NAHBS 2011 – Austin Day 2
The affordability equation shifts in the direction of a custom built bike given the likelihood that the experience of the builder will yield a bicycle that will more than likely be the perfect bike for...
View ArticleInterview: Katharine Horsman of Brompton Bicycle – NAHBS 2011
You've got to be pretty passionate about the causes you get involved in.
View ArticleInterview: Nate Meschke of Signal Cycles – Winner of NAHBS ‘Best City Bike’
Signal Cycles won the 2011 North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) award for Best City Bike.
View ArticleNAHBS 2011 – Austin Day 3 – Wrapping It Up
We had a great time talking to this all-star cast of bike builders, focusing on commuter bikes. And in the process, we learned a whole lot about what working with a custom builder offers to the customer.
View ArticleInterview: Sam Whittingham of Naked Bicycles – Winner of NAHBS ‘People’s Choice’
Whittingham figures out how to keep customers on their bikes for many years after they roll away from his shop. He considers his advocacy work is getting his customers to use their bikes everyday "with...
View ArticleInterview: Wade Beauchamp of Vulture Cycles – NAHBS 2011
You jump on your bike, go to the bar, go to the store, go to the grocery store, go to your friends house. But you know we're working on trying to make it so that bike can be specific too. Park your...
View ArticleInterview: Eric Estlund of Winter Bicycles – NAHBS 2011
Eric Estlund of Winter Bicycles was kind enough to give us a second take on our interview after we botched the recording on the first go around. This was certainly worthwhile as Eric’s insightful...
View ArticleInterview: Jeremy SyCip of SyCip Bikes – NAHBS 2011
Jeremy Sycip, of SyCip Bikes, is a well recognized name in the custom frame building world and has been making user-friendly, reliable, eye-catching bikes since 1992. Josh interviewed Sycip at the...
View ArticleInterview: David Hill of Victoria Cycles – NAHBS 2011
David Hill, of Victoria Cycles, has been a “cyclist, mechanic and dreamer of fine bicycles for more than thirty years.” Josh interviewed Hill at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) in...
View ArticleInterview: Aaron Dykstra of Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. – NAHBS 2011
Before starting Six-Eleven Bicycle Co., Aaron Dykstra left his hometown of Roanoake, Virginia, and enlisted in the Air Force where he worked as mechanic on F-15 fighter planes. Later he worked a...
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