Photo Gallery: Custom Hand Made Bicycles from NAHBS
By Gregg Kato February 25, 2013
North American Handmade Bicycle Show
At the show, you will find bikes made from all different kinds of material including steel, titanium, and carbon fiber as well as bamboo and hard woods.
Read More »Bekes Wooden Cruiser Bike
By Valerie W. March 20, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Urban Video
Attila Bekes from Bekes Wooden Bicycles shows us a bike he built for his wife that’s made out of mostly 1/4″ laminated plywood with a metal dropout, headtube insert and a metal fork enclosed in wood. The bike even features a hidden beer compartment!
Read More »Ventus Custom Cycles Ti Lugged Carbon Tubed Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 19, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Mark Kargol from Ventus shows us the first bike he’s ever built, a titatium lugged carbon fiber, 11-speed Campy touring bike. Mark has been painting frames for 5 years and this is his first year in the frame building market. The bike features a Whisky Parts Co. fork, Curtis Odom hubs, Wheel Fanatyk wood rims,
Read More »NAHBS Roadbikereview Videos and Photos and Awards.
By Valerie W. March 16, 2012
Feature Articles North American Handmade Bicycle Show Pro Review
Every year, there is a pilgrimage of some of the country’s best bike builders to a city selected by NAHBS to showcase the best hand made bikes. This year, the city was Sacramento and it attracted a ton of builders from around the country and around the world. The halls were jam-packed each day with
Read More »Ritchey Road Logic
By Valerie W. March 13, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Parts Video
Tom Ritchey stops by to talk 40 years of building bikes. Starting out as a 15 year old who just wanted to build a bike on a whim, he started professionally building road bikes for years before venturing into the new category of mountain bikes in 1979. This year, Ritchey will be launching a new
Read More »Vendetta Cycles Best Finish of the Show Track Bike
By Valerie W. March 12, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Video
Garrett Clark from Vendetta shows us a fixed gear, no brakes, Columbus Max tube set track bike that won “Best Finish” at NAHBS 2012. The bike also features fillet brazed integrated bar and stem that decreases the visual clutter and hand painted design details by Jim Carmickle from Eugene, OR.
Read More »Vendetta Cycles Lugged Commuter Bike
By Valerie W. March 12, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Urban Video
Garrett Clark from Vendetta shows us a lugged steel, ultimate commuter bike that features hard carved lugs, Schmidt Generator hubs, front and rear disc brakes, Rohloff hub, custom made stainless rack and chain guard, internal lights and cable routing, a liquid color paint job by Harry Phinney with custom pin striping by Jim Carmickle, and
Read More »Ti Cycles Rando
By Valerie W. March 12, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Urban Video
Dave Levy from Ti Cycles shows us a custom rando bike that won 3rd place in the Gates Belt Drive Competition. The bike also features TRP Parabox hyrdraulic disc brakes, custom anodized red levers, Light On! battery light system that can run for up to 10 hours, an iPhone mount with a Supernova USB plug
Read More »Ti Cycles Ultralight Compact Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 12, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Dave Levy from Ti Cycles shows us his ultralight flagship road bike with unique features such as butted main tubes and ovalization on the top tube, downtube and seat tube.
Read More »Alchemy Carbon Cyclocross Bike
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
Cross North American Handmade Bicycle Show Video
Dave Ryther from the full custom Alchemy Bicycles Co. shows us an all-terrain, round tube carbon cross bike that is ridiculously strong, lightweight and can withstand anything you can throw at it. It is a more durable and high performance carbon cross bike that should last a rider 3-4 solid seasons. The bike also features
Read More »Alchemy KVA Steel Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Dave Ryther from the full custom Alchemy Bicycles Co. shows us an ultralight KVA steel road bike that’s spec’d with the new SRAM Red, PowerTap G3 and weighs in at around 15.75 lbs (sans pedals).
Read More »YipSan S and S Coupled Randonneur Bike
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Urban Video
Renold Yip shows us a Randonneur bike made for longer distance traveling that can even go on dirt roads. It features integrated lighting when the front and rear wheels turn, fenders, couplers for easy disassembly and traveling, a disc brake system, Pacenti 38mm tires, custom pannier rack and a handlebar bag.
Read More »Festka Bicycles Royal Flush
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Ondřej Novotný from Festka Bicycles in the Czech Republic, shows us an aluminum lugged carbon tube road bike. The aluminum couplings are manually tuned and can be adjusted to customer requirements. The bike also features Cinelli seatpost and handlebars.
Read More »Festka Bicycles Racing Team Bike
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Ondřej Novotný from Festka Bicycles in the Czech Republic, shows us a racing team bike made with what they call “sandwich tubes”. The “sandwich tubes” have 2 layers of carbon, kevlar honeycomb and are puncture resistant. The tube stiffness can also be defined for each individual rider.
Read More »Boo Di2 Bamboo Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Nick Frey from Boo Bicycles shows us his personal racing bike for this year. This bike shows how he combines bamboo and carbon fiber to create the perfect synthesis that preserves great ride quality and high performance.
Read More »Speedhound Bikes Only One
By Valerie W. March 09, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Urban Video
Chris Cleveland from Speedhound Bikes shows us the Only One frame that is belt drive compatible. It requires no lubrication, doesn’t rust and the polyurethane belt stays flexible, making it great for cold weather rides. The bike also features Speedhound’s interchangeable drop out system that can suit virtually any riding style and drivetrain preference.
Read More »Alliance Bicycles Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 08, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Erik Rolf who builds out of Ketchum, ID stops by with one of his latest road bikes. A road bike designed with “adventure” riding in mind, the geometry, brake length, and wheel tolerances all point to a bike that can be outfitted to go anywhere the road and slight offroad path might take you.
Read More »True Fabrication Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 08, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Clark Davidson of True Fabrications stops by with their latest Road Bike built. True Fabrication is a team of three that build out of Austin, TX.
Read More »DEAN Ti ExoGrid Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 08, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
John Siegrist, owner of DEAN Titanium Bikes, shows us a road bike that features ExoGrid technology for the stem, seatpost and fork and weighs in at around 15.5 lbs.
Read More »Moth Attack Track Bike
By Valerie W. March 08, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Video
Megan Dean from Moth Attack shows us her custom steel track frame that features an oversized headtube, integrated seat mast with cutout and aero tubing, aero seat stays, and a head badge that she made herself.
Read More »Pitz Cycles Cyclocross Bike
By Valerie W. March 07, 2012
Cross North American Handmade Bicycle Show Video
Allesandro Pizzuti traveled to this years NAHBS all the way from Italy, where he builds steel bikes that ooze a sense of fun. Maybe it’s the trademark “!” mark found on his dropouts, or possibly just the name Pitz!, all we know is that the man is a fun guy to talk to.
Read More »Jeremy SyCip’s Cyclocross Bike
By Valerie W. March 07, 2012
Cross North American Handmade Bicycle Show Video
Jeremy brings by his latest bike he’s built for himself, a geared cyclocross bike with Shimano’s new CycloCross specific bits. SyCip bikes now have a 20 cent rebate with every frame as well.
Read More »Black Cat Carbon Fiber and Lugged Steel Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 07, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Todd Ingermanson is Black Cat Bicycles shows us a road bike built with a mixture or Enve carbon tubes and Columbus steel tubes together with some art deco-ish lugs.
Read More »Retrotec Steel Ultegra Di2 Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 07, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Curtis Inglis shows us his own personal road bike which has a clean line design with all internal cabling and the Calfee battery hidden inside the seat post. It also features an ovalized top tube, double butted OX Platinum tube, Dario Pegoretti fork and a paint job by Russ Pickett of Air Art in Chico,
Read More »Panda Bicycles Lugged Bamboo Road Bike
By Valerie W. March 07, 2012
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Road Video
Pat stops by with the first bike he’s built ever. A mostly steel bike, with the exception of a bamboo seat tube. Built as the first of 25 limited edition bikes, the end customer will get to choose whether they’d like a bamboo seat tube or a bamboo top tube. Watch the video to see
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