[CR]Awards from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:52:36 -0500 (EST)
From: <wheelman@nac.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Awards from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show

All the discussion and photos were really a treat here but one thing struck me. First let me say that I am not an expert by any means but I am a careful observer. It is in that light that I ask this question and add a comment. The show title has this adjective disguised as a noun in the title "Handmade". Here is where my ignorance may show, since when is a carbon fiber bike considered hand made? Did someone there actually set up a form, brew up some epoxy solution and hand wrap the results coating each layer and take out the rough spots by hand. I ask this so I can talk intelligent in the future about these bikes. As for me I am on a no CARBon diet so that is why these bikes are foreign to me and most of you from what I understand.

Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ