It was a great time, and bet that I will do whatever I can to go back next year.
I was terribly excited with the range of skinny tire bikes, and there were more than a few "paint hangers" around, but it seemed the only thing you had to do to have a unique bike at the show was build a 26" mountain bike.
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I was psyched to see a trials bike(which was maybe the only 26er I saw) from Caelifera, a side venture of what is mostly an Architectural design and fabrication company that happens to have some bike nuts working for them...
My vote for "People's Choice", which I later found out was the bike Chris King built for himself as his daily ride.
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The Indy Fab Phil Wood 40th track bike was amazing, I cant imagine the process or labor involved with polishing a Ti frame.
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Im sure most everybody has seen enough shots of this bike, but here is mine for good measure.
This Pegoretti was easily one of the most beautiful road bikes I have ever seen, and I'm not fond of yellow...
I would love to post twenty other things here, but, if you want to see more I have over two hundred photos available here.
Also the see all the official NAHBS award winners here.
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The elusive Chris King was there, the guy on the left. Awesome...
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing them, I almost feel like I was there. Next year is Austin, always wanted to see Austin...
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a better city for that than Austin. Cool town. Thanks for the photo-essay too guys.
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