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.
I have a pair on a bike- very nice.
Thank all for the images from the show. I will be contrarian and state that Bishop and Chapman show very clean execution, they just fall short to my eye to get super excited. Chapman gets additional points for integrating accessories, but I guess just not for me.
The ornament shown is interesting... Almost 100 years ago Diamond Jim Brady had them all beat with a bike artfully encrusted with diamonds and gems. Not much is new.