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East Coast Interbike!
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The Trials Stunt Show was fun. Though no one knew how to make noise for it.
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Tested... The Parlee CX bike with Edge carbon clinchers....
Great ride.... Stiff & efficient. Chattery-while-braking front fork though.
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Parlee 's racks were made of carbon....
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Tested ( and abused). Nicolai with SRAM Hammerschmidt. Heavy bike that likes to be thrown off things. Hammerschmidt feels like it was built by NASA.
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D.Y taking the full carbon Scott Genius 20 off a little marble slab. Carbon is strong!
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Just some Rhode Island wildlife seen while riding out on the road bike loop.
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The baggy shorts bandits stealing a pair of outta-their-league Parlee Time Trial rigs. Very stiff bikes
A while ago we decreed:
"Here are 3 things that can ensure that the east coast event is as successful as the west coast daddy:"
Swag - In Reality what we found in Providence: Very little..... nea, none. Grade : F
Beer - Bud or Bud light at the end of the day by Pedro's : B minus ( clam chowder was good )
Stars - None. Well, Zellman the bigwig from SRAM was seen working the booth. The Keough brothers were selling raffle tix for a TV to raise money for another Championship winning trek. And Adam Sullivan was seen in his civies wandering aimlessly. Richard Fries was surrounded by Paparazzi & completely inaccessible all day long..... Grade - D plus
OVERALL - B minus. The single track was fun, albeit very brief. Bikes were always available to ride. And parking was a breeze. Plus no desert conditions ( choking hot dust, radioactive sunlight, razor sharp rocks ) to deal with. Lack of downhills was frustrating.
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