NAHBS - Day 2

After a cold walk over to and back from a cool restaurant (Barcelona tapas) about 6 blocks from the Hyatt Regency last night, we took a ride up the elevator to the 20th floor to The Eagle's Nest, the hotel's rotating restaurant high above downtown Indianapolis for a late night dessert and drink. 

We got up, had a quick breakfast and, after attending the first seminar on our list for today, Drew Guldalian (Engin Cycles') Full Service Bicycle Shops, met up with our new clients from Carmel, Indiana to take measurements and flesh out the last details for their new Calfee tandem.  The seminar was very interesting; Drew explained how he came to the somewhat unique model of combining a full service bike shop with an in-house custom builder.  Gives us pause...

The crowds were HUGE today ensuring that Don Walker, the show's producer and founder will be heartened and willing to once again produce this important show in 2010. 

Included in those crowds were quite a few of our clients from Ohio.  It's so cool that so many drove the 5+ hours to see this show.

We stayed to hear Ben Serotta talk about his journey through the bike business over the past 36 years.  He's one of the lions of our industry and has a lot of creative credits to his time and work in the industry, including many winning frames! 

Then we decided to get on the road and get home.  It was a good choice getting us in by 10pm and giving us a chance for a good night's sleep before diving back into Hubbub tomorrow.

I tried all day to get on line with any of the "free" WiFi connections at the convention center ... haha, no such luck; so, I finally got my photos uploaded today.  I made no comments, but suffice it to say, each has its own story.  The last one, of the venerable Richard Sachs is especially for our friend Joni! Enjoy!