Interbike

The Sunday after the race, Jordan and I ventured over to the Oregon coast to check out Cannon Beach. Really, really cool. We enjoyed the stereotypical weather of the Northwest and strolled along the beach watching the fog wrap around the massive rocks jutting from the waves. A most excellent way to kick off the off-season.

7:30 Monday morning we were on a plane heading back to Denver. After a brief sojourn we were once again on the road, this time in a Dodge Caravan heading to Vegas. Talk about living the dream...

Rolling into the City that Never Sleeps (or is that NY? I always forget..) around 4pm on Tuesday we went straight to The Sands to set up our booth. With the help of Jordan's coach, Sean, and some teamsters, we got everything in place in no time at all. We checked into our quarters in the ever classy Hooters Hotel and Casino, which at $37/night I have to say is an amazing deal. Whoa whoa whoa...before you judge me, let me first say that I, too, was like you. A bit leary of the whole thing would be an understatement. I thought I would be the only girl there. I've never even eaten at a Hooters and now I was committing to spend four nights in one. In Las Vegas. However, it was nearly the exact opposite. The female to male guest ratio was probably 5:4. And I don't mean butch "girls" that I would be scared to ride in an elevator with. Totally normal people just wanting a laid-back experience. It was a lot of fun. And the wings are amazing. I also recommend the Hooters Ale. But I digress...

Walking in to the convention center Wednesday morning was terrifying. The first display I saw was SRAM. I wanted to crawl into a corner and pretend we hadn't even attempted this. Obviously, we soldiered on, and I am more than pleased with how our booth turned out. We had our tactics to draw people in. First, there were cookies, but that lead to excess freeloading, so we switched to Halloween candy and ate the cookies ourselves. We sold our free product as best as we could, and I had some great reception.

The highlight of the show by far was the Sinclair Imports VIP party on Wednesday night (a top-notch team effort as Jordan and Cyrus snagged the tickets and I got us to the front of the line once there). It was on the roof of the Rio, and while I find Vegas to be a hideous city, it looked beautiful from up there. And at $12/drink, that's not the booze talking. We chatted it up behind the velvet ropes with the CEOs of Lazer Helmets and Ridley bikes. Sehr cool. Hopefully some pictures of that night will surface eventually, but for now all I have is pics of our booth. Enjoy!