Cool! And if you click on the Jonny Cycles link, the first two pics are of the frame he did for me. Just ordered some custom teak/maple/wenge mudguards from Cody Davis for it.
charles nighbor wrote:
>The 2nd Annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show in San Jose 2006
>I went today 4 March 2006 and was overwhelmed by Great Frame builders
>from USA and one from England. Steel lugged, filet brazed, and very neat
>TIG welded frame to be seen every where. Even (way past cut off point)
>great hand built carbon fiber frames.
>All these builders were there.
>on names highlighted in blue for pictures, more information about them,
>and related web links.
> Rich Adams
> Joseph Ahearne
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> Ahrens Bicycles/Mike Ahrens
> Alpine Designs
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> ANT/Mike Flanigan
> Brian Baylis
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> Blackout Bikes
> Calfee Design/Craig Calfee
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> Matt Chester
> Columbine Cycles/John Murphy
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> Co-Motion Cycles
> Crumpton Cycles/Nick Crumpton
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> Roland Della Santa
> DeKerf Cycle Innovations
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> Mike DeSalvo
> Vincent Dominguez
>
> M. Feeney Cycles
> Jenny Frayer
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> Bruce Gordon
> Independent Fabrication
>
> Christopher Igleheart
> Chris Kelly
>
> Jonny Cycles/Jon Kendziera
> Jim Kish
>
> Landshark Bicycles
> Litespeed
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> Longstaff Custom Cycles
> Merlin
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> Mint Cycles
> Dan Nelson/NTP Bikes
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> Mark Nobilette
> Tom Oswald
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> Paduano Racing
> Parlee Cycles
>
> Peacock Groove Cycles
> Tony Pereira
>
> Mauricio Rebolledo
> Roark Custom Titanium Bicycles
>
> Rue Sports/Brent Ruegamer
> Dave Tiemeyer
>
> Spectrum Cycles/Tom Kellogg
> Patrick Cycles/Greg Gardner
>
> Retrotec/Curtis Inglis
> RexCycles/Steve Rex
>
> Rideable Replicas
> Bill Rider
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> Richard Sachs
> Rock Lobster/Paul Sadoff
>
> Santana Tandems
> Sadilah/Charles Schlesinger
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> Soulcraft
> Steelman Cycles
>
> Strawberry/Andy Newlands
> Bob Summersett
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> Jamie Swan
> Sycip Design
>
> Thursday Bicycles
> Vanilla Bicycles/Sacha White
>
> Vicious Cycles
> Don Walker
>
> J. Peter Weigle
> Waterford Precision
>
> David Wilson Industries
> Wolfhound Cycles
>
> I got to talk with Richard Sachs, Richard Schwinn, Peter Weigle,
>Mark Nobilette and many others. I saw lug work that was simply
>outstanding.
>
> Go to http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com/
>
> web site and click on builders and then click on their name and it
>takes you to their web page where you can see there frames. Cameras were
>busy taking photos. Yes Don Walker stated no phots but no one to enforce
>it. Brian Baylis had a newly built tricked white blue retro touring
>bicycle. Stunning with dual retro headlights.
>
> I enjoyed every minute.
>
> Reynolds has a new line of stainless steel tubing that was
>designed for TIG but are checking out using with SS lugs. And they added
>a SS rear stay tube. Which allows you to just polish the rear stays and
>forget abut chain slap. This SS tubing is very lite and matchs Ti and
>Carbon fiber in weight.Also have built SS dropouts plus other needed
>bits and pieces in SS
>
> STEEL IS REAL
>
> Charles Nighbor
>
> Walnut Crrek, CA
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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee