The main purpose of Interbike’s two-day Dirt Demo at Bootleg Canyon, Nevada is to ride bikes. But with the best will in the world, you can’t ride everything on offer. Here’s a clustering of interesting, but as yet unridden, gear plus a couple of novelty items…
Cannondale had this reverse-steer Daytripper that someone had assembled for a laugh. If you’ve never tried to ride something like this, you’ll be amazed at how hard it is…
Most reverse-steer bikes we’ve seen have been rather unpleasant bodges, but perhaps inevitably Cannondale’s is really quite tidy. Don’t expect to see it in production, though…
Niner only makes 29in wheel bikes – it had a prototype of this FS frame at last year’s show, but now it’s finished. And very tidy it looks too.
Norco is best known for its big’n’burly freeride bikes, but the Fluid is more of the all-mountain persuasion.
Cannondale has two women-specific MTBs in its lineup. This is the Caffeine Féminine hardtail, featuring an 80mm travel HeadShok Super Fatty Ultra DLR fork.
Ritchey’s Breakaway line of “dismantlable” bikes now extends to an MTB with seatstays reminiscent of those on Ritchey’s classic Plexus of days gone by.
Maverick’s Speedball gas-lift telescopic seatpost has been around for a while now, but for 2007 there’s a model operated by a remote lever. The mechanism of the post is the same, but instead of the post-mounted lever…
…there’s this bar-mounted toggle. You can push or pull it in any direction, and weighting the saddle drops the seat. Operate the lever out of the saddle and it pops back up to full height.
There’s quite a number of cyclocross bikes on show. Specialized’s S-Works carbon fibre offering is one of the most eye-catching.
Titus’s El Guapo all-mountain bike introduces a hint of curviness to Titus’s previously somewhat angular style.
This is Surly’s pit/pub/shop bike – an Instigator frame kitted out with a more-or-less random collection of parts and topped off with a spectacular pair of high-rise drop bars.
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