Much to see, owt fab or mildly interesting?

I was there yesterday. I enjoyed the day but there was nowt in the way of bike packing kit. Ortleb had a stall showing off their panniers etc.
Took a few pics, here you go:

This was gorge




Good paint job




A kids 20" fat bike












And if you remember Porcupines, you'll be gald to know that Onza are back!!








Classic


And the new classic

You don't know what make that kids fat bike is do you ... or who had it? I'd like a pair of rims for a fat bike shopper project

s8tannorm wrote:You don't know what make that kids fat bike is do you ... or who had it? I'd like a pair of rims for a fat bike shopper project

Yeah, it was a Sonic Bulk. They had two 20" bikes, one with discs the other without.
Muddy Fox have also got one due for release next Spring which has a 16" wheel, it was a prototype, haven't got pics of that though...

Ta

Me and the ManChild just got back. Twas a very nice day out hardly ruined at all by the traffic back home. Per above, there were more fat bikes than ever, even without a Surly stand (that I could see anyway) and not a shred of evidence that bike packing actually exists. It must be hugely expensive to get space in one of the stands though so I cant blame the local kit makers.

Another thing that struck me was the lack of 26ers. There were very few last and year and I couldnt find any this year so it's a dead category as far as the industry is concerned, and if we thought that keeping our current 26ers going wont be a problem for years and years, Im not so sure. Took me a while to find a new Reba fork with a straight steerer recently and its only going to get harder. Poop.

My boy rode one of those 20 inch fat bikes a fun as it looked he said it was awful - steers like a boat, the gearing was a mess and it's stupidly heavy for a kids bike. Everyone was clamouring for a go on them though.