The North American Handmade Bicycle Show travels to Sacramento, California, this year. It's the show's 15th anniversary, and boasts the largest turnout of exhibitors on record. The vibe is upbeat and there are a number of new faces in the aisles, some of whom are sure to raise the bar for the two dozen mind-blowers who consistently sweep the NAHBS award ceremonies.
Some joke that NAHBS is an acronym for the North American Hardtail Builders Show. True that... but dual-suspension machines seem to be sprouting everywhere between the bumper crop of gravel-grinders and mountain hardtails that have dominated the expo for three years running. But who cares? NAHBS is cycling debauchery at its highest expression.
'[...] but if I do end up going we can link up and then you can murder me.' --QBP
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I wonder if this is how EXT Racing make their shocks have progressive damping?
Let's just call it a cool detail without a particular function.
Lighter tubing, better handling, more comfortable.
Can’t believe some random jack is second guessing Steve Potts - you probably don’t even know who he is.
Stiffness and handling might really benefit, as already mentioned by the more to-the-point gentlemen above.
As for "transfers brake torque", doesn't look like it. My guess will be an incorrectly worded caption, but you can surely take offence on behalf of Steve for no reason
I would love to hear how it "transfers brake torque" past the main weld along that slender arm – so far you've talked about everything but the only issue I mentioned in my original comment.
www.englishcycles.com/custombikes/garys-project-right-5
Did they say that in 2019 or 2001?
This one is concours condition.. no offense to Mike, I love all classic minis and hisbrightens my day every time I see or hear it...but these cars are probably 20 years and 30+k apart
Anyone selling a 1999 Mini Cooper Sport5?
WANT!
It buckled during a low speed brake. Glad I wasn't hauling somewhere sketchy.
Lucky me he fixed it with a longer truss - and charged me 100 bucks for a two tone paint job.
It's a PB highlight when the photos start coming out from this show.
Some crazy clever stuff from English and that one piece machined yoke - very nice. Does it count as handmade though? And what about the machined aluminium moulds needed for Hope's carbon layups ? Sorry being a pedant
The use of a stylised Union Flag in the logo rather than the flag of England.
So .... rephrasing: MOST MICRO-SCALE matrix materials, for BIKE FRAMES are going to be epoxies. [-_____-]
Basically, for the sake of discussion, we aren't talking about the fact that the bike is made of bamboo and then some natural fiber sub-assembly and call the whole thing a composite of tube and rope. We are talking about the sub-assembly itself, which is a microscopic composite that mixes recently-alive-plant based fibers and long-deceased bacteria-based (petroleum-based) epoxy resins.