We didn’t give many nods for honorable mentions this year. It was somewhat by design. We really wanted to reserve the honorable mentions for bikes that could have won in other years, or in ...
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NAHBS 2017: Awards, Part IV
The Best Finish award is arguably the most subjective of the bunch. Sure, we can point to objective details like elaborate masking or multiple colors that suggest many hours of work, but at a ...
NAHBS 2017: Category Award Winners, Part III
When I first started helping to adjudicate the awards there were so many that if you had a booth you were virtually guaranteed an award sooner or later, provided you entered. The problem was that ...
Redwood Empire Pedalcast #8
Patrick is back from Salt Lake City where he presided over the awards for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. We catch up about some of the amazing bikes that were there, as well as talk ...
Paceline Podcast #59
Fatty went on vacation and his weight went up in equal proportion to his fun. What’s up with that? And after getting back he went to St. George and the True Grit Epic … and his race ...
NAHBS 2017: Category Award Winners, Part II
In some competitions the criteria are etched in stone and don’t change one iota for decades. They are clearly set forth, objective but may struggle to embrace changing taste or the rise of ...
NAHBS 2017: Category Award Winners, Part I
In recognizing bikes for achievement, it’s obvious that categories must be created. It’s hard to compare a mountain bike to a road bike, right? What is better is likely to depend ...
NAHBS 2017: Best in Show
For most of us, buying a bicycle, any bicycle, is cause for celebration. It’s the happiness tool. I’ve often written that any bicycle is better than no bicycle. I believe in that the ...
Redwood Empire Pedalcast #7
Just as we thought the rain was past tense, it comes roaring back for another good soaking. We discuss conditions at last weekend’s Super Sweetwater Grasshopper, which is to say wet the way ...
The Paceline Podcast #56
Fatty has identified a new disorder, one for those with too many goals and no ability to prioritize. We name the syndrome and then discuss how there’s no known treatment. That said, ...