Kind Shock - Interbike 2009
i950-R
Kind Shock had a small booth hidden over by the electric bikes. They had some of the rear shocks and adjustable seatposts on display. I played around with their i Series (i950 & i900) of adjustable seatposts, and I was very intrigued with their engineering, workmanship and functionality of the units . They come in either a remote or on top of the seatpost (under the saddle) lever actuated versions. Rick of Kind Shock gave me a really in depth walkthrough of the units, and I was very impressed. They also had a seatpost and saddle on a platform, so you could try the units out. I really liked that it was infinitely adjustable, so you could stop it wherever you liked in its travel length.
Sizes: 30.9mm & 31.6mm
Lengths: 300mm & 400mm
Travel: 75mm for 300mm & 125mm for 400mm
Rotor Bike Components - Interbike 2009
At the Demo Days Rotor had a small booth displaying their very trick product suite. Rotor is a Spanish company that specializes in cranksets and lightweight components for mountain and road bikes. They are best known for their elliptical chainrings.
I was very intrigued by their new 3D cranks, which are very lightweight and use some very innovative methods to tweak out as much material as possible. There is a lot of CNC work done to the cranks to take out all that material. The crank arm core is even drilled out for weight savings!
The S2 stem was very lightweight, and again had a lot of trick CNC work. All in all, the Rotor products show a lot of precise work, and are highly engineered and very innovative products.
