Sorry for the false 'send'. lets continue: What I heard from exhibitors:
The attendees were great leads/contacts/interested buyers/buyers. High q uality customers, not just gawkers. The facility was great, with the virtually attached hotels, and Indy was a fun city with more going on that presumed. The community support was obvious, with a large number of volunteers and me dia support.
I do hope to hear from others that were there to report more on the bikes a nd vendors, and more will be written on other details and award winners, bu t for now, thanks to all who supported the show here in the chilly midwest. By the way, we ran a 'pedal n park' facility at the convention center, and while I do not yet have final numbers, we parked in somewhere around 30 0+ bikes for folks that rode to the show. A small number compared to the warmer climes the show has previously visited, but great for here when the temps were not out of the high 20s!
More later.
Ron Gurth
Indianapolis, IN
From: Ron Gurth <rononice@yahoo.com> Subject: NAHBS Report To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 3:06 PM
Well, this show was certainly, in my eyes, a sucess here in Indy! I was happy to see a good number of the CR folks there, including Dale Brown, Way ne Bingham, Aldo Ross, and others. I think Jim Lingenfelter can provide a pretty good list. I'd like to thank Jim for setting up the CR gatherin g at Deano's Vino in historic Fountain Square. Good dinner, fun conversa tion, a trivia game hosted by Dale, and a Birthday Wish card and cupcake fo r Dale too!
The show drew very good attendance too. I should have the official total soon, and will let you know. Good things I heard from a number of diffe rent exhibitors:
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