Well, I got there, finally. And a great show for old men, and a few younger ones as well. Great atmosphere, lots of friendly people and a few old celebrities. Old and new stuff everywhere, but perhaps a bit more crap and rusty frames then expected. Not that many new bikes, almost no new works machinery and almost no e-bikes. I am not critical, just observing and getting a bit surprised, but still rather satisfied on my drive back to London and a late flight home.

 

 

And Telford centre ....... even uglier than I remembered. After years of "development", time has come to demolish some of the offices from a couple of decades back to make room for even more ...shopping? All those standard designed shopping complexes look the same wherever you go, so why not part of a Telford facelift?? Sad!

 

No new works machinery or E bikes - Sounds good to me...  It needs more rusty frames and old cr-p to get back to what it should be. Just my opinion of course.

A few of the major suppliers were missing, good atmosphere though and I still managed to spend a small fortune.

 

One thing for sure reference the auto jumble and "project" bikes, Ebay sure has a lot to answer for!