Gallery: Builders show ’cross, monster ’cross, and other unique builds at NAHBS
- By Chris Case
- Published Feb. 24, 2013
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Cherubim's Rambler was voted Best City Bike at the 2013 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The attention paid to detail is apparent everywhere you look at NAHBS. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Cielo, the brand started by component manufacturer Chris King, had its special edition, champagne and purple Sportif Classic on display. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster ’Cross, and Everything in Between
Josh Culbertson hand-builds Avery County Cycles frames in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Cherubim's Shin-Ichi Konno sculpted this handlebar for his Rambler city bike. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The integrated rack of the Rambler offers a fine blend of form and function. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The beautiful lug work on the Harvey Cycle Works gravel road racer. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Breadwinner, the new collaboration between Ira Ryan and Tony Pereira, brought an example of its Continental build. The model is an evolution of the bike made for the Rapha Continental; the bike was born from thousands of miles riding with and building for the cycling group. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The Breadwinner head badge. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The beautiful lugged steel fork of the Breadworks Continental. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Ellis Cycles' Strada Fango is meant for the road and the mud, and everything in between. "Strada fango" translates from Italian as, simply, "road mud." Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The Strada Fango accomodates 29x2.0-inch tires. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The drive side chainstay of the Strada Fango is curved to allow clearance for the front derailleur cage with chainrings as small as 42T. An XTR crankset mates to a Dura-Ace Di2 front and rear derailleur. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Shamrock Cycles' Fluid Druid is a blend of old and new. Stage race geometry and Campagnolo Super Record meet practical additions like fenders for the Midwest rain and 1960s paint scheme. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Shamrock builds the Fluid Druid with Columbus Spirit tubes, with paint by Corby Concepts. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Indiana-based Shamrock Cycles draws on the luck (and skill) of the Irish to bring together bikes with fine attention to detail throughout. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Harvey Cycle Works of Indiana brought this beautiful randonneur/gravel road racer/adventure bike to NAHBS. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Moots founder Kent Erickson has since left that company and started his own titanium-focused company in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This gravel grinder/monster 'cross frame showcased the company's fabrication skill that helped it win Best Titanium Construction. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Branding, right down to the derailleur hanger on the Eriksen. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
Twenty2 Cycles hails from Vail, Colorado, and built this 650B "mountain 'cross" bike for riding the dirt roads and singletrack of the Eagle River Valley. It can fit 'cross wheels and tires as well as 650b mountain bike wheels and tires, as the outer diameter of the two setups is the same. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The Twenty2 mountain 'cross is built around the Rohloff SpeedHub — which features 21 speeds inside the internally-geared hub — and a Gates belt drive. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The elegant head badge of the Twenty2. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
An understated dirt road racer from DeSalvo Custom Cycles. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
Gravel Grinders, Monster 'Cross, and Everything in Between
The delicate head badge of the Ashland, Oregon-based DeSalvo Custom Cycles. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com
FILED UNDER: Bikes and Tech / Gallery TAGS: North American Handmade Bicycle Show
Chris Case
In the fluorescent light of a neuroscience laboratory, Chris Case decided the study of photography, film, and journalism might be better suited to his creative passions. In graduate school, he rediscovered the bike, and quickly became enamored with the sport in all its forms — the history, culture, and stories that make it rich, and the places that it took him. He joined Velo magazine as managing editor in 2012 after five years as editor and designer of Trail and Timberline magazine.
