Our readers love the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and so do we. That’s why we were all saddened to learn of its postponement due to the COVID-19 virus.
What to do? The show has been rescheduled to August, but we still have plenty of great NAHBS content to share with you. We’re going to have our usual series of pre-NAHBS interviews to put the spotlight on a handful of our favorite builders – and will start sharing these stories NOW, when the original show was scheduled to begin. Economic times will be tough for us all, but perhaps even more so for small independent businesses. Thus, we feel it is our duty to help promote these builders, and keep the excitement going all the way to the forthcoming August NAHBS.
Please enjoy this interview with Nao Tomii of Tomii Cycles.
Bikerumor.com: What’s your name, your bike brand, and where are you based?
Nao Tomii: My name is Nao Tomii and I’m the owner / builder of Tomii Cycles in Austin TX.
Bikerumor.com: How long have you been making bikes? How’d you get into it?
Tomii: I have been making bikes since 2012. I was born in Yokohama and grew up in Niigata, Japan. I came to the United States in 1998 for art school in Boston MA. Since I was a child I’ve always liked cars, motorcycles, and bicycles (everything with wheels) especially American hotrod culture. It was a good opportunity to study art and explore American culture.
