So what's the story with Brian Baylis' ultimate randonneur? Was the fog machine turned off long enough to glimpse the machine. Inquiring minds need to know.
Wish I could have made the show this year! Last year was great fun.
Roman Stankus Atlanta, Ga.
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of charles nighbor Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:05 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Report on the 2nd Annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show
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
Ahrens Bicycles/Mike Ahrens Alpine Designs
ANT/Mike Flanigan Brian Baylis
Blackout Bikes Calfee Design/Craig Calfee
Matt Chester Columbine Cycles/John Murphy
Co-Motion Cycles Crumpton Cycles/Nick Crumpton
Roland Della Santa DeKerf Cycle Innovations
Mike DeSalvo Vincent Dominguez
M. Feeney Cycles Jenny Frayer
Bruce Gordon Independent Fabrication
Christopher Igleheart Chris Kelly
Jonny Cycles/Jon Kendziera Jim Kish
Landshark Bicycles Litespeed
Longstaff Custom Cycles Merlin
Mint Cycles Dan Nelson/NTP Bikes
Mark Nobilette Tom Oswald
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
Richard Sachs Rock Lobster/Paul Sadoff
Santana Tandems Sadilah/Charles Schlesinger
Soulcraft Steelman Cycles
Strawberry/Andy Newlands Bob Summersett
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