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Brand: REDLINE (Seattle Bike Supply)
Booth number: #4113
Size dedicated to BMX: About 75% of our 40x40 booth.

How many BMX bikes did you have at the show: 80 bikes total (not counting Torker Unicycles) .. which about half were BMX-related (Redline). MacNeil was given a corner of our booth, which was obviously BMX oriented. 

Brand: SE BMX
Booth number: 3780
Size dedicated to BMX: Most all of it. Our booth is 20' x 20'.

How many BMX bikes did you have at the show: 13 were BMX bikes & 4 were not. Plus we had 2 BMXframes on display and BMX P&A.

How many BMX workers did you have at the booth: I was there 100% of the time and then I had sales reps who would come and go. Typically there were 2 people there, but sometimes more and sometimes less. The last day of the show is always slow. But the first two days were boomin'.

Did you have any autograph signings going on this year: Heck yeah! We printed up a few thousand autograph cards and we had the following guys signing during the whole show:

Brand: SNAFU BMX
Booth number: -
Size dedicated to BMX: -

You have a different approach to each year's interbike, what was your way of attack in 2006: Making parts in assorted colors and updating the entire SNAFU line. We currently have 43 items that we are either being updating or created new for 2007. Plus we are going to surround ourselves with pretty girls as much as possible. Bingo Bango! 

Brand: Felt Bicycles
Booth number: 626
Size dedicated to BMX: 50 x 60 total booth

How many BMX bikes did you have at the show: 20 complete bikes

How many BMX workers did you have at the booth: Of course I was in the BMX area the entire time but each sales rep would also walk each dealer through the line. I did my fair share of talking but would basically just hangout and wait for specific detail questions form the reps or dealers. So we had about 20 or so workers doing the entire line and me being 100% BMX.

Brand: GT Bicycles
Booth number: 3049
Size dedicated to BMX: approx 500 sq ft

How many BMX bikes did you have at the show: 12

How many BMX workers did you have at the booth: 2 

 Oct. 4, 2006 — MADISON, Wis. — Pacific Cycle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Hornung will leave the company he founded at the end of this year. Hornung’s departure is in accordance with the agreement concluded when Dorel Industries Inc. acquired Pacific Cycle in early 2004. Jeff Frehner, part of the Pacific Cycle management team inherited by Dorel, has been President and COO since April 2005. 

We want lighter frames, we want stronger parts and we want cheaper bikes. This doesn't always go hand in hand. We checked in with Mirraco's "Product guy" Jean-Luc Ferre who gives us an insight on triple butting, tubing thickness, heat treating and that sort of stuff.

Weight is a big factor for BMX bikes these days. What can be done to a frame to save weight?
Jean Luc: Obviously, reducing the thickness and diameter of the tubing plays a big role. There is a limit, though, in how far we can go for both. Using single, double or triple-butted tubing is another mean of reducing weight by optimizing tube thickness where needed. Other ways of reducing weight:
- Designing smaller and thinner dropouts (5 or 4mm thick), heat-treatment is required in that case,
- Using smaller BB shells and bearings (Euro is most likely the lightest type),
- Reducing the thickness of the head tube (same, heat-treatment is required in that case). 

Yo homies what Up? I just signed 4 another year @ ESPN Radio, tha show has changed It's name 2 "EXPN ACTION SPORTS RADIO", I do a daily show on 82 FM stations around tha US0fA consistin' of 1 minute interviews PLUS an hour long show on tha ESPN Podcast Center with all types of athletes & N this show I'm doin' a lot on tha lifestyle outside of contests, from musicians/riders/skaters/actors/tattoos/ punx rock/hip hip/rock-n-roll, etc..........with X-Games riders & industry heads..........there Is no rules or limits so I want 2 make It dope-ass. I would like 2 interview my Team Managers as well If Ur down.......PLUS I wanted 2 C If any Of U would HELP ME with their athletes/artists/musicians/etc...thay would like 2 have on tha show. 

September 2006  Kent, WA: SEATTLE BIKE SUPPLY and AXO SPORT have just teamed up, with SBS signing-on as the exclusive U.S. distributor for all AXO cycling products. Starting in time for the holiday season, SBS will begin providing IBD’s with some of the finest, best-fitting cycling gear in the business. From jerseys to shoes, pants to gloves, dealers will have four satellite warehouses to receive product from quickly. “Our mission is to develop and manufacture the industry’s finest apparel, footwear and accessories for both motorsport and cycling, and for every skill level of riding -- from beginner to champion,” AXO CFO Nicola Serragiotto said. “AXO products have long been distinguished for design, innovation and distinctiveness amongst our competitors. And Seattle Bike Supply comes to us with a distinguished reputation in the bike business,” said Alessandra Zago, president of AXO. ”We are thrilled to have AXO added to our product offering,” commented SBS president Chuck Hooper. “AXO knows how to make great product and I can humbly state that we do a nice job of selling-to and servicing dealers; so this partnership is ideal. Many of our salesreps and employees have given testament to the quality and great fit of AXO clothing.”

_{September 2006 Seattle, WA -}  Seattle Bike Supply Inc.(SBS), an Accell Group company (Accell Group N.V.) and owners of Redline Bicycles, and Ten Pack Distribution (sister company to MacNeil Bikes Inc.) are proud to announce a two-part distribution deal designed to grow brand awareness and revenues for both Redline and MacNeil within the Canadian and US markets respectively. This synergistic deal brings together SBS and Ten Pack, two of the most respected distribution companies within the North American bicycle market.