Luke Dunstan Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Does the bike show still happen? Used to be annual at the NEC in Birmingham. Last time i went was 2006 but can't seem to find out if it still happens or not. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0LT0N Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Does the bike show still happen? Used to be annual at the NEC in Birmingham. Last time i went was 2006 but can't seem to find out if it still happens or not. Cheers. +1 i used to go to this to, i loved it and went at around 2006, i asked my dad last week and he seems to think they still do it as i keep nagging for him to take us this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Manning Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I do't think it does go on anymore. The only thing is the cycle show at earls court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 (edited) I do't think it does go on anymore. The only thing is the cycle show at earls court. Stupid Earl's Court... We used to go to the car show at the NEC when I was a kid, it was awesome. We went twice I think, one time they had this concept AA car with a built in car tow rack, and one time they had that weird slug car that had a mystery 'slug drive' that wasn't wheels. You'd go and come back loaded with brochures and bags chock full of pens and those weird fluffy things with feet, eyes and a ribbon. Anyway they moved that to Earl's Court which is far too far away from Keighley where I used to live then. It's got to be some massive building if it can compete with the NEC... Edited July 15, 2010 by Revolver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Last time I went was Bike '99, got my Mint Sauce T signed by loads of riders that were there as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Anyway they moved that to Earl's Court which is far too far away from Keighley where I used to live then. It's got to be some massive building if it can compete with the NEC... It really isn't. It's a shocking venue. Cycle Show is a shocking show. It's just there because it's London, which doesn't even make sense for people from the UK. Birmingham made perfect sense, but they've tried to appeal to an international market and London sounds better on marketing bumpf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 It really isn't. It's a shocking venue. Cycle Show is a shocking show. It's just there because it's London, which doesn't even make sense for people from the UK. Birmingham made perfect sense, but they've tried to appeal to an international market and London sounds better on marketing bumpf. I thought as much. I wikipedia'd NEC, it's the biggest exhibition place in the UK... it's big, so more people can have more stands... more people can get in there to see it, it's in the middle of the country so it's technically more accessible. Apparently all that doesn't matter. Cocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I thought as much. I wikipedia'd NEC, it's the biggest exhibition place in the UK... it's big, so more people can have more stands... more people can get in there to see it, it's in the middle of the country so it's technically more accessible. Apparently all that doesn't matter. Cocks. Not forgetting the stand spaces cost about 1/2 as much per square metre. People I deal with day in and day out absolutely hate the Cycle Show but have to go because it's the only real consumer show for bikes we have now. It's cheaper for some to go all the way over to Germany and exhibit at Eurobike than pay London Tax - and that's pretty much the biggest show in the in the entire cycling business now, second only slightly to Interbike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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