Ok, here is my rant. I fail to understand how the bike industry can call itself public friendly when their shows are not open to the public. It amazes me how stupid the idea is. If you want to have a show, and bike enthusiasts are not allowed unless they are some little 16 year working at a bike shop, then how is this industry showing their wares to the people that matter, the ones that have the money to buy 3k and 5k bikes. It is amazing to me.
They need to change it to having shows that open early for 2 hours to the industry only and then open to consumers and industry the rest of the day. This is logical.
What gets me is that the guys that go to these shows and work in bike shops usually know next to nothing about bikes, then you have the hardcore enthusiasts like me and most of you in here who may not work at a bike shop or for a bike mfg and we cannot go.
I guess I am ****** because I will be in Vegas next week and a buddy of mine told me that the Interbike show will be in Vegas when I am there and I will miss it because I cannot get in. What a crock of sh#t.
Very dissapointed in the bike industry. I guess I'll be ordering my next bike directly from overseas, since none of the makers and distributors here want me seeing their high end stuff. Derosa/Colnago/Pinarello here I come.
Sorry for the rant, but I had to vent.
They need to change it to having shows that open early for 2 hours to the industry only and then open to consumers and industry the rest of the day. This is logical.
What gets me is that the guys that go to these shows and work in bike shops usually know next to nothing about bikes, then you have the hardcore enthusiasts like me and most of you in here who may not work at a bike shop or for a bike mfg and we cannot go.
I guess I am ****** because I will be in Vegas next week and a buddy of mine told me that the Interbike show will be in Vegas when I am there and I will miss it because I cannot get in. What a crock of sh#t.
Very dissapointed in the bike industry. I guess I'll be ordering my next bike directly from overseas, since none of the makers and distributors here want me seeing their high end stuff. Derosa/Colnago/Pinarello here I come.
Sorry for the rant, but I had to vent.