[CR]More to see at North American Handmade bike show

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:03:40 -0500
From: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@gmail.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]More to see at North American Handmade bike show

This appeared in today's http://www.cyclingnews.com:

More to see at North American Handmade bike show

Organisers of the second annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show have announced that Shimano and Wheelbuilder have signed up as exhibitors at the March 3-5, 2006 which focuses on independent framebuilders and their products. The event will also offer a series of seminars on bike design, fi t and technology.

"I am very pleased to have Shimano come on board," said show organiser Don Walker. "They have been working hard to establish relationships with independent framebuilders, and their presence at the show confirms exactly that."

Chad Roberts from Shimano's Marketing Department said "Shimano supports small frame builders 100% and feel that they are what makes the industry so special," said Shimano's Chad Roberts. "Trends and new designs more often than not come from these smaller companies and without them the bike industry as we know it would not exist. It is important to support such events and companies as they are the backbone of what the bicycle industry was built on. Shimano does not forget where their background comes from, an d realises how import small businesses are to the success of the bicycle industry. Just remember all the big bike companies started out as small guy s too."

The show's seminars offer something of interest to everyone who is interested in bike technology, covering subjects from choosing a framebuilder to the latest materials. The seminars currently confirmed are:

Bill Boston: Accufit Designer Demonstration. Craig Calfee: Modern Materials. Tom Kellogg: How to choose your next framebuilder. Brian Baylis: The classic steel lugged bicycle. John Murphy: The art of lug carving. Paul Sadoff: Performance cycling. Reynolds Tubing: 953 Q/A. Richard Schwinn: Decisions on your handbuilt bike - the promise and pitfalls. Henry Folson: Lug making. Storytime with the builders.

The show has also added a guest of honour in legendary US frame builder A.D . "Art" Stump. Art Stump began framebuilding in the late 1960s and while he went more for quality than quantity, he became known for his lug carving an d his beautifully ornate frames. Stump's frames are very rare, and Walker say s that anyone who owns one is welcome to display it at the show and get free admission for all 3 days.

Admission prices range from $12 for a one-day pass to $100 for a 3 day pass including admission into the seminars.

For more information see http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com.

Angel Garcia

Verona, IT