National cycling show

ugo.santalucia
ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
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It’s on at the NEC, tickets are cheaper than parking, but looking through the exhibitors… basically only Merida and Specialized among the bike manufacturers (plus maybe a few less famous)… is that the state of the business?

No Trek, no Cannondale, no Bianchi, not even the UK based ones.

left the forum March 2023

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  • oxoman
    oxoman Posts: 495

    Went 2022 and was very disappointed tbh. Loads of fitness related stuff rather than bikes or bike related stuff. Just a few bespoke cargo type bikes. I went expecting all the big boys but never mind. Some good skills demo stuff though.

    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325

    almost boycotted by UK business… Ribble, Boardman, Genesis, Orro, Hope… you name it

    left the forum March 2023
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610

    I think it is just the way all these types of show have gone. The pitches are way too expensive for the independent retailers, whatever they sell. Parking is expensive. Food is crap. People go once and say never again.

    They're a long way from the buzz that surrounded the Ski Shows in the late 80s and early 90s for example.

    Once of theNEC cycle shows had a good standard crit race on the Saturday evening about 12 years ago.

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