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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Since 2005, the North American Handmade Bike Show has moved its way around the country, most recently in Sacramento, California. Missed our coverage? You can find it all here, including looks at new parts from Shimano, as well as a cornucopia of handmade frames in steel, carbon, aluminum, and titanium from framebuilders around the world. [...]
NAHBS 2012 may have come and gone, but we’ve rounded up all of our galleries, interviews, sneak peaks and other goodies from our coverage of the show in Sacremento. If you missed any of our coverage, now’s the time to catch up (and maybe start thinking about ordering a new frame for September!) Biggest Year [...]
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