, Oregon, is the home of DeSalvo Custom Cycles. Take a close look at this one at the Interbike Expo trade show in Las Vegas and you'll see couplings used to easily take the bike apart and pack it up for travel.

DeSalvo builds steel and titanium frames for road, mountain, cross and single-speed bicycles.

Canadian Louis Garneau spent 13 years racing bicycles around the world, winning the Canadian Championship in individual pursuit along the way. After the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, he retired and started making cycling clothes. His success there prompted him to expand into bicycle frames, such as this Pursuit 9.0. In addition to singlespeed track bikes, he makes touring, road, BMX, mountain and hybrid bikes and frames.

More from or about Interbike 2005:

Cyclelicious compiled news and pictures from Interbike. The reports include “Interbike Slide Show“ (cool slide show of pictures posted at flickr.com), “Interbike Thursday Update,” and “Interbike Tuesday.”

The Blue Collar Mountain Biking bloggers posted 500 pictures from Interbike. They've culled through them and come up with Interbike 2005 pictures of interest. They filed 7 other reports about the scene at the trade show and who they met.

Go Clipless did some trail riding at Hellcat Canyon on a few bikes, including a Nine One 9 that he messed up when the chain ring separated from the crank arms (aluminum bolts sheered).

Velogal's Race Blog tells about another side of Interbike, meeting biking celebrities. She mentions Tom Danielson and Phil Liggett, Frankie Andreau, Floyd Landis, etc., with pics.

The Lactic Acid Threshold blogger tells about his rides on the sub 14-pound Calfee Dragon Fly and the Litespeed Ghisallo road bikes. Also lots of show pics.

More than 100 photos from Interbike are posted on the Slowtwitch triathlete's forum. 

Sheldon Brown returned from Las Vegas with lots of pictures and reports on Surly, Park Tools, Rivendell, SRAM, Redline and others.

PezCycling News did plenty of reporting too. This installment looks at a lot of the gear being offered and how the new SRAM group set might work.

CyclingNews filed 12 reports from Interbike, comprising reviews from the Hells Canyon outdoor demo and news from the trade show floor.