Empowering The Bicycle Traveler

NAHBS 2011

Sky King’s take on Austin

While much of our time in Austin was spent inside at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, we did get out and about a bit.  Most of these photo's were taken with my phone but thought it would be fun to give you a little view of some of the things we saw. I must Read More

NAHBS, Day One, cont.

Jon Littleford makes custom touring bikes in Portland, OR with an emphasis on durability and usefulness. Where have I heard that before? Now I realize, after looking at these photos that I may have missed some details on this bike like the routing of the rear brake housing..is it actually inside the rack tube? Have Read More

NAHBS , Day One

As promised, here is a pic of  Tim O'Donell's fillet brazed road bike. We are right next to YiPsan Bicycles' booth. Renold has some good ideas. Especially the porteur/low rider front rack. The two side platforms on the front rack come off and attach to the lower stays to support panniers. A really clever solution Read More

NAHBS 2011, Austin, TX

We are in Austin for the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Framebuilder Don Walker had the brainstorm for this show and produced the first one in 2005 in Houston, TX. The show has grown over the years but still showcases only those bikes made by hand, in the exhibitor's shop. Today Dario Pegoretti, Ben Read More