unfortunately the glass is half empty
We decided that since we were hydrated again we would walk a touch more and check out our hotel a little and right when we sat down in the lobby of the hotel Rody called and said that everyone was heading toward Maxine's and would meet us there. As we headed out the door I asked the valet where Maxine's was and he decided to drive us there instead. Upon arrival we found that Maxine's closed at 9 and it was 9:01 and the place was empty as could be. A quick call to Rody and we decided to go back to Rock Bottom and eat there. Showing up we ended up eating with Carl and gang from Vicious Cycles, Drew from Engin, Bill and Aaron Grove and others that I cannot remember. After trying out a couple more Rock Bottom made brews(all were good) Rody asked us where we parked and we told him we would just walk back with him to his car at the Convention Center and show him. Hopping in his Element was easier said than done with all tons of cardboard, bubble wrap and who knows what else we squeezed in, Darrell hanging half out the rear holding the hatch and headed to the cheapest parking deck we had found on our earlier walks. Pretty much called it a night to make sure we could get up for the first big day of the show.
The show stared at 11A.M. to the public but fortunately Sean, Darrell and I were able to get in at 9 since we are "industry". I wanted to walk through super quick to get a good glance before heading back to snap some pictures and talk which also was easier said.... We had to stop at the Engin booth to ooogle over a bike that was probably Seans favorite
Next door was Dirt Rag and Maurice was behind the booth so I went over to say hey and we ended up talking with him and then wondered over to the Naked booth with him to see their amazing bikes
and
When then went back to our "hurry through" and ended up talking to Peter at Cane Creek for a while. Jeremy SyCip was at his booth so we talked to him for quite a while as well then Rody at his booth
I was asked about my FFB shirt by quite a few builders so it was great to know that the museum is very popular and got lots of great complements.
One builder was Chris Igleheart who was a very nice guy and was showing off this bike with the new Chris King Inset that seemed to be everywhere
Chris also had the only Sturmey Archer 3 speed fixed gear hub
There was lots to see and I hung around pretty much all day talking to lots of builders about the bikes or about the shop since I got lots of questions about how we are able to do FFB, MOMBAT and Mountain Goat all together and not go insane.
notables from the day
I really like this bike from Curtis at Inglis/Retrotec, thats me in the background talking to Jeremy SyCip, Sean took the pic
Jeremy's dads bike with Philippine flag panel
All of Rody's bikes were a hit and his paint is amazing, including this bomber bike
at the end of the day we ended up talking to Alexis from Villin about his bikes which are very well built.
The show ended and Rody, Bill, Aaron, Sean, Darrell and I all decided to hoof it to Maxine's again and on the way passed a group of Miss Indiana girls and Darrell decided to ask a group of six to go with us to Chicken and Waffles his treat and would you believe that they turned him down? not only that but they laughed at him...and so did we, that when Darrell decided that he was tired of searching for a 10 and that his new mission is for five 2's!
Maxine's is more than amazing and I will leave it just to a picture of my oh so good picture of my Chicken and Waffles w/ peach marmalade butter
I cannot remember what night it was but we did have a Dubwatch sighting and on this edition we have the rare three dub night (yes only 3 dubs)
Day 2 of the show went on pretty much the same as day 1 but we did take a break to go try the last few brews at the Rock Bottom that we had not had before.
some sights were the torn down RCA dome
War monument in the middle of the roundabout
and Capital building
A few more pics from the show
Rich Adams bike with real bunny on the front rack
Eriksen Uni
very nicely made Signal
Thats pretty much the down and dirty, we left Sunday morning and just beat the worst of the snow to make it back before things got too bad. Probably could have beat it all if Darrell's GPS had not taken us through BFE Ohio which led to Sean getting a ticket and costing us time!
All of mine and Sean's pictures are on my Photobucket
Great trip, thanks to Sean and Darrell for going and Rody for hosting us and being cooler than cool, I wish I had taken pics of our dinner at PF Changs which was about the funniest thing of the trip...oh well.
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