Originally Posted by bellweatherman
Is IF (Independent Fabrications) going to be there? I heard that the organizers were banning their application because they make too many bikes or something idiotic like that.
I'd heard something similar, but it's hard to argue that what IF (or Rivendell) does is substantially different than what Don or Matt Chester do. Both of them make hand built machines. THe difference is that they have a team of people who do different parts of the job whereas many of the other hand builders do it all themselves, maybe farming out the paint job.
If that's the cutoff, so be it. But then it should be the North American Artisan Bicycle Show or something to that effect.