Here’s a little non-tech respite before we get back to the full-on tech-fest of Interbike. It’s time to look at some socks, shoes and locks… All presented a little differently.
Keen - still the only (current) SPD sandals to have.
That looks like an 'SPD leisure' shoe to us
Keen's SPD shoe. Rubber bumpertastic
The Knog booth had several clever dioramas. Here's 2001 played out with its new shackle lock.
Zombie gravestone padlocks
And an Alien chestburster with Knog light for a fanged mouth.
Returning to normal, oh, maybe not... here's a Pirate of the Sock Guy.
Just one corner of the huge gathering of the bicycle world at Interbike
Another sock-monkey from Sock Guy. They don't make them, but patterns are available if you want to get your great-aunt Doris to make you one out of some old socks.
Sock Guy makes something like 350 stock sock designs, plus custom ones (like our very own Singletrack socks)
With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)
15 thoughts on “Interbike 2010: Sock Guy sock monkeys, Knog and Keen”
Knog lights would be better if they concentrated on making the darn things waterproof instead of fancy displays at trade shows! Got another rear light to return today. Bah!
completely agree with sanny – knog lights are a great idea poorly executed. make the buggers waterproof and you’ve got a great light. if it’s not waterproof i’ll plump for the less appealing (but functional) cateye.
I’ve found the Knogs to be more waterproof than rear Cateyes.
It’s dark. No-one can see what they look like anyway.
Tall socks? That’ll be a half-hose, sir.
Is that someone hanging their c**k in the knog booth?
I don’t think so, but I didn’t shoot the X-rated exhibit at the Knog booth which showed Barbie, er ‘doing’ Ken…
[i]Keen – still the only (current) SPD sandals to have.[/i]
The Shimano ones don’t count?
For some reason I’m strangly drawn to the lightning bolt motiff socks……………
Anybody selling the Keen cycling stuff in this country?
Non-tech tech-fest?
Is this the Gadget Show?
i want long argyle cycling specific socks please
How did people ever manage without singlespeed specific socks, eh?
Sarahlooney.com for the ‘Barbie doing Ken’ display from Knog…
love the 2001 display
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Knog lights would be better if they concentrated on making the darn things waterproof instead of fancy displays at trade shows! Got another rear light to return today. Bah!
completely agree with sanny – knog lights are a great idea poorly executed. make the buggers waterproof and you’ve got a great light. if it’s not waterproof i’ll plump for the less appealing (but functional) cateye.
I’ve found the Knogs to be more waterproof than rear Cateyes.
It’s dark. No-one can see what they look like anyway.
Tall socks? That’ll be a half-hose, sir.
Is that someone hanging their c**k in the knog booth?
I don’t think so, but I didn’t shoot the X-rated exhibit at the Knog booth which showed Barbie, er ‘doing’ Ken…
[i]Keen – still the only (current) SPD sandals to have.[/i]
The Shimano ones don’t count?
For some reason I’m strangly drawn to the lightning bolt motiff socks……………
Anybody selling the Keen cycling stuff in this country?
Non-tech tech-fest?
Is this the Gadget Show?
i want long argyle cycling specific socks please
How did people ever manage without singlespeed specific socks, eh?
Sarahlooney.com for the ‘Barbie doing Ken’ display from Knog…
love the 2001 display