NAHBS 2010: Bike Porn (SFW)

by swells on Mar 11, 2010 1:01 PM EST

Well, I'm at home with a sick youngin' today so I found some time to organize some images from the North Atlantic Handmade Bike Show held recently in Richmond, VA. What a great weekend. Saw some awesome bike stuff and held a working lunch with the PdC MAC (Podium Cafe Mid-Atlantic Contigent). We get reimbursed for that, right?

Anyway, this is a link to a photobucket slideshow of some of the pics that I took. Click "slideshow" when it opens. I also recommend selecting the "slow" option at the bottom left of the screen. A few of the images have my third rate commentary. Feel free to leave your own and let me know what you think.

If you're interested in some professional images, here are links to some from the past couple weeks:

cyclingnews

VeloNews

Pez

I'm posting the image below separately because I wanted to stress how much I loved this bike. Dave Wages of Ellis Cycles won best in show for one of his other bikes, but I thought this was most awesome. Enjoy.

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Great set

And I will absolutely be using your hard caption work for my own lazy purposes.

I agree on your assessment of the awesomeness of the Ellis bike. In fact, if I had to get rid of all my bikes in return for having just one, that would be it (except I’d go with Open Pros. Heh.). So clean.

by Sui Juris on Mar 11, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions

Speaking of...

I’ve got 2 sets of Open Pros. One was my “training” set, the other my “racing” set. “Racing” = less brake wear. Both are built up with Shimano 8 speed, but you’re welcome to them, if you’re interested. Each set weighs roughly 800 lbs.

"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj

by swells on Mar 11, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions

oops. Check that.

Open 4 CD’s I have 2 sets of…very heavy…willing to part with.
My Open Pros I built up myself…D/A rear; White Bros. front, revolution spokes, Conti. Sprinter 250’s…hanging on to these.

"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj

by swells on Mar 11, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

You just pointing that out because

my front wheel doesn’t match? Is that it,swells?

A man goes to NAHBS, and all of a sudden he’s a bike fashion expert . . .

Hipster.

by Sui Juris on Mar 11, 2010 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Me? A bike snob?

Not really. It’s just that I’ve learned not to expect too much from Cannondale riders. ;-)

"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj

by swells on Mar 11, 2010 3:03 PM EST up reply actions

So you have a pair of skinny jeans to sell him,

along with a cuban hat? He rocks that look.

"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."

by Drew Davis on Mar 11, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions

Plus a Fixie under him!

“You think it makes you look like a courier,
but it really just makes you look gurlier”

Racing for Victory and Free Beer!

by DemonCats on Mar 12, 2010 7:11 AM EST up reply actions

i ended saturday's perusing of nahbs

by staring at the ellis bike for at least 20 minutes… beautiful. nice that you can see the richard petty inspired bike behind it!

"Race radios in Cat 4?"

by gravel road on Mar 11, 2010 2:48 PM EST reply actions

NAHBS is a serious annual droolf-fest

Especially for guys like me who voted Bah=carbon. Mmmmmm… fastback stays….

Can't I just start alone? I don't need a team. All I need is a mechanic and a car!" --Jens!

by FaustoCoppock on Mar 11, 2010 11:47 PM EST reply actions

Wher'd my comments go?

Lost my post, but to recap. Great show, great times and great friends. Including our PdC pals. I look forward to more of these get-togethers in the future.

I loved the bikes, the Ellis was very cool and very clean.

by ELVISGOAT on Mar 12, 2010 6:55 AM EST reply actions