At Interbike 2009, one thing definite that I noticed was the abundance of carbon frames. As I walked the convention, speaking to different manufacturers (big or small companies) it seemed that they all had at least one carbon frame – road or mountain. The monocoque frames were just beautiful to look at!
Below are just some of the bikes we saw the last three days:
                            KHS XCT Carbon, w/tapered headtube
SASO MB1
LOOK
LaPierre ProRace 900
Rocky Mtn/Maxxis Team Edition
CarboTec
Morpheus Oracle-4X
Titus
Ellsworth Enlightenment
BOO Bamboo Bicycles, carbon-bamboo
Ellsworth…
In addition to the frames, there were ample of carbon components to compliment them.  Below are just a few that caught my eye.
RaceFace Carbon Next cranks
Carbon Wheelset from Sun Ringle
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Just how popular is this adding of bamboo to bikes? Seen it in several places, is it the newest trend?
Bamboo is for pandas