Day 2 brings more cool toys, swass and a long day for those that played too hard the night before.

Morning came really early for a lot of people today-thank goodness most of these places have oxygen pumped into them to keep everyone feeling great in no time. NWD6 was great last night, but today is all business and it's time to bring you some more great pics and information on 2006 products.Eric at Foes was bright eyed and gave us the run down on a heavily modified line up. The biggest thing going on at Foes has got to be their new 2:1 ratio bikes.


New 2:1 DHS Mono
-Lighter spring rate is needed
-Floating brake caliper and Chain guide included


Revamped 4X Bike
-full length seat tube
-Curnutt XTD shock
-adjustable H/T angle


Predator Hard Tail with Monocoque T/T

Off to Dakine to meet with the fine folks there and see what's up for '06. Lots of new colors was the flavor of the day at Dakine.



The new jerseys were looking good too.


The new 4X gear bag is super versatile for both winter and summer sports.

The Crank Brothers booth had some new color ways for 2006 too. The introduction of a flat pedal has also been widely received by the shops.

-the 50/50 XX is the the hgiher end of two flat pedal offerings. It has replaceable sections that can be color co-ordinated for style or replaced when too beat up. The XX is also fully serviceable and has a grease port to keep both bearings spinning well.
-the 50/50 X will still have replaceable ends, but you won't receive any extras at the counter.

The new Mallet colors and an all new Premium cleat designed with input from Andrew Neethling. The new cleat has 2.2 mm of L to R movement.

The Candy comes in a variety of cool colors.

After that meeting it was time to wonder around for a few minutes before heading to Mountain Cycle to meet with Rob Lindberg.

New Ibis Mojo carbon bike.

A couple of Electra Cruisers.

The folks at Chrome Bags were in the house with their courrier bags for all to pick up.

Rotec had their new FR frame and the RL9 on hand.

Canfield Bros F1 is always great to see.

Mountain Cycle has been under going a lot of refinements on the frame side of things these days and they are also really into developing completely new rides.


The new prototype slopestyle frame was sick. Sub 16" chain stays in a 4" Full Suspension make this bike super maneuverable. 1.5" Head tube to accomodate a variety of fork options. The Whole BB area is machined for strength and great looks.


The new 9.5 SL is said to be hovering around the 9 pound mark with a rear Fox DHX 5.0 Air shock in it. This is the slimmed down version of the flagship 9.5.


The Rumble now features replaceable drop outs so that you can re-configure how you want to set up your bike.

Another prototype, but in the XC format. This 5" travel, 5 lbs frame is in the working model stages. It needs a name-any ideas?

It's that time of season and the Stumphouse from Mountain Cycle is a bad ass looking Cyclo Cross machine.


Well today was plenty busy, but friday will be off the hook too. Enjoy and I'll have more toys tomorrow.