2013 NAHBS: Highlights and Winners from Denver
By Brian Mullin February 25, 2013
Feature Articles NAHBS
The 2013 NAHBS or North American Handmade Bicycle Show took place in Denver this year, and showcased US and international handmade bicycle frame builders. It encompassed everyone from larger companies, to one-person operations, whom all have the passion and love for handbuilt bikes. The bikes are predominantly made from steel and titanium and aluminum, and
Read More »2013 NAHBS News – Denver venue, NAHBS AB, Tokyo College
By Valerie August 06, 2012
NAHBS Press and News
Denver Show Venue & Host Hotel The deals are done and the contracts signed. All systems are Go for NAHBS 2013. The venue is: Colorado Convention Center 700 14th Street Denver, Colorado 80202 This venue is just a block from one of Denver’s main bicycling arterials, the Cherry Creek Trail, which runs alongside N.Speer Boulevard. The Denver
Read More »White Brothers, Pacenti, WTB, Rolf Prima, and more!
By Gregg Kato March 21, 2012
650b Feature Articles NAHBS
(a few non-builder highlights from NAHBS 2012 – White Brothers, Pacenti, WTB, Rolf Prima, Club Ride Apparel, VP Components, Rotor, Thomson) The focus of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is definitely on the builders themselves, but several parts and accessory companies were on hand displaying their wares as well. Here are a few of
Read More »Whippet Bicycle – Full Suspension Bike from 1888
By Gregg Kato March 20, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
I have to admit, when I first passed by this bike I had written it off in my head as another “show” bike, something built just for the show to create something that is visually stunning, but not very practical. “Heck…”, I thought, “this thing barely even LOOKS like a bicycle.” Oh how wrong I
Read More »Ti Cycles – Custom Titanium VPP mountain bike
By Gregg Kato March 20, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
David Levy from Ti Cycles Fabrication is based out of Portland, OR and David has over 26 years of experience building frames. In this video, David shows us this VPP titanium full suspension mountain bike that utilizes the Santa Cruz Blur rear end and mates it with a custom ti front triangle. David also discusses
Read More »Soulcraft – Stock Custom 29er – The Tradesman
By Gregg Kato March 16, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Sean Walling shows us what a stock custom bike looks like. If you’ve ever lusted after a hand built bike but couldn’t afford it, this might be the bike for you. Soulcraft has taken out the custom sizing part of custom bikes and creates a more affordable option. If you fit one of the 3
Read More »Victoria Cycles – Steel 29er
By Gregg Kato March 16, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Dave Hill is Victoria Cycles out of Salida, CO. Victoria Cycles is a one man shop and Dave has turned his dream of building bikes into a reality. He named his company after his loving and supportive wife. Dave builds mountain bikes, road bikes and cross bikes. Due to his location, 29ers and 650B bikes
Read More »NAHBS Coverage – Best of Show, Videos and Photos.
By Gregg Kato March 13, 2012
NAHBS
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) was held in Sacramento, CA this year and was bigger than ever! Mtbr and RoadBikeReview strive to provide you with as many video interviews and photos as possible. We setup a video/photo booth on the show floor and schedule appointments with the builders. Some are brand new guys
Read More »Priority Cycles – Hand Built Carbon Fiber DH Racer
By Gregg Kato March 12, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
Damon Madsen (Priority Cycles) shows us a bike like no other at NAHBS. Damon has built a full carbon fiber DH race bike. This is a prototype bike (currently dubbed “Dinero de Almuerzo”) and is Damon’s first full carbon fiber bike. Jerry Vanderpool from Hippie Tech Suspension is the racer and will be racing this
Read More »Funk Cycles – La Ruta Ti 29er Full Suspension Racer
By Gregg Kato March 12, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS Ti
Daryl Funk (Funk Cycles) builds with titanium and makes hardtails, full suspension and road bikes. They are based out of Denver, CO. Here, Daryl shows us his pivotless Ti 29er full suspension called La Ruta. It weighs in at 21 lbs (complete bike) and features an Exogrid downtube. It is made for the endurance/marathon competitor.
Read More »Buying & Building the Steve Potts 2012 Award Winning Ti Bike
By Valerie March 09, 2012
26er Feature Articles NAHBS Video
Introduction by Francis Cebedo We get a little bit of a different look at this Steve Potts Ti Hardtail. The perspective from the buyer’s point of view is represented by Peter Tsang who is a regular forum member (aka “tburger”) on Mtbr and also a good friend. Read on to follow Peter’s bike building journey
Read More »Calfee Design – Carbon Tandem 29er Mountain Bike
By Gregg Kato March 09, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
One of the best known names in the handmade bicycle business, Craig Calfee (Calfee Design) has been building with composites since 1987. His work with tandems spans decades, too. But now, he is taking tandems to a whole new level. Highlighted here, is the Calfee Carbon Fiber Tandem 29er Mountain Bike! The work on this
Read More »Form Cycles – Stainless Steel Full Suspension 29er
By Gregg Kato March 09, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Stainless steel is nothing new for Form Cycles. They have been building stainless road bikes for a few years. But now they are expanding their stainless offerings into the mountain bike side of the business, including this full suspension 29er. While some of the previous stainless bikes have been Reynolds 953, this bike is built
Read More »Boo Bicycles – Bamboo Singlespeed 29er Race Bike
By Gregg Kato March 09, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Nick Frey from Boo Bicycles (Fort Collins, CO) shows us this belt drive 29er made from Bamboo! It is a true race bike built for a customer and friend who races. Nick, himself, races a lot and Boo Bicycles really are performance oriented. Boo racers win! (the big cardboard check proves it!) This build features:
Read More »Pereira Cycles – JBR 29er steel
By Gregg Kato March 09, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Tony Pereira – Pereira Cycles (Portland, OR) shows us his JBR (short for Jeff Bates Racer, the first customer Tony ever had). Tony explains the backstory on the JBR and it’s significance on how he became a frame builder. The bike is a singlespeed 29er made from high quality, crome moly, double butted steel. Simple
Read More »Alliance Bicycles – Titanium 29er
By Gregg Kato March 08, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
Erik Rolf – Alliance Bicycles (Ketchum, ID) builds with Ti and Steel – road and mtb. Here we see the Alliance Ti 29er. The frame is built up with: 100mm fork, full XTR gruppo, Enve XC Wheels. Spectrum painted gloss black panels with white logos outlined in silver. The bike weighs in at 22 lbs.
Read More »Dean Bikes – Ti Marathon Softail Racer with Belt Drive
By Gregg Kato March 08, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
John Siegrist is the owner of Dean Bikes (Boulder, CO) a company that has been around 22 years. Dean specializes in titanium with a full 90% of their bikes being built in Ti (with the other 10% made from steel.) Dean offers both road and mountain bikes but also other categories like: cross, track, fixed,
Read More »Sycip – Unleaded Steel Hardtail (not a 29er)
By Gregg Kato March 08, 2012
26er Feature Articles NAHBS
Jeremy Sycip is an old friend and here he shows us his steel hardtail that is part of the new revolution – retro surprise it’s not a 29er! The 26″ wheel is not dead! The model is named the Unleaded and this one is a gearie but it can also be turned into a singlespeed.
Read More »Form Cycles – “Fatso” Ti Full Suspension Fat Bike
By Gregg Kato March 07, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
We first covered Form Cycles way back in 2009 at the now defunct San Diego Custom Bicycle Show ( http://reviews.mtbr.com/form-cycles ) Daryl Roberts and Form Cycles have come a long way since then. They are still in Arizona (recently moved from Sedona to Cave Creek) and still building great Ti bikes. It just so happens
Read More »Black Cat Bicycles – Singlespeed 29er
By Gregg Kato March 06, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Todd Ingermanson is Black Cat Bicycles, a one man shop in Santa Cruz, CA. Todd specializes in singlespeed 29ers with simple, elegant bikes. This bike features short chain stays and slackened geometry. More info: www.blackcatbicycles.com “santa cruz county, california A one man dance party.”
Read More »Inglis Cycles – Steel 29er
By Gregg Kato March 06, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Curtis Inglis is Inglis Cycles. Curtis builds with steel and makes Tig, Fillet Brazed or Lugged frames. This steel 29er is simple and clean but contains some interesting features. Frame features: -44mm head tube for tapered steer -press fit bottom bracket -12mm thru axle in the rear -custom Inglis stem -bend in chainstays for heel
Read More »Black Sheep Bikes – Ti Fat Bike “Two Face”
By Gregg Kato March 06, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
James Bleakley from Black Sheep Bikes shows us his “Two Face”. This is a titanium fat bike with truss fork that also breaks down for easy travel. The bike is named “Two Face” because it has two different finishes on each side. “Two Face” also won a NAHBS Award for Best Tig Welded Bike (the
Read More »Tom Ritchey Interview – Tandem Breakaway
By Gregg Kato March 06, 2012
26er Feature Articles NAHBS
We interviewed cycling legend Tom Ritchey and he enlightened us with his 40 years of bike building expertise. He had several things to show including a new Road Logic triple butted steel bike that will be available in late July of this year as a frameset for $1199. Also featured is the 40th Anniversary commemorative
Read More »Rob English – 18.5 lb Custom SS 29er
By Gregg Kato March 05, 2012
Feature Articles NAHBS
Clean, simple, light. Those 3 things embody this custom singlespeed 29er from English Cycles. The look of the bike is very clean, if you like internal cable routing, Rob English is a master at it. The graphics and visual appeal compliment the design with a simple baby blue color and white graphics. But the biggest
Read More »Mosaic Cycles – Colorado Ti 29er
By Gregg Kato March 05, 2012
29er Feature Articles NAHBS
Aaron Barcheck is Mosaic Cycles from Boulder, CO. He builds with both titanium and steel and builds road, track, cross and mountain bikes. This is his “Colorado” Ti 29er that he built for himself. Frame features: -3/2.5 Ti oversized tubeset -oversized headtube -standard BB -direct mount derailleur -clearance for a 2.4 tire -sub 24 pounds
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