Classic & Vintage - Nahbs

Anyone have any links?

Here's the strangest thing I've seen so far:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiORGGn-nI/AAAAAAAAA5A/6ZN0m-d46tQ/s800/IMG_0461.JPG


More pics here (not my pics, just a link I found):
http://picasaweb.google.com/field.1.carl/NAHBSFriday02#

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiNtvhK65I/AAAAAAAAAts/w3QMP9WfQ6k/s720/IMG_0187.JPG

Lugged carbon? There's hope yet.

-Kurt

I really wanted to go. I wonder if the economy affected the size of the crowd. Thanks for the link. The bamboo? Just for my fly rods, thank you.

The carbon Kurt linked to is an IF bike. Note the crown worked into the 'lugs'.

I really wanted to go. I wonder if the economy affected the size of the crowd. Thanks for the link. The bamboo? Just for my fly rods, thank you.
If anyone is aware of the economy, these guys are.

For example, DeSalvo offered a pile of frames at unbelievable prices.

It's good to see the culture thrive. Some of the best builders are now in America, not Italy, not that I'd turn down a Pegoretti!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiNtvhK65I/AAAAAAAAAts/w3QMP9WfQ6k/s720/IMG_0187.JPG

Lugged carbon? There's hope yet.

-Kurt

Colnago has been building lugged carbon for years. And it looks better than that.

I went, I feel that It was a let down personally.

As a city, Indy is just not one of my favorite places.

I went, I feel that It was a let down personally.

As a city, Indy is just not one of my favorite places.We'll have to talk about that this Summer.

Why were you let down?

I'd have gone if I were in MI.

Anyone have any links?

Here's the strangest thing I've seen so far:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiORGGn-nI/AAAAAAAAA5A/6ZN0m-d46tQ/s800/IMG_0461.JPG


More pics here (not my pics, just a link I found):
http://picasaweb.google.com/field.1.carl/NAHBSFriday02#


Looks flexy.

I don't want to ruin it for anyone else, but it seems to have been more style than substance. Other than Brooks and Velo Orange, Most of the displays were nothing to write home about. Waterford also had a nice display.

I however, am a picky C&V retrogrouch who chaffs at the thought that I paid $20 to see maybe forty bikes. I thought it would take all day, I was there and gone in 40 minutes.


Edit: I'm probably not their target consumer, I'd rather be riding or wrenching.

So it was a bit of a let down then?

So it was a bit of a let down then?


Just my opinion, but I had never been to one before, I might have had unfounded expectations.

Looks flexy.

Looks like a bagpipe on wheels.

Looks like a bagpipe on wheels.
Love the seat tube... oh wait there isn't one. I guess I don't like anything about it.

Bouncy bouncy.

Now THIS is a pretty carbon lug....

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiO6cudjCI/AAAAAAAAA6w/o3JuOXYXcRA/s720/IMG_0439.JPG

Try:

http://handmadebicycleshow.com/

I really wanted to go. I wonder if the economy affected the size of the crowd.

"Attendance at the show on Friday touched 1700, well up on last year's figure at Portland, which had 1254 attendees."

http://handmadebicycleshow.com/pdf/2009ShowDaily00.pdf

Lots and lots of great bikes, and it takes time to really see all the details and build choices. There was a stunning track frame built by (I believe) Samson at the Tange booth that was one of my favorites, a neat Ahearne randonneuse with pump peg and pump mounted on the chainstay, and a way-outside-the-box Cherubim time trial frame. I screwed up and didn't bring the download cable for my digital camera. Anyway, everytime I went back to one of the displays, I noticed something new or had an interesting chat with one of the builders. Other really cool displays were October, Bilenky, and Velo Couleur (sp.), which had a restored 1951 Cinelli on display (the same folks used to do the paint for Mike Barry/Maripose before Mike retired.)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cWE5zxTnuRA/SaiNtvhK65I/AAAAAAAAAts/w3QMP9WfQ6k/s720/IMG_0187.JPG

Lugged carbon? There's hope yet.

-Kurt

Lugs allow custom frame sizing in carbon. Lots of lugged carbon out there.

the Ahearne:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indyahearne2.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indyahearne1.jpg

Pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nahbshow

Winners (courtesy of toomanybikes):

the cinelli, fwiw:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indycin1.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indycin3.jpg

I give up, what is this?

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DQ4huHVgTkI/SanWB1_fiEI/AAAAAAAADCA/qADrMouJc0Q/s912/DSCN6063.JPG

I give up, what is this? I don't know what happened to your picture, but after a little sleuthing it is a tt bike. Looks like an exercise in framebuilding excess

Old Ten Speed Gallery attended the show and posted some pictures.

http://oldtenspeedgallery.com/

Saturday morning, me and my Old Ten-Speed family put on our Sunday best, loaded up the Family Truckster and headed south on I-65 to the Indianapolis for the 5th annual NAHBS (North American Handmade Bicycle Show). As you all know by now I like my bikes old, crappy, and 10-speeded, and while this is indeed true, it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t see how the other half lives.

Here is one to check out. Go to the link to see the rest.

http://oldtenspeedgallery.com/blog/wp-content/bikes/on-assignment/nahbs-09-26.JPG

The best photos of the show on the interweb are here...

http://urbanvelo.org/nahbs/

I think those are from the guy that had a location set-up in the hall next door. Four head Speedotron
Black Line. 4803 mebbe. Exif shows a D700.

I thought the show was great. I think there was a great deal more than 40 bikes there, easily more than a hundred. I loved looking at the exquisite craftmanship and original ideas that builders put into their show bikes. I would have to ride on five TOSRV's and look at 10,000 bikes to see 5 bikes that were as nice as the ones at the show. And forget about ever seeing a nice looking bike at the large bike chain store.

It's interesting that most of the NAHBS builders have their name on the frame in small letters usually in an understated way. They let the design and execution of the bike speak for them. A far cry from what the big name bike makers do plastering their name all over their frames/rims/handlebars/seats. Maybe it's because that's all they got going for them, a big name.

Now THIS is a pretty carbon lug....

edit: Whoops, a cursory Google search answers my question. New question: What is this brake caliper called and how does it work?

I thought the show was great. I think there was a great deal more than 40 bikes there, easily more than a hundred. I loved looking at the exquisite craftmanship and original ideas that builders put into their show bikes. I would have to ride on five TOSRV's and look at 10,000 bikes to see 5 bikes that were as nice as the ones at the show. And forget about ever seeing a nice looking bike at the large bike chain store.

It's interesting that most of the NAHBS builders have their name on the frame in small letters usually in an understated way. They let the design and execution of the bike speak for them. A far cry from what the big name bike makers do plastering their name all over their frames/rims/handlebars/seats. Maybe it's because that's all they got going for them, a big name.

+1. I'm not sure how someone could not enjoy a show like that. I have the photos running as a slide show on my PC. I see more detail with every rotation. Some serious handy work indeed. I'm not aware of any other place where so much cycling craftsmanship is all in the same spot at the same time.

It was quite busy at 1pm on Saturday. There was an interesting mix of people there, including roadies, tattooed fixed gear types, retirees, etc.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wc7ef8CMbxA/SbAIi3vEtgI/AAAAAAAABr4/oGMC-ouEKLk/s640/IMG_6670.JPG

edit: Whoops, a cursory Google search answers my question. New question: What is this brake caliper called and how does it work?

It looks like the cable pulls down the two cross pieces on the top, forcing the sides out, and clamping the pads. Kinda like a mechanical cantilever setup, I'd guess... And those are gorgeous lugs.

Vintage Serotta

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_wc7ef8CMbxA/SbAJ4Efrx-I/AAAAAAAABsY/BuUtJVqA_nE/s640/IMG_6706.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_wc7ef8CMbxA/SbAKo4O7YaI/AAAAAAAABs4/XFWO2CVe3as/s576/IMG_6706a.JPG

the Ahearne:

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indyahearne2.jpg

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/rackfocus/indyahearne1.jpg

What a beauty!

I like the innovative placement of the pump, however, I would be very, very concerned about kicking it with my heel while riding. Of course, I do have really big feet, but so do many others. Nothing sucks more than having to stop while going up a hill to retrieve your pump, knowing it will fall off, again.


P.S. - Is that a hip flask in lieu of a water bottle. Encouraging people to consume alcohol before or during riding is not a good idea. It is funny, though, I will grant you that.

I thought the show was great. I think there was a great deal more than 40 bikes there, easily more than a hundred. I loved looking at the exquisite craftmanship and original ideas that builders put into their show bikes. I would have to ride on five TOSRV's and look at 10,000 bikes to see 5 bikes that were as nice as the ones at the show. And forget about ever seeing a nice looking bike at the large bike chain store.

It's interesting that most of the NAHBS builders have their name on the frame in small letters usually in an understated way. They let the design and execution of the bike speak for them. A far cry from what the big name bike makers do plastering their name all over their frames/rims/handlebars/seats. Maybe it's because that's all they got going for them, a big name.

You speak of Don Walker's bikes, yes?

P.S. - Is that a hip flask in lieu of a water bottle. Encouraging people to consume alcohol before or during riding is not a good idea. It is funny, though, I will grant you that.


Mike,
No that's an AERODYNAMIC water bottle, an outgrowth of the old Campy Aerobottle,
soon to be all the rage with the Roadie set.

Marty

:-)

Right ! Sure. Tell it to the Judge.

There were more than one 'Specialty' cages at the show.

Well, it does have a regular bottle-cage on the seat-tube. Perhaps for the tonic-water?

I like those tires - look like Roll-y Pol-y's from Rivendell, or a similar model they have. I run those on my hybrid - great riders.

What a beauty!

I like the innovative placement of the pump, however, I would be very, very concerned about kicking it with my heel while riding. Of course, I do have really big feet, but so do many others. Nothing sucks more than having to stop while going up a hill to retrieve your pump, knowing it will fall off, again.


P.S. - Is that a hip flask in lieu of a water bottle. Encouraging people to consume alcohol before or during riding is not a good idea. It is funny, though, I will grant you that.

Those cages and flasks were for sale at Ahearne. Back in the day, riders would carry flasks in a jersey pocket with a little something "extra" in them to get ready for the sprint or the last few K's of a race. Probably helps a little in P-B-P, too, I guess. I think it's really for style points.

The flask holder is kinda a signature of his that garnered him a lot of cool PR. Not to be overthought.
http://www.ahearnecycles.com/pages/flaskholster.html