At Interbike 2009, one thing definite that I noticed was the abundance of carbon frames. As I walked the convention, speaking to different manufacturers (big or small companies) it seemed that they all had at least one carbon frame – road or mountain. The monocoque frames were just beautiful to look at!
Below are just some of the bikes we saw the last three days:
KHS XCT Carbon, w/tapered headtube
SASO MB1
LOOK
LaPierre ProRace 900
Rocky Mtn/Maxxis Team Edition
CarboTec
Morpheus Oracle-4X
Titus
Ellsworth Enlightenment
BOO Bamboo Bicycles, carbon-bamboo
Ellsworth…
In addition to the frames, there were ample of carbon components to compliment them. Below are just a few that caught my eye.
RaceFace Carbon Next cranks
Carbon Wheelset from Sun Ringle
Just how popular is this adding of bamboo to bikes? Seen it in several places, is it the newest trend?
Bamboo is for pandas