Cycle Show 2010

I want to say a massive thanks to everyone that helped.

I really hate singling people out because I'll inevitably miss people, however... thanks to everyone who helped on the stand with special mentions for eggpie, David and Richard who all helped on multiple days, for long hours, without complaint (actually that goes for everyone) and who were cheerfully chatting to even the most dull of passerby (there were a few strange people that came by).

Thanks too to all those whose bikes were on display. Murtle was a little bit over-protective of his, but his reward was this:

Other photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buro9/

Thanks also to Bicycle Images who took my vaguely described "logo made of photos" with the later complexity of "with a background image" and surpassed expectations by delivering the photowall.

Thanks to JM for all of the Polo support.

Thanks to everyone who took it upon themselves to try and sell LCEF caps, Belk Bags, Levrier Bags, and to everyone for the work in promoting the Save Herne Hill campaign.

No thanks to the dumb thieves who swiped the Pitlock (sans-key... making the whole thing useless). Nor to whomever it was that managed to do away with the JOL straps (hah! he's got a new design in the works).

I honestly think the whole thing was a great success. The simple message of "We're bigger and more awesome than you can imagine" really got across.

Biggest winners (in order of who probably benefited the most):

• Polo
  
• Cycle Safety/Training
  
• Bicycle Images
  
• Levrier and Belk
  
• Anyone who had caps on display (LCEF, Rollapaluza, LFGSS)
  
  

Which pretty well reflects the volunteers and their efforts to promote the stuff they care about, it turns out everyone loves polo!

Best of the show:
http://www.torm.cc/ for their reasonably priced sportwool jerseys.
http://www.atomic22.co.uk/ for their new security product that looks to offer a more complete solution than Pitlock. Due early 2011, they're going to provide me with some early samples for some lucky person to test and provide feedback on.
http://www.genisysconsulting.co.uk/royce-uk/ (Royce) for their new track cranks (early prototypes, they're interested in speaking to track riders for feedback).
http://www.demonframeworks.com/ for yet another incredible show bike (this time inspired by the Greek God Hermes).

Again, thanks to everyone involved... very appreciated. I even feel that we can class it as a success, hopefully we'll see it translate into support for polo and other stuff in the future.