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| 256.1 | | MPGS::DEHAHN | | Wed Apr 08 1987 14:10 | 8 |
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There's one in NYC every spring, although it's for trade only. There
are very little retail sales booths, just for souveniers. On the
last day, you might be able to fanagle some display items out of
the dealers, but in general, there's no retail sales.
CdH
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| 256.2 | try a bike rally | EUCLID::PAULHUS | Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871 | Wed Apr 08 1987 14:20 | 16 |
| "Bike Show"s are normally held this time of year in places like
New York, California, and others by the manufacturers for DEALERS.
If you can get tickets through your friendly bike shop, you can
go to the New York show. Boston doesn't have one. I think some
good deals can be made on display items in the last hours of the
show. I don't think items are normally for sale.
For the average rider, the closest think to a show is the exhibits
at big bike rallies. The one on Long Island is the middle of July.
I'm arranging the exhibits for the New England Area Rally (NEAR)
at Durham, NH (at UNH) at the end of July. There will be major
manufacturers from (possibly) Shimano on down, and a bunch of bike
shops and distributers. Most will have lots of stuff for sale,
but don't expect any huge bargins. It'll be like walking into the
biggest bike shop you've ever been in with lots of people to talk
to, from manufacturer's reps., to dealers, to tour organizers and
bike knick-knack pedalers (posters, sculpture, etc). - Chris
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| 256.3 | "The Big Event" -- don't forget the burgers | JAWS::MHARRIS | Mac | Thu Apr 09 1987 13:55 | 7 |
| Doesn't "The Big Event" qualify as a sort of poor man's bike show
-- even though it's nothing like those events held at the Commonwealth
Pier, Bayside Expo Center, etc.? It's a one-day new-used-buy-sell-
swap-rides-food bash held outdoors every spring in Concord, MA.
Anyone know when/where this year's edition will take place?
Mac.
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| 256.4 | THE BIG EVENT | JETSAM::HANAUER | Mike...Bicycle~to~Ice~Cream | Thu Apr 09 1987 14:30 | 11 |
| I was the chairperson for last years Big Event. It is held every
two years, alternating with NEAR.
Thus, the next Big Event should be in April 1988, if the precendent
holds true.
The Big Event has rides, food, festivity, and is a forum for
cyclists to sell/buy their "surplus" sporting equipment. Thus, it is
mostly used (like new?) stuff there.
~Mike
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| 256.5 | when, where ? | EUCLID::PAULHUS | Chris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871 | Fri Apr 10 1987 14:19 | 1 |
| re. .3 Please give info on Boston shows with bike stuff in them!
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| 256.6 | Maybe the dealers/mfr'rs could organize one... | JAWS::MHARRIS | Mac | Fri Apr 10 1987 16:07 | 9 |
| Re .5:
Sorry -- I didn't mean to imply that there are bike shows in Boston
-- I was just trying to contrast the kind of "show" represented
by The Big Event with the extravaganzas one encounters at the Bayside
Center, etc. -- N.E. Auto Show, boat shows, home shows.....you know,
$$$$$$$$$$.
Mac.
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