Bicycle trade shows are fun because of all the free magazines that are available. The usual crowd were at the 2008 Handmade Bicycle Show including VeloNews with a free bicycle giveaway, Dirt Rag with their Sock Guy socks, and Road Bike Action with free magazines. Momentum Magazine is a two year old Canadian...

2009 venue announced During the award ceremony Sunday afternoon, Don Walker announced that Indianopolis will be the location of the 2009 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. “It’s a great venue, plus I live there,” said Don Walker. Record year This fourth NAHBS has been said by many to be a coming of...

Shimano displayed their new 29 inch wheel today at NAHBS. Guitar Ted will provide more details at Twentynine Inches .

Road frame made with bamboo fiber composite material Brano Meres is an engineer in Slovakia who first built a carbon / bamboo composite bike four years ago. He continues to dabble in new materials. His latest innovation is this frame made from a bamboo composite material. This frame looks and kind of...

I've dumped several photos from NAHBS to my Flickr account . Some highlights: The floor was so crowded that the fire marshall ordered NAHBS staff to limit entrances because the hall had exceeded its limit. People were lined up 50 yards waiting to get inside the hall this afternoon. Tyler from Delta...

I've seen bikes made from steel, bamboo, carbon fiber, titanium and aluminum at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland this weekend, but something that really caught my eye was this monocoque wooden bicycle from Renovo Bikes of Portland, Oregon. Renovo's builder, Ken Wheeler, said...

I'll begin uploading photos from the North American Handmade Bicycle Show to my 2008 NAHBS set on Flickr in a couple of hours, hopefully. In the meantime, I invite you to view the photos from my Flickr friends Yohei Morita , Walter B Grundle , Bike Hugger , and Jonathan . See more NAHBS coverage...

Brad of Urban Velo is in Portland at the 2008 North American Handmade Bicycle Show with all of his camera gear. Builders are taking their bikes to his ad hoc photo studio so Brad can take lovely portraits of their creations. This first is Calfee's latest bamboo creation, in which he's gone whole...

First ever titanium belt drive bicycle? Lynskey Performance Designs of Chattanooga, TN will introduce what they believe to be the first ever belt driven titanium bicycles at the 2008 North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland this weekend. Here are some preview photos of the 12 pound singlespeed...

Remember, I'll be at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Portland this weekend. Look for me carrying this "Seven Cycles" messenger bag from Bailey Works and with the Zero Per Gallon patch on it. Mention "Cyclelicious" and you just might earn yourself a Kryptonite New York...