Both the Cycle & Leisure Show (NEC) and the Bicycle Association’s International Cycle Convention (Harrogate) want IBDs and corporate buyers to flock to their shows. Will one show win out, or because of the spread of exhibitors, will visitors have to attend both shows to get the full picture?

Trade shows fill up

Here are the exhibitors signed up for each show to date:

CYCLE & LEISURE SHOW

NEC, Birmingham, 3rd-5th March 2002

Acorn Sports & Leisure

Ardblair Sports

Association of Cycle Traders

ATG Training

BicycleBusiness

Big Small Company

Bikeaway Ltd.

Bob Elliot & Co. Ltd.

Bohle UK Ltd.

Brompton Bicycle Ltd.

BTI

Buffera Ltd.

Casa Masferrer S.A.

Chicken & Sons Ltd.

Concept Cycling

Cybertill Ltd.

Cycle Industry

Dillglove Ltd.

Endura Ltd.

EPMB UK

Eurolight Marketing Ltd.

FILA

Giant UK

Gill

Goude Design Group

Impress Distribution

Ison Distribution

Kestrel Engineering

MV Sports & Leisure Ltd.

Mission

Mountain Cycle UK

Nike UK (Trek USA)

Orbit Cycles

OSC Ltd (Ronhill)

Oxford Products

Pacer Leisure Ltd.

Park Life

Polar Heart Rate Monitors

Powabyke Ltd.

RBS Performance Equipment

RSI Ltd.

Ruption (Split Second)

SKS metaplast GmbH

Seventies Ltd.

Shelly UK (Puky)

Solartrack plc

Sustrans

Silo, The

Trek USA

UK Trailer Co.

Ultimate Sports Eng. Ltd.

Universal Cycles plc

Upgrade

Vaude

Ventronic Import Co.

Windwave

Show organiser David Hyde said there were many other provisional bookings.

http://www.exhibitions-uk.com

INTERNATIONAL CYCLE CONVENTION

Harrogate, 26-28th May 2002

2 Wheel Trading

Adcal Labels

Basta UK Ltd.

Bronx (UK) Ltd.

Clarkes Cycle Systems

Cyclemotion Ltd.

Electroped

Concept Cycling

Giant UK

Hot Wheels

Ideal Bicycle Ltd.

J&R Sports Ltd.

Hartley Dawson Ltd.

Keela International Ltd.

Moore Large

Pashley Cycles

Pendle Engineering Ltd.

Powabyke Ltd.

Raleigh

Raw Experience

Reece Cycles plc

Saracen Cycles Ltd.

Sarda Cycles

Tiger/Orbita

Universal Cycles plc

Vuelta Italy

Weldtite

Provisionally booked exhibitors:

Acorn Sports & Leisure

Amco

Ardblair Sports

BikeForce

Bob Elliott & Co. Ltd.

Bohle UK Ltd.

Falcon Cycles Ltd.

H&J Supplies

Maceman & Amstad Ltd.

Peter J Lea & Co.

Ruption (Split Second)

Vaude

A list of exhibitors at Cycle 2002, September 2002, Business Design Centre, London, will be posted here soon.

All three shows are likely to gain more exhibitors as time goes on…and will probably lose a few along the way too.

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