A visit to Eurobike 2013 : Demoday

When I came to visit Eurobike for the first time in 2010, I immediately had a crush on this bike show at the Bodensee in Friedrichshafen. They say it’s the biggest in the world, I believe them, but cannot compare. Other big bike shows are Interbike in Las Vegas and Taipe Cycle in Taipei, Taiwan. Maybe one day I’ll go there and find out myself.  In the mean time I get myself satisfied with what there is at hand here in Germany and believe me, that is a lot. It is not only about the fair, it’s the nice region and the proximaty of the Bodensee, what makes it worth to visit Eurobike. You could come over for the fair and spent the weekend making a tour around the lake.

The expo takes place every year during the last week of August and starts on Wednesday. On Tuesday there is a demoday in Argenbuehl.

A day to ride as many bikes as you like: roadbikes, MTB, e-bikes, all brands, all sizes all prize categories… There are different test loops, a few kilometers each, adapted to all level of riders and bikes: technical, hilly, downhill, enduro…
I rode a Specialized Rumor, the new ladies all mountain bike. The next one was an Open: an ultralight carbon hardtail and a Colnago road bike with hydraulic disk brakes and electronic shifting.

Spread the Rumor

The Rumor pleased me as I expected and if I would buy a bike just for fun, I’d take the Rumor in mind.

Although I would never buy such a high-end road bike it was a thrill to ride it. 

Colnago

The Open is without any doubt a race machine, which is on top of my wish list. 

Open

To end the day in beauty I made my first ride on a tandem ( Stevens ) together with my husband. We succeeded in our mission to finish the loop without struggling or fighting, but I am happy we both shared the same opinion at the end: we will never ever ride a tandem again. I was in the back and I managed not to yell or scream but being on a bike and not being in control is far from my natural behavior.

Tandem Stevens

The weather was nice until four in the afternoon, so when it started to rain at that time, we decided to call it a day and ride the fifty kilometers to Friedrichshaffen. We found a good spot on the camper area at five hundred meters from the entrance and got installed for a two days visit in bike wonderland.

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