Last week I had one of those days, I wrote this on my iphone, but never thought to post it, so here it is…
Today is one of those days that makes this job really fun, actually getting paid to look around the largest bike show in Europe.
The show is in Friedrichafen, on the banks of the Bodensee, in Germany. We arrived in Zurich last night to a wall of summer air – 27 degrees is so much nicer than the 14 we left in England.
This morning we caught the morning shuttle to the event, passing through vinyards and small villages on the lakeside, bathed in late summer sunshine, the only slight thorn in an otherwise perfect morning was the stop with customs who made you feel like someone was about to lose something dear to them – like their life! In fact it was mostly just large amounts of money for anyone taking a bike across the border.
The show was very impressive, with a selection of really nice bikes on offer, and the usual display of crazy stuff, some cool, others just plain ridiculous.
I took a few photos whilst I was there, thought I would share them here:
Hmm the Livestrong Bike
The New Trek Madone
The best looking bike there!
I seem to have come back without two pictures that I should have taken, the Merida Oh 9 – 0.9 kilo hard tail mountain bike frame, and their new timetrial bike – both of which were sweet!
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