It was a success if there ever was one. People were all interested in the bikes that we had for display there. Plus, I got to met two legends of the bike world. In the picture above, here I am with Mr Gary Fisher, one of the pioneers of the mountain-bike scene. A really affable and down-to-earth guy who put me totally at ease. And later on in the day, who else other than Tinker Juarez came to our humble booth to say hi.
Tinker is being flanked by myself and Steve Bray, the dealer for Cannondale in Singapore. He is such a cool guy and just as down-to-earth as Gary Fisher. One of my friends brought his old BMX Action magazine for him to sign and he did with no problems at all. Some people were dumbfounded to know that Tinker was the King of the Skateparks back in the day. The magazine article in BMXA proved it all. Let us just say that the riders there got some new respect for Tinker after that. To us BMXers, he is a walking legend. He is and will forever be known by us as being the BMXer who showed the MTBiking world that the roots he had in BMX made him what he is today
Our booth was festooned with many old-school BMX bikes, the highlight was the Kuwahara E.T. People kept coming up to us, asking if the bikes were for sale. We had to turn each and every one of them down. These are collectibles, lovingly restored by their owners. People who came through our booth to ogle at the BMX bikes got a history of our beloved sport by many of the old-schoolers who donated their bikes for the display. I had a great time and so did the rest. More pictures will be coming up.
We hope to see you again next year at BikeAsia 2010
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