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NAHBS Day 3 is in the books, with another 200+ images posted from today’s shoot. Lots of beautiful bikes made it under the lights today, with another day of photos scheduled for Sunday before we pack up and head on home. Take your time, there are plenty of details to catch. Look for further posts in coming days of both studio outtakes and more detailed looks at select builders and bikes as we get time to sort through things—after 8 hours of shooting and 3-4 hours of photo processing writing cohesive captions is not in the cards for me. Enjoy, it’s a total treat getting the chance to shoot these bikes year after year.
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Monthly Archive for February, 2010
NAHBS 2010 Day 2 is here and gone, with 200+ images in the following gallery. We’ve seen bikes of all shapes and sizes—from steel utility bikes with cargo racks and panniers to ultra-lightweight composite racing frames. And perhaps most important are the builders, who’ve come from far and near, all talented in their own way. They pour their heart and soul into their two-wheeled creations, each one a representation of their personality and individuality.
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Here are the first images from Day 1 of the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, featuring bikes from Don Walker Cycles, Alternative Needs Transportation, Serotta and Rich Adams. Much like you, we wish there was more to share but an unexpected gust of wind took out both of our backdrops when a convention center door opened within about an hour of setting up. One way or the other we will be providing further photography of the show throughout the weekend, but time will tell how exactly that pans out.
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…to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Richmond, VA.
Stay tuned for updates from the road, mostly in the form of custom bike photos. While you’re waiting, check out last year’s photos.
So here’s the deal… If you click this link and vote for Transportation Alternatives, you’ll help them in competing for $250K to produce an application that will help new riders find veteran riders to show them the ropes. While many local organizations have tried similar programs, it’s often a matter of not having enough funding to reach a larger audience that kills the initiative. You can help the most by voting daily, or at least go and vote once.
In the spirit of 24hr mountain bike racing, and the 24hr and even 6-day epics of skinny tire history, comes the 24hr Last Man Standing singlespeed and fixed race in Vienna. Go for a full 24hrs with full mechanical and food support and try to rack up as many laps as possible on a closed, urban course. Coming April 18 and 19, see their website for more information and to register, as it’s limited to 100 spots.
Bicycle culture takes center stage in Singapore with the second annual OCBC Cycle Singapore on March 6-7, 2010. In addition to a pro-level criterium and an expo area, the public will have a chance to ride on Singapore’s streets, car free! Planned rides include 50, 40, 20 and 5km distances, and there’s a tricycle ride, as well.
Visit www.cyclesingapore.com for more info.
Global Ride Video Productions just released this trailer for their latest traing video in production, featuring Pittsburgh’s legendary Dirty Dozen. This underground road race goes up the 12 steepest hills in Pittsburgh, going up what is arguably the steepest “city” street in the world at 35% grade, Canton Ave. We covered the Dirty Dozen race back in Urban Velo #5.
On February 26th there is a benefit show and party for Mariel Mentink, victim of a nasty hit and run accident that left her with a head injury and various busted bones including vertebrae and pelvis. Of course the driver has yet to be found… Show up with a few dollars in hand for a good time and help a fellow rider get back to health.
You knew it was bound to happen… First Ben’s Cycles started selling mallet supplies, now Poloschlaeger, a small company from Germany, is offering complete mallets. According to Philipp from Poloschlaeger, “The mallets prototypes are ready, but the production hasn’t begun yet. The Workers Welfare Federal Association is producing the mallets, and I have to help them with production techniques this time.”
A mallet retails for 27€, but shipping to the United States is an additional 34€. Visit www.poloschlaeger.de for more info.
Seriously… I would expect a little more effort from The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel.
While in Minneapolis for Stuporbowl 13 I had the opportunity to borrow an All-City Big Block track bike to ride for my four day adventure, pieced together from a variety of parts much like most people’s personal bikes look like anyway. The short story is that the Big Block is a quality steel track frame fork with the clearance for big tires and built with real-deal track geometry—steep and high for the banks of the local velodrome. On paper it’s a recipe for a fast handling city bike, and after some 50 or 60 miles in the cold and sloppy snow of a Minneapolis February I’d have to say it adds up as promised.
At $460 the Big Block straddles the place in the market between the entry level frames and complete bikes and the higher end, racier stock track framesets out there. It’s all about the tubeset and the small touches at this price—where lower end bikes have straight gauge or single butted tubing with 4130 on the front triangle if anywhere, the Big Block is 100% 4130, with the main triangle being double butted. The straight blade fork has a lugged crown and dropouts, and the track ends of the frame feature a cutout of the Hennepin bridge in downtown Minneapolis. Front and rear brake mounts, clearance for 32c tires and a bottle mount for those of us that ride long enough to get thirsty are all nice touches, broadening the utility of the bike while keeping it track-like enough for the purists. Most people see “track” as a bike with steep head and seat angles, a high bottom bracket (for going slowly up the bank and not clipping a pedal), a short fork offset and short chainstays. That’s the Big Block in a breath, with all of the actual numbers available here. I’ll say that it felt as I judged it should, much like the bikes in my personal stable I have the most fun on and like I’d expect a frameset such as this to handle. For the record, my loaner 58cm frameset did not have any toe overlap, even setup with BMX platforms and a ‘cross front tire as shown.
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Tyler over at People’s Bike posted a funny series of photos from his morning commute. Check out www.peoplesbike.com/pplsen.
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