Product Demos

Each year on Ride The Rockies, numerous bicycle and bicycle component manufacturers travel with the tour "demo-ing" their products.

Ride The Rockies cyclists can test-ride products ranging from Continental tires to Mavic wheels to Serotta titanium bicycles.

Here's how it works: During the afternoon, you visit a Demo tent.

If it's a bicycle manufacturer, they'll select a bike that fits you, adjust the saddle height, then remove the pedals from your bike and put them on the test-ride bike. The next day, you ride the test-ride bike while the manufacturer transports your bicycle.

If it's a wheel maker, they'll remove your wheels and install a set of test-ride wheels. The next day, you ride the test-ride wheels while the manufacturer transports your wheels.

Most of the manufacturers do not charge a fee, though they may require a deposit charge on your credit card to be refunded upon the return of the product.

Most of the product demos are very popular, so many of the manufacturers take advance reservations at their tents starting the Saturday before the ride begins.

Participating companies include:

Serotta
Mavic Wheels
Trek Bicycles
Trek WSD (Women Specific Design)
Lemond Bicycles
Moots Bicycles
Specialized Bicycles
Specialized Bicycles Designs for Women Bicycles
BH Bikes USA
Cannondale Bicycles
Schwalbe Tires
Zipp Wheels
Continental Tires