Interbike!

[Greenbelt]

Since my bike shop owner can’t go this year, I’m going to take notes for her on all the coolest bikes to buy next year! For one thing, I intend to ask a lot of questions of the Kona and Jamis and other makers about why they don’t engineer more of their CX frames to have a disk brake option for us humble commuters who prefer the CX ride to a touring setup!
http://www.interbike.com/

Any questions you want me to ask various display folks? Anything you’ve always wanted to test ride but couldn’t find locally? (Of course, I’m not a racer or rock jumper or anything, and not very engineering savvy in general. So while I should be OK at evaluating features of bikes for the average person shopping for a commuter or recreational bike from a consumer point of view, I’m not really able to really evaluate high-end stuff or many tech features one way or the other.)

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[eminva]

*Envy*envy*envy*

In all seriousness, have fun and I don’t have any specific questions — just make sure all the bike manufacturers know there are long haul commuters out there and we’d love more of a selection of bikes with all the features we need. Your example is a good one.

Liz

[Greenbelt]

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[Dirt]

Oh lordy I want to have your babies!!!!

It has been DECADES since I went to Interbike and it has gotten way cooler. Maybe next year.

I could use a cute pink set of King R45 hubs (for campy 11s cogs) if they’re giving them away.

Have a great time!

Pete

[Greenbelt]

The 2012 CX bikes have disk brakes! The first pic above is the Felt version. The Jamis Nova Race has disk also, and price is very reasonable, but we haven’t seen that one yet. The Jamis Super Nova in the pics has the cantilever brakes, but with a new vibration reducing gizmo that seems to really work to prevent squealling and grabbing in the wet (we were able to test since it rained yesterday!) Tonight, hopefully, we’ll get pictures from Cross Vegas.

[Dirt]

I was checking out the new Reynolds carbon tubular disc wheels for cross bikes too. Super cool to see.

[DaveK]

@Greenbelt 8105 wrote:

The 2012 CX bikes have disk brakes! The first pic above is the Felt version. The Jamis Nova Race has disk also, and price is very reasonable, but we haven’t seen that one yet. The Jamis Super Nova in the pics has the cantilever brakes, but with a new vibration reducing gizmo that seems to really work to prevent squealling and grabbing in the wet (we were able to test since it rained yesterday!) Tonight, hopefully, we’ll get pictures from Cross Vegas.

UCI has decided (in their infinite wisdom) that discs are now legal for cross racing so you’ll see many more disc-equipped cross bikes coming out.

[vvill]

Yep, and that finally means I can get a dedicated CX/commuter bike! Didn’t want one without disc brakes.

But it’ll have to wait until next year at the earliest.

[Greenbelt]

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[KLizotte]

Tell the manufacturer wizards that they need to come up with a cable and u-lock design that is super strong and super light. Hauling around a heavy duty U-lock is a form of weight training I could do without.

And tell them they need to produce more bikes for short women. Trust me, any lady under 5’2″ has a hard time finding frames that fit properly, esp since most bikes seem to have a men’s style crossbar.

Kathy – the vertically challenged

[Tim Kelley]

I’m enjoying all the BikeArlington jersey cameos!

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CX Vegas
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