Calfee Design NAHBS 2016
Calfee had their bikes spread around the show. I already showed you the one they built for Lemond back in 1991. See the rest after the jump!
Argonaut Cycles NAHBS 2016
Argonaut Cycles brought home the NAHBS award for “best layup” (that’s a carbon term, BTW, not a basketball term). I don’t know a whole lot about carbon bikes but these seem quite elegant to me. See the disc version after the jump!
Montenegro Manufacturing NAHBS 2016
While going back through my pics from the show, I was trying to figure out who this was cause the logo on the downtube is not very clear. Luckily Bike Rumor published this excellent interview with Hernan Montenegro today so the mystery was solved. Hernan does these carbon frames in Los Angeles and you can […]
Low Bicycles NAHBS 2016
I lived in San Francisco for most of the 90s and left when things starting getting kinda crazy with the first dot com thing. Well things have gotten A LOT more crazy there since, so I was very happy to discover that a framebuilder was making a go of it in my old home town. The […]
Richard Sachs on New Framebuilders at NAHBS
I just read this opinion by Richard Sachs in Handbuilt Bicycle News twice and I’m still not sure what his point is. Toward the end he seems to conclude: “My observation is that the average person wants a fast(er) track to the workbench, one that bypasses a true learning and mentored experience.” This may be true. Seems […]
Victoria Cycles NAHBS 2016
I’m not super happy with the way my pics came out from the Victoria Cycles booth but this black and tan (yes, beer) 650b mtb was one of my favorite bikes at the show. In fact, of all the bikes I saw at NAHBS, this is the one that most made me want to just get on and […]
Ritchey NAHBS 2016
Ritchey brought several California-built bikes to NAHBS this year, all sporting the $450 “heritage” paint option (done by Rick at D&D Cycles in San Lorenzo, California). Love this camo paint–like the 80s Ritchey Commando. Check out the snow camo and orange/yellow fade after the jump!
Della Santa NAHBS 2016
Legendary builder Della Santa brought out a few frames for NAHBS this year. Hard not to love Molteni orange and lugs! More pics after the jump!
Shamrock Cycles NAHBS 2016
And the purple award goes to Shamrock Cycles for this cool track bike!
Caylor Cycles NAHBS 2016
Hard to beat a classic track bike in red! Love that fork! Check out the Caylor Cycles website for more info!