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This band of despots was attracted by the seductive aroma of the Kinetic Koffee (Or was it Jan?) Actually, these are the Classic Rendezvousers!
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USA hero and generally nice guy, George Hincapie signs autographs in his popular clothing company booth.
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George's beautiful wife seems as charming as she is photogenic.
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The Cinelli booth had many interesting bits and pieces.
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OVAL showed these extremely light and well thought through TT & triathlon bars.
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Univega seemed to have a new lease on life.. Perhaps a new owner?
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Different and attractive frame junctions...
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Having survived hurricane Katrina, Bill Laine was greeting friends in the British Carradice booth..
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A very tidy Carradice leather saet bag...
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Ditto in tan leather...
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A larger more traditional seat bag of canvas...
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Marin showed this very deluxe flat bar road bike.. The ultimate commuter?
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The very fit Azonic womens cycling team.. I was not clear whether they were road or mountain bike racers.
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That old and famous pump company Silca showed some fun paint motifs on their "track" pumps,,,
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Deja Vue? A few years back there was a "suspension hub", but here's another...
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Gilles Bertrand had a much expanded display and an announcement was made that his entire line will be available in the USA for 2006
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A stunning regal blue touring specialty machine....
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Filet brazed steel, truly the best material for long hours in the saddle and camping gear too!
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Note the leather chain stay protector!
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Custom carrier racks too...
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Another beauty, this time in jet black!
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Tidy seat cluster (sorry about the focus!)
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Throughout the show, highly trained technicians were available to evaluate athletes performance. These women were good at that I am told.
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BH, the Spanish bike of the Liberty Securos Team, looked awfully good!
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Time Trailist deluxe!
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First appearance at the show, Lapierre from FRance.
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Great graphics,no?
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Euro circuit stars were circulating throughout the show, unrecognized by non-cognescenti. Can you name this woman racer and her team?
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Cyclus showed some clever and well made tools...
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Great paint job on this DeKerf from Canada.
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Colnago is always an impressive display of Italian flair.
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Paint is only part of the story...
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The newest model, the Extreme C, a claimed sub 1 kg frame...
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A colaboration with Ferrari.. I hate to think what the price must be!!!
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The model Extreme C in another decor style....
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DeRosa's newest design, the Tango!
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Subtly integrated head badge..
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The steel Neo-Primato is still in the line and still so appealing.
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Note the return to a steel fork as well.
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Scott bicycles seemed to be attracting a lot of attention. The bikes seemed.. well, "over the top" a bit, but distinctive!
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That's some wild and crazee carbon weave, man!
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Even the mountain bikes had that plaid look carbon!
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Electra is an all-the-way-cruiser company and had many fun variations...
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Big brother/little brother choppers!
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Ridley of Belgium had many variations of their race bred frames on display.
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Lotto Davitamon team bike
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Wow! USA Crank Brothers "Team" pedals for a Belgian based team!
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New model "NOAH" with extended seat tube.
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Speedplay's pedal museum grows and grows! What a fun trip to see some of those passed by designs!
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The famous (?) TANK pedal!
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The Sycip boys (San Fran) had this tasty neo-classic bike utilizing R. Sachs Newvex lugs..
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Fun fun fun retro motor bike!
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Retro is it's name and retro is it's game!
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Thoroughly modern Stronglight cranks...
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A very cool DeSalvo tack bike.. in raw finish, with scorch marks at the welded areas.
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The brass at the dropouts are instructional to understand the joinery at these points...
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The very elegant Ganwell Pro from Japan.
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Look at the craft used in the dropout insertion.
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Bad pic but the decals are holographic...
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Mr. Yoshio Chiba, builder of the Ganwell Pro bicycles, John Dacey of Business Cycles in Miami, and Dale.
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Again, the Gilles Bertrand handlebar bag.
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Euro-Asia custom stems by Nitto.
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Kashimax 5 Gold saddles in many variations.
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Rich colors and very high quality...
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Nagasawa frame bits & pieces...
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Nagasawa dropouts.
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Lovely bottom bracket shell.
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Seat stay "top eyes."
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Nagasawa continues as one of the reigning masters of the artisan crafted steel bicycle.....
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Techtro center pulls aimed at time trial bikes!
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