“Viewed at a distance, the world of mountain biking is a disjointed network of seemingly similar but disconnected communities. Freeride. Downhill. Big Mountain. All Mountain.…
Guru, a custom bicycle manufacturer based just outside of Montreal, is known for their carbon fiber road and triathlon bikes, but they now doing about…
Cykelmageren, out of Denmark, never fails to have some new yet classic looking “tourist” bicycles with unexpected features. Built to be simple, upright bikes for…
Vendetta Cycles’ builder/owner Conor Buescher loves some elaborate lug work, and this year’s bikes were no exception. Above was a very dark road bike with…
Deschutes Brewery has released their Chainbreaker White IPA to celebrate cycling and their sponsorship of various cycling events including it’s namesake the Cascade Chainbreaker mountain…
The big news from Gaulzetti, which he alluded to in the pre-show interview, is the introduction of steel frames using Columbus’ über-oversized PegoRichie tubing. Frame…
Naked bicycles took a unique approach to how they were going to get their display bikes to Sacramento this year. Builder Sam Whittingham and his assistant Lolo rode road over 375…
Paul Brodie’s Whippet caught plenty of eyeballs. It’s a replica 1888 Whippet bicycle, designed with seven pivot points to help insulate the rider from road…
Sycip Cycles is celebrating their 20th anniversary building custom bicycles, and they’ve got a few new options on the table to celebrate. First, though, is…
Cinelli’s gorgeous XCR Stainless road bike gets a few updates. Cable stops move from the downtube to the headtube, and the headtube gets reinforcements at…
Cyfac, pronounced see-fak, is based in France and builds custom steel, aluminum and carbon fiber bicycles. The carbon frames are hand built using tube to…
In the costly, never ending battle for increased performance and decreased weight, Scrubs ultra light 6 bolt discs reign supreme (47g less than the Absolute…
White Industries, famous for their beautiful chrome hubs, didn’t disappoint. On display at their booth were their splined track hubs. One side features their proprietary…
This past year John Caletti has been experimenting with new materials and graphics. At NAHBS, he displayed several bikes featuring titanium and a new hand…
John Boisclair, service technician for My Dutch Bikes, recently spent 300 hours of his life building one helluva cargo bike. This is his first undertaking…
