Many show bikes are just that — bikes for show.

The venerable Italian maker showed a few ’cross bikes.

A carbon mountain bike with Chorus road pedals. As we said — show bikes.

Slipstream-Chipotle’s new ride, the Felt F1.

Sock Guy spells it out for you.

The top of the Fuentes sock.

Obey

As in, Shepard Fairey’s experimental “Obey” art project that spread like wildfire

Obey organizers recently contacted Fuji to design this bike.

The new Reveal features a healthy amount of CNC machining for precision cuts and rigidity, such as in the bottom bracket area, the rocker arm and rear dropouts.

Reveal uses Specialized’s four-bar linkage design for 130mm of travel. The rear derailleur cable is routed internally through the seatstay.

The sculpted down tube is for more than aesthetics — the high clearance means the fork crown won’t smack on the frame when things get sideways.

Fuji president Pat Cunnane doesn’t want people to have to wait until they’re fully grown to enjoy road bikes. This $360 rig features 20-inch wheels for kids 5 and up.

And a $380 model with 24-inch wheels bridges the gap up to 650c bikes.

Built up with SRAM Red and Lew wheels, this Jamis show bike topped the scales at just over 11 pounds.

The Dakar XCR Team is fairly unique in the mountain bike world for its use of size-specific carbon tubing. At $6400, the high-end bike is all carbon save for alloy chainstays for chain slap.

The Xenith SL uses braided bladders in its construction, which means fewer internal wrinkles and better compaction and great excavation of the used bladders, which stick to the inside of the tubes. Using this process for 2008 saves 30-40 grams.

The Xenith T2 is the company’s first all-carbon time trial bike, and a solid one at that.

Product manager Steven Fairchild incorporated a Tektro brake inside the rear of the sculpted fork, a design he said reduces drag by 10 percent compared to an aero fork with the brake on the front.

Internal cable routing makes for clean lines.

Tucking a brake inside a fork presents adjustment issues…

That Fairchild solved neatly.