Attendees of the East Coast's premier bike event can now register at www.interbikefestival.com

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. - Sept. 9, 2009 - Interbike announced today that online registration for the 2009 Interbike and Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival is now open at www.interbikefestival.com. The Interbike Festival will be held Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., and will be held in conjunction with the Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.

The first annual Interbike Festival will gather bike enthusiasts from around the eastern United States in Roger Williams Park to see and demo soon-to-be-released bikes and accessories from brands such as Giant, Haro, Rocky Mountain, Scott USA and SRAM to name a few.

Attendees will benefit from the Roger Williams Park's road, commuter, mountain and cyclo-cross bike testing areas including one road loop and two scenic off-road trails.

In addition to demoing products and participating in children and family-friendly activities amidst food and lively music, Interbike Festival attendees will have the chance to race in or watch the Providence Cyclo-cross Festival, a USA Cycling-sanctioned professional and amateur cyclo-cross race event. Part of the prestigious Verge New England Championship Series, both races will take place on the same course used for the 2005 and 2006 U.S. National Championships.

The 2009 Interbike and Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival is sponsored by Interbike, Yakima, Mavic, Earth Wind & Rider, California Giant Berry Farms, Specialized Bicycles, Kenda, Verge Sport, BJ's Wholesale Club, Harpoon Brewery, Mountain Bike Magazine, and Wheelworks Bicycle Stores and Cycling Centers.

Festival admission is $10. For more information about the Interbike Festival and Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival race information, please visit www.interbikefestival.com



About Interbike
Interbike (a business unit of Nielsen Business Media, the parent company of the Outdoor Retailer (OR), Action Sports Retailer (ASR), Health+Fitness Business, and Fly Fishing Retailer trade shows) is a full-service trade show company that creates, markets and produces high-quality expos and educational conferences. Producers of the OutDoor Demo and Interbike International Bicycle Expo, Interbike is the leading bicycle industry business-to-business event management company, bringing together top manufacturers, retailers, industry advocates and media to conduct the business of cycling. Now celebrating more than 25 years of successful events, Interbike (www.interbike.com) gathers more than 1,100 cycling-related brands and close to 23,000 total attendees annually.

The 2009 Interbike trade-only events begin with OutDoor Demo (September 21-22, 2009 in Boulder City), followed by the Interbike Expo, September 23-25 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, and OutDoor Demo East, October 8-9 at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.

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source: Maura Lansford, SOAR Communications for Interbike