On the left is an original Woodman headset on a Mag 21 steerer tube, the original display sample from when the company started 15 years ago. Originally based in France, owner Phillip moved the company to Taiwan where nearly all of the headset fabrication is done in-house. He says it's not the easiest way to do things but has always lived by the quote, 'God is in the details.' Woodman make many products including seatposts, hubs and quick releases.
A Woodman bearing has nearly twice as many balls as a normal headset bearing. They won't spin as fast as a normal bearing, but this doesn't matter as headsets rarely even reach 1 RPM. The important thing is that it doubles the internal surface area, which greatly extends bearing life. The bottom bearing sits on top of a needle roller bearing to help dissipate forces though the headset. (Top left) Phillip was suffering from a broken foot from a recent Ultra-Marathon. This cast was pretty hi-tech featuring a vacuum pump increase compression on the foot to alleviate swelling and a removable outdoor sole to avoid getting your carpet dirty when at home. BB30 bottom brackets are in the pipeline and should be arriving next year.
This thing looked really good from afar, but was actually far from good. Seeing the full bike shot in the catalogue was jaw dropping.
Xpedo are still churning out quality pedals at good prices. The silver Jek is 6061 alloy and weighs 380g and comes in 5 colours including an pretty cool 'oil slick'. The white SPRY has a magnesium body, weighs 260g and is also available in five colours. Its $79 retail price makes it one of the least expensive magnesium pedals on the market.
Being my first time at Interbike, and struggling with jet lag and sleep deprivation, I got lost and ended up in the forbidden part of the show behind registration where nobody ventures. I did find this flat pedal, though, that has 8 degrees of rotational float. It seemed strange at first, but if clipless pedals float to help look after your knees then why wouldn't you want the same on flats? The Korean company is called 'Road Not Taken' which I'm guessing has suffered in translation.
The Full Flex helmet from Bell is new for 2015. Full ear protection means you get to look like Aitken or Kris Fox. It has 10 vents and weighs 340g. Available in black and white for $100.
I thought Endurance Conspiracy might have been an Anti-Enduro faction; turns out they just make cool t-shirts.
Wolf Tooth had loads of stuff on offer, the CNC'd caps are a much nicer way to cover up you S-type derailleur mount rather than using duct tape; there are 4 different styles at $15.95. They have also added a 16t cog to the range to complement the 40t cassette upgrade.
The Snowflake chainring is for fat bikes, red or black ano and $89. Wolftooth had these smooth knobs to replace the lever type adjuster on Fox Float shocks for people accidentally adjusting their knobs when taking water bottles in and out.
The OGIO Rig 9800 is the ultimate gear carrier, and has a new 'Toucan' colourway for 2015. OGIO possibly win the prize for the best acronym of the show, SLED stands for Structural Load Equalizing Deck. The SLED is the hard base of the bag, which OGIO say is the most stable on the market. The wide mouth LID opening provides easy access to all compartments in the 120L monster. Loads of different colours and keep an eye out for limited editions that pop up regularly. $249.
K-Edge started when Eric Jensen made a chain catcher for Kristen Armstrong's gold medal winning bike at the Beijing Olympics. The Idaho based company grew from there and now support Team Sky. All products are designed and manufactured products in house. The stand-out pieces were the Garmin top cap for $24.99 and handlebar Go-Pro mount at $29.99. Available in Blue, Red, Grey and Black
These crazy girls from World Jerseys kept making fun of my accent, but I forgave them in the end. Only available stateside like most American World Championships. I particularly liked 'America the Beautiful' and the 'Atom Bomb.'
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Remove caption from carbon frame, replace underneath blonde.
Europe: 1 - America: 0
or is that tto masculine Mr. WAKIdesigns?
Not a problem if you're using it on a drop handlebar... I guess it's for the roadies and I was foolish for using it on a mtb.
GOOD job enplaning that one?
And if it is a great sport/product/achievement, aren't you just selling yourself short by desperately over selling with the whole 'but LOOK! We have GIRLS!'? That's f*ckin' weird. And desperate.
New marketing for 2025 (and I'll give this one to you for free!): stop trying to please and pull in the sexual Neanderthals. If you're a good enough company providing a good enough product, you won't need the booth babes. Besides -- the guys who get yanked into a booth by a cute girl instead of a product probably aren't the 'spendy type' or the really successful type that'll place a multi-shop order. They're the peepers and lookers of the show (and the world and the sport), and as soon as someone else has hotter booth/sport/trophy/drink babes, they'll go hang out there.
Quality over quantity, dummies.