I attended the 2006 and 2007 North American Handmade Bicycle Shows (NAHBS) in San Jose. The show were feasts for the eyes for anyone who loves bikes. (We've got both show posters framed up on the wall in the shop.) I didn't make it to the 2008 show this year in Portland. But by all reports, it was a huge success. Here is a short list of links you can click through to view photos and get an idea of the festivities.
- The first image below is a list of Best in Show from the votes placed by those attending the NAHBS Show Daily Sunday Night.
- The next image below, is a photo of a bike made by Sam of Naked Bicycles and Design (photo take by UrbanVelo.org.) Sam won three categories for this bike.
- Click here for a list of every builder at the show and his or her website.
- Photos from the show, particularly close ups and detail images can be found here and here on the NAHBS website alphabetically arranged.
- And make sure to read all of the features in the NAHBS Show Daily Reports: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 Morning, Day 3 Evening . There are interviews and interesting information related to materials and bicycle frame building.
- Bicycleradar.com coverage by Gary Boulanger, US editor has a ton of full-bike photos and attendance numbers of approximately 6800 attendees for the show versus 5000 attendees last year in San Jose.
- Check out the Velonews coverage by Matt Pacocha and the Velonews NAHBS Gallery
- Check out the 5-part series on the NAHBS on cyclingnews.com Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 by James Huang. Make sure to view a photo of a twenty-something Chris King and an example of a bicycle frame he made under the name, "Cielo".
Photos lifted from the web: NAHBS best of show list lifted from their sit; Naked fixie and Independent Fabrication track bike lifted from the NAHBS site, photo taken by Urbanvelo.org; Vanilla Cycles rear dropout photo taken by James Huang for cyclingnews.com; Ahearne shifter on stem, lifted from NAHBS site, photo by Urbanvelo.org.
