Final day of the Interbike trade show at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here are your parting shots from the show floor.

In Niner’s booth this unmarked rim was seen. Apparently it is a prototype Stan’s 29″er rim that has just recently been given the green light for production. John “Fuzzy” Mylne told me he has been on this rim for most of the season with excellent results. The rims built into a reportedly 1350 gram single speed wheel set and have taken a lot of abuse with good results. No word on a model name or availability at this time.

Geax is entering into the race tire category with this Barro Race model in what has been assured to me will be a true two inch wide casing. Did you notice that little white and yellow decal on the right of the hot patch? Yes folks, it will come out in a true to life, butyl lined UST certified model. The first of its kind in 29″er tires. The UST tire will not be available until mid 2009, but a TNT (Tube No Tube) model will precede it in late 2008.

Geax was also showing a 26 inch tubular mountain bike tire in the Saguaro tread pattern. Will we see a 29″er version someday? With Edge Composites working on a carbon tubular 29″er rim, we just might. Interesting to note that Geax makes the rim for the 26″er version as well.

In other Geax news, we may be seeing TNT Saguaros by the end of this year. They are definitely coming, as well as a UST version sometime later.