INTERBIKE in Vegas
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merrickx at 09.24.09 - 9:41 am
Myself and a few friends are driving over to Interbike in a few hours. There is another friend or two mine that want to go but we don't have room in the car. Is anyone else going to Interbike leaving from the Pasadena area that would be willing to give him/them a ride? He's a down-ass dude and wont rape you in the car I promise.
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if youre not in the industry, then theres really no point to go to the convention. and, you already missed the dirt demo, so theres really no point in wasting gas to get there.
ruinedbyidiots09.24.09 - 9:51 am
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isn't it over in like 6 hrs?
watch it on USN.
_iJunes responding to a
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09.24.09 - 10:43 am
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you are just jealous cause you weren't invited
snowcone responding to a
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09.24.09 - 10:46 am
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working the cash register at a local bike shop doesn't mean that you are "in the industry"
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 10:49 am
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fortunately it does...
on the other hand, i think i could've gone, had i been able to take the days off, but even if i could, its an even bigger tease than the strip club.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 10:51 am
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what have you gotten as schwag so far?
_iJunes responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 10:54 am
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just BARELY. like on the fringe. not enough to act like he, i don't know, designs bikes for Torelli or some shit.
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:05 am
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well he is gonna have to sell this shit right? so he has to learn about all the jamis and giants that H&S will start carrying...
_iJunes responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:07 am
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there's nothing that he learned there that the owners of H&S couldn't have told him when they got back.
all I'm saying is that his post sounded really high and mighty-ish and I am just trying to bring him back down to earth.
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:09 am
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shit if i was at interbike i'd feel damn high and mighty too...
_iJunes responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 11:11 am
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well it's a damn good thing you're not there then.
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:14 am
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oh yeah cause i wouldnt want another thread started today with my name on it.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 11:15 am
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and you know I'd be bringing your ass back down to earth too so whatevs lol.
you coming by tomorrow?
la duderina responding to a
comment by _iJunes
09.24.09 - 11:15 am
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lol, yes you would. you love it hahah.
mos' hated
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:15 am
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Would you like to read his reply again?
User1 responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 11:16 am
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dayum... don't you two have jobs? or school work to do?
...or AIM?
canadienne09.24.09 - 11:22 am
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lol you're right.
who am I to talk anyways. like I've never said anything high and mighty-ish. hahahahaha
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:28 am
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it's ok when I do it though. because i AM high ...and mighty...
la duderina09.24.09 - 11:28 am
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dude did you get my text?. you better hurry and respond cuz I am leaving right now
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:29 am
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left my phone at home. whomp.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 11:30 am
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aight i'm a hit you up right now go on chat
la duderina responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:32 am
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He said,
if youre not in the industry, then theres really no point to go to the convention. and, you already missed the dirt demo, so theres really no point in wasting gas to get there.
Where does he give the impression that he's high and mighty? Aren't you reading far more into this?
User1 responding to a
comment by la duderina
09.24.09 - 11:42 am
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the schwag was pretty minimal for this year. i got a thomson keychain bottle opener made with the same material as their stems and seatposts, a kcmc derailler pulley keychain, a maxxxis beer coozy, and some random stickers from every booth. lunch was travelling to all the different energy bar booths and filling up on samples.
junu, i tried to get you one of the look pint glasses, but i wasnt about to pay $20 for anything there.
the azonic booth made it like the la auto show with girls in bikinis.
giant pulled out at the last minute, so they didnt have a legit booth there, but there were different giant tt bikes in random booths all over.
electra ripped off the look of the campy sherrif star hubs for their new line of "gentlemans fixies" and i kind of bums me out.
ruinedbyidiots09.24.09 - 11:46 am
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Yo know... I like the Electra Townies that you guys carry. Would be a good bike for my dad. You sit upright... smooth... and pretty fast for the 7 speed version. Not that heavy. Do those Townies have adjustable stems? It would a good 'parent' bike right? No hills... flat mostly river path cruising. They come in one size?
digablesoul responding to a
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09.24.09 - 11:53 am
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the reason the dirt demo rules is because you get to test ride all sorts of expensive bikes. fixed gears, mountain bikes, road bikes, time trial bikes. some retard did one of the downhill courses on an offroad unicycle. with the convention, youre just walking around in a big room for 9 hours.
ruinedbyidiots09.24.09 - 11:54 am
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i heard rock racing was taking racing frames and turning them into 4815 fixies.
escalades and fixies aww yeah
are they there?
look glass sounds tight..... damn. but the one booth i would be drooling over right now is the easton booth.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 11:54 am
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i was going to ask who is manning h&s but i forgot you had a closed sign up haha
_iJunes responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 11:55 am
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everytime i go in, someone buys a townie or is looking for a townie.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by digablesoul
09.24.09 - 11:55 am
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I heard theres a Polo court setup there...
JOKER09.24.09 - 11:57 am
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Looks like that frame is too small for you.
Any trials stuff? Are they predicting 2010 the year that trials breaks out in the US?
(hope no hipsters are reading this)
User1 responding to a
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09.24.09 - 12:01 pm
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the townies are all one size fits all. the 7 and 21 speed versions are aluminum frames. some have adjustable stems, some dont. the threaded ones you can move up and down a little bit, but most of the sizing comes from the seat post height. bring them in to get sized up / check out the different colors we have.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
comment by digablesoul
09.24.09 - 12:04 pm
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that foes was a perfect fit. you have no idea how in love with that bike i am. if i had five grand to drop on a bike i would get it in a heartbeat. fabricated by hand in pasadena to boot!
there were no trials bikes there, but every company has a cheapo fixed gear available now.
the industry buzzword this year was "fixie". no joke.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
comment by User1
09.24.09 - 12:07 pm
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RBI
Do you guys carry Swobo?
Foldie responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 12:10 pm
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the industry buzzword this year was "fixie". no joke.
oh fuck.
onelessfixie responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 12:23 pm
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ouch....What is wrong with swobo?
Foldie responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.24.09 - 12:29 pm
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correct me again.
i DARE you.
_iJunes responding to a
comment by snowcone
09.24.09 - 12:52 pm
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slushy, time to medicate again please. remember what we said?
User1 responding to a
comment by snowcone
09.24.09 - 2:58 pm
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their clothing is alright, i guess. the bikes are overpriced garbage.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
comment by Foldie
09.24.09 - 7:56 pm
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that announcer dude from mash asked me and the other guy who our names were and where we were from and i said BURBANK and kept screaming 818 up until the race started. im mad they didnt include that.
ruinedbyidiots responding to a
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09.25.09 - 9:29 am
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So did Ribeye beat Congo or what?
JOKER responding to a
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09.25.09 - 10:31 am
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Rock was there with their new road bikes (self built or covered Fuji frames hard to say) but none of the 4815 Fixed that they twittered about. There was a private Rock party off site that may have had them.
TheJen responding to a
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09.25.09 - 7:41 pm
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Ride on! Sorry I missed that!
TheJen responding to a
comment by ruinedbyidiots
09.25.09 - 8:07 pm
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Just got back from Vegas. The whole "no point in going" is ridiculous. A lot of stuff was selling cheap if you knew where to look. Not to mention I got drunk Thursday AT the convention from all the Blue Moon and Fat Tire coming out of several booths. Got a lot of free stuff. Just little goodies. Chrome was selling everything at 50%. A lot of the Taiwanese booths were selling some good stuff at really good prices.
Then there was the BMX awards party. Open bar for about an hour and a half but it only took me about a half hour of double-fisting stiff drinks to become completely inebriated. Apparently I had fallen down a huge set of concrete stairs "Hollywood action movie style."
I spent about $6 on the whole trip. The convention was bike porn.
merrickx09.25.09 - 10:00 pm
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