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Personally, I like the idea of a consumer day. And this year's was certainly
better attended than 2013. It still doesn't really work in Vegas though. Vegas
is NOT a cycling mecca. Sure, there are rad places to ride there, but come on,
no one puts Vegas on their "bucket list" of places to ride. There's not a huge
population of local riders, and let's face it, Vegas is in the middle of the
f@cking desert. There aren't people coming from nearby riding hot spots
because frankly, there aren't any nearby.
I answered very few, if any, questions about our products on Friday. We had
people coming through our booth, but they were cruising for free stuff. Which
is fine, but they didn't really care about anything else. In one particularly
hilarious incident, a guy came by, took a water bottle and then also a Sharpie
that just happened to be lying on the desk. I guess if it's not nailed down
it's up for grabs.
Move the show to somewhere that actually has a good riding community (Denver,
San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, hell even Atlanta (where I am)) and the
consumer day would be better attended. I'm not sure if that's the goal of
Interbike though. I always hear, "The show is about the dealers, and the
dealers want to come to Vegas to party." But perhaps it should be.
Sept. 17, 2014, 10:28 a.m. - A.Ron Burgundy
#!markdown Personally, I like the idea of a consumer day. And this year's was certainly better attended than 2013. It still doesn't really work in Vegas though. Vegas is NOT a cycling mecca. Sure, there are rad places to ride there, but come on, no one puts Vegas on their "bucket list" of places to ride. There's not a huge population of local riders, and let's face it, Vegas is in the middle of the f@cking desert. There aren't people coming from nearby riding hot spots because frankly, there aren't any nearby. I answered very few, if any, questions about our products on Friday. We had people coming through our booth, but they were cruising for free stuff. Which is fine, but they didn't really care about anything else. In one particularly hilarious incident, a guy came by, took a water bottle and then also a Sharpie that just happened to be lying on the desk. I guess if it's not nailed down it's up for grabs. Move the show to somewhere that actually has a good riding community (Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, hell even Atlanta (where I am)) and the consumer day would be better attended. I'm not sure if that's the goal of Interbike though. I always hear, "The show is about the dealers, and the dealers want to come to Vegas to party." But perhaps it should be.