Originally Posted by
nlerner
Great pics, Bob. You capture the extent of what I saw really well. Yes, Brian Chapman did hand make those crank arms. I asked him why, and he essentially said, why not?
A highlight was watching the King Cage guy use his tubing bender to build a bottle cage on the spot. Took about 30 seconds (just the bending from a hollow rod, not including the part where he welds on the cross braces). I think I need to buy a couple of his ti cages--just because.
Thanks, Neal. The Chapman cranks looked great to my eye - remind me of Profile BMX cranks I always wanted back when. I like the 'lugged' appearance of Chapman's take on the design. I caught a King Cage tubing bender demo as well - impressive in the simplicity and repeatability. I have a couple sets and love 'em.
Originally Posted by
Wildwood
The pics reflect a nice blend of Traditional (lugs, cream panels, quill stems, racks,etc) with Modern (OS tubes, perfect miters, clean welds, painted threadless stems, etc).
I just like to see some of the individual craftsmanship in our industry displayed so nicely. And annually.
Has NAHBS become an institution yet? So different from InterBike. Haven't attended NAHBS since Portland ('09? or 2010?), but it still looks to be a Big Happy weekend, not overly commercial.
Was Calfee there? - as usual. I like Craig Calfee.
It was great to see the variety at the show and to see how some of the builders pulled "C&V" details into current designs. I was chatting with a guy at Don Walker's booth who mentioned that they have plans to bring New England into the circuit every three years or so. Great indication for the health of the show (as well as my attendance
). Agreed on the "Big Happy weekend, not overly commercial." comment, nice relaxed atmosphere with a good cross section of companies/builders.
Calfee was there, I wish I had grabbed a pic or two. Some beautiful lugged carbon on display.