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2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show

• NAHBS 2013: Ventus Custom Cycles Gets Crafty With Hand Carved Lugs

  26 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Ventus Custom Cycles, based in Ames, Iowa, was founded in 2006 by builder Mark Kargol. Ventus began as a custom frame painting venture, but soon grew to include hand-built frames, such as this beautifully lugged gravel bike. This Ventus is built from carbon tubing and hand-crafted stainless steel lugs, and features internal cable routing, integrated [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Boo Bicycles RS-X Brings Bamboo to the World Championships

  26 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Boo Bicycles has been getting a lot of love lately in the cyclocross world, in part due to U23 racer Skyler Trujillo racing the bamboo/carbon Boo RS-X cyclocross bike at Nationals and the World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 2009 by Nick Frey and James Wolf, the Fort Collins-based Boo Bicycles, in their words, [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Stinner Frameworks Fillet Brazed Cyclocross Build

  25 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Stinner Frameworks, run by Aaron Stinner in sunny Santa Barbara, California, has only been around for a few years. A graduate of the United Bicycle Institute, Stinner hand-crafts steel frames, such as this disc-equipped cyclocross bike we spotted at NAHBS. The steel, fillet-brazed frame features internal cable routing, S-Bend seatstays for added mud clearance and [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Bilenky Baltimore Bullet

  25 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Perhaps just as famous (infamous?) for putting on the Junkyard Cross races, Philladelphia-based Bilenky Cycle Works was at NAHBS showing off their day job—building custom bikes, such as this fillet-brazed cyclocross steed made for local racer Bobby “The Baltimore Bullet” Phillips. The frame was made for Phillips, who also organizes local races, in conjunction with [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Award Winners for Sunday, Including Best of Show

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  DENVER, COLORADO – The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is pleased to announce the Sunday group of the 2013 NAHBS Awards. The Sunday NAHBS Awards winners are: Winter Bicycles — Best finish Moots — Best Theme Bike and People’s Choice Avery County Cycles — Best new builder Level — President’s Choice English Cycles — Best [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Kelson Bikes R.A.D. and Shamrock Shire

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Kelson Bikes’ R.A.D. The R.A.D. (Road-Asphalt-Dirt) by Kelson Bikes, based in Ashton, Southeastern Idaho, is a carbon / titanium hybrid specifically designed to handle long, mixed-terrain rides, such as the gravel events we’re highlighting in our upcoming Issue 20. As builder Brian Williams noted, while out exploring the gravel roads that border Yellowstone and the Grand [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Predator Cycling’s Disc Brake and Belt Drive-Equipped Carbon Singlespeed Cyclocross Frame

  24 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Predator Cycling has been building custom carbon fiber cyclocross bikes and components for over 10 years in Southern California, an ever-growing hotbed for US cyclocross. Their show bike at NAHBS this year? A disc brake-equipped singlespeed carbon frame with integrated seat mast, stem and handlebar combo and with FSA SL-K carbon wheels, weighing in at [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Alchemy Bicycle Company’s Balius Carbon Cyclocross Frame

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Alchemy is having a good year at NAHBS. The company moved from Austin, TX to Denver, CO, and now, they’ve taken home the prize on home turf for Best Carbon Construction for NAHBS 2013. However, it wasn’t their road bikes that we were interested in, and we got some up close and personal looks at their [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Cyclocross Builds in Photos: Independent Fabrications, Rol Wheels, Gaulzetti, Mosaic and Guru

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our photographer at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS), Lance Barry, snagged some shots of some seriously beautiful hand-built cyclocross rigs, and we couldn’t wait to share some of them. Stay tuned for full reports on some of the rigs, but for now, here’s a selection of some of the cyclocross bikes from the [...]

• NAHBS 2013 Saturday Winners Announced – Mosaic Wins the Award that Matters (Best Cyclocross Bike)

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  On Thursday before NAHBS 2013 started, we showcased a custom titanium disc cyclocross from Mosaic Cycles (with photos, video) that we’ve had the good fortune to test over the last few months and will be telling print and digital subscribers all about in Issue 20. It’s clear that the judges from NAHBS have had the same [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Twenty2 Cycles Goes Big and Small with a 650b Titanium Monster Cross Bike

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Twenty2 Cycles fabricates titanium, steel and aluminum bicycles in Vail, Colorado, just a few hours away from the 2013 NAHBS show. Founded in 2011 by Todd Robison, Ryan Van Ness and Alan Christie, the trio builds road, mountain, cyclocross, and touring bicycles, but also is known for their fat bikes, which can come in handy [...]

• NAHBS 2013: Six Eleven Bicycle Co’ Shines Bright with S&S Coupled Steel Cyclocross Bike

  23 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. brought an intricately-detailed and painted, brazed steel cyclocross bike to NAHBS back in 2012 and walked away tied for first place with the Moots’ Psychlo-X RSL in the Best Cyclocross bike category. In his first three years, Six-Eleven’s Aaron Dykstra has won three awards, beginning with the Rookie of the Year in 2010, Best Track Frame [...]

• NAHBS 2013: New Bikes from Alchemy, Geekhouse, Engin and Cielo – Updated Videos

  22 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  Our intrepid reporter, Jesse Pisel, was on the ground at the 2013 North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) and spotted a few new rigs from Alchemy Bicycle Company, Engin Cycles, Geekhouse Bikes, and Cielo Cycles. Alchemy Bicycle Company: We’ve profiled Nationals bronze medalist Nicole Duke’s Alchemy bikes before, but we wanted to snap a few [...]

• TRP Unveils HyRd Hydraulic/Mechanical Hybrid Disc Brakes at NAHBS 2013

  22 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  We’re checking out the eye candy at the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) 2013, and spotted the new TRP Brakes HyRd hybrid hydraulic brake. Two years ago, TRP introduced the Parabox at Sea Otter and Cyclocross Magazine got the first ride on the hydraulic disc brake system for cyclocross that allowed you to use [...]

• Considering Custom & NAHBS 2013 Preview: Mosaic Cycles Titanium Cyclocross Frame Profiled in Issue 20 – Updated Video

  21 February 13 • 0 comment

  

  With the 2013 North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) starting tomorrow in Boulder, Colorado (stay tuned as we bring you all the great cyclocross bikes from the show), we figure it’s a good time to talk custom, hand-built cyclocross bikes. [Update: Mosaic Cycles wins Best Cyclocross bike at NAHBS 2013] In that spirit, with round 1 [...]