NAHBS 2012: Video Series #3 New Frame Builders
North American Handmade Bicycle Show Interviews Continue with Installment Number Three
In this episode we check out a few builders in the new frame builders section. Interviews include Moth Attack, Raphael Cycles, and My Dutch Bike
NAHBS 2012: Video Series #2: Black Cat, Peacock Groove, and Retrotec
Follow Dave Ochs around the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show as he gets an indepth look at the work and ideas of select Frame Builders
In this episode: Erik Noren from Peacock Groove, Todd Ingermanson of Black Cat Bicycles, and Curtis Inglis of Retrotec Cycles.
NAHBS 2012: Video Set #1: Funk, Breeze and Baum
Follow Dave Ochs around the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show as he gets an indepth look at the work and ideas of select Frame Builders
In this episode: Daryl Funk (Funk Cycles), Joe Breeze (Breezer), and Darren Baum (Baum Cycles)
YiPsan Bicycles: Renold Yip
Renold Yip conceived the YiPsan Bicycles in the winter of 2006 to continue the craft of frame building in a single-person workshop and to integrate modern fitting concept, frame tubing and components with traditional building skills.
Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles: Tony Ellsworth
Ellsworth Handcrafted Bicycles is a small American bicycle company who aligns itself next to a diminishing number of premier US-made frame manufacturers.
Igleheart Custom Frames & Forks
Christopher Igleheart’s frames and forks cruise the roads and trails on six of the seven continents. Igleheart has been an integral part of the bicycle trade for more than 30 years.
Patrick Cycles: Grag Gardner and Todd Carpenter
Patrick Cycles was started by Greg Patrick Gardner and Todd Carpenter in 2003. We came from different cycling backgrounds: Greg mostly mountain bike and Todd mostly road/triathlon). But the common thread between us was our love of riding bikes.
Kirk Frameworks: David Kirk
When I started working as a professional framebuilder in 1989, I knew I had found my calling. At the time I worked in a large production shop and while there was nothing glamorous about the work, I loved it.
Bilenky Cycle Works: Stephen Bilenky
37 years ago, Philadelphia, PA….. I assembled Rollfast, Varsity’s and Sting Ray Crates, On the other side of town was a shop that carried British, French, Spanish, Italian IMPORTED bikes And their frame tubes whispered, “FIVE – THREE – ONE”
Richard Sachs Cycles
Why buy a frame from a one-man shop still using traditional hand-building methods?
Naked Bicycles and Design: Sam Whittingham
The bicycle is the most remarkable thing to me. I ride and work with them every day, yet they never cease to amaze me.
Strong Frames: Carl Strong
Strong Frames has been many things in the past 14 years. I started building in the back of my grandmother’s garage in 1993. As demand for my frames grew so did my shop and the small staff.
Ahrens Bicycles: Mike Ahrens
Your own handmade bike.
Feel alive on every ride.
Heighten your senses.
Critical thinking is at the core of Ahrens Bicycles. Our handmade steel and aluminum frames fuse innovative ideas and precise engineering.
