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Bike Brno

Four-day-long shows focusing on sports, dancing and other activities filled nine exhibiting halls and nearly the whole area of the Brno Exhibition Centre. The offer of gear and equipment for sports and active spending of leisure time, as well as tens of attractive accompanying events, has attracted more than 40 thousand visitors from 21 countries, which bears comparison to the previous year.

The sports, cycling and caravanning shows were newly and for the first time accompanied by Dance Life Expo trade show and dance event. The four shows hosted 336 exhibitors from 16 countries, who brought many innovations and newcomers – bicycles, components, models of campers and caravans, all fresh for the new season.

The largest exhibiting space was again occupied by the Bike Brno cycling show which has taken place for fifteenth time already; its best exhibits competed in the fourth year of Bike Brno Prestige Award. The jury comprising of international experts praised products by PELL´S (R7 AERO Sram Red road bike), 4EVER (Virus SCANNER XX ultra light carbon bicycle), ATEX (ATEX Neon set of cycling clothing), Specialized (S-WORKS ROUBAIX SL4 mountain bike), Schindler (GHOST CAGUA 6591 E:I mountain bike), SHOCart (PHONEMAPS mobile phone application) and Accell Germany (a new system of intelligent electronic suspension on Haibike Sleek Team 29˝). Many people were interested in testing of new models of bicycles, both in "Outdoor Test" taking place in the countryside, and on the test track for e-bikes.

SPORT Life was a feast of sports in all forms indeed – from indoor sports and fitness to winter sports and outdoor activities. Film Festival of Winter Sports or scuba diving show were examples of newcomers in the trade show offer. The B exhibiting hall was turned into an interactive sports park, where visitors could meet Olympic athletes and other successful sportsmen and sportswomen, and themselves try various sports activities.

The largest of the exhibiting halls, the one marked with "P", was dedicated to the anniversary tenth Caravaning Brno show, which presented the latest models of campers and caravans, equipment for camping and accompanying programme focusing on consulting services. Many exhibits changed owners directly on the spot.

The premiere of Dance Life Expo, a trade show and dance event, was very successful. From Friday afternoon, the E exhibiting hall roared with music and spectators watching dancers dancing in 35 various styles. In case of Dance Life Expo, eight halls and three floors equated 150 workshops and dance lessons. In addition to that, visitors had the chance to witness on five stages the best that can be seen in the current dance scene. On Saturday, everybody cheered, as the new Czech record in number of people dancing in the same choreography under one roof was set – it is hard to believe, but there were 614 dancers.

The sports fair presented many famous people, too. Jaroslav Kulhavý, the winner of gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics and Ondřej Cink, the current world champion in the category "under 23" could be seen live and "in action" and for though being bikers, they challenged road racers in the one-hour-long Cofidis Road Criterium. They were not the only famous cyclists, though: Brno welcomed Óscar Pereiro, the Spanish winner of Tour de France, too, and Jiří Ježek, winner of multiple Paralympic games. Besides these, visitors had the opportunity to see Vladimir Malakhov who was named "The Best Dancer in the World" and many others.

When it comes to the expert accompanying programme, the most important event was the international Bike Conference focusing on support of cycling traffic and transport, bike travelling and healthy lifestyle.

Many races and other events were held at the Brno Exhibition Centre during the trade shows, i.e. Czech Championship in biketrial, MEATFLY BIGSHOCK! Freestyle Meeting, MIZUNO Autumn Seven running race and the finals of Český pohár 2012 in inline skating. It has become a tradition that many people were attracted by accompanying festivals, such as KOLEM SVĚTA, BIKE TRAVEL, International Festival of Outdoor Films, or a four-day-long programme packed with projections, discussions, forums and lectures which were being held on stages of the A1 and F exhibiting halls.



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