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NAHBS 2014 in pictures: The award-winning bikes and frames
The North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show (NAHBS) has been going for the best part of the last decade, and brings together some of the finest frame builders displaying truly stunning, innovative and beautiful bicycles of all persuasions. On this page are the award-winning bikes and frames from the show.
While NAHBS does attract frame builders from around the world, it's predominantly a show full of US builders. Many of the standout bikes are created by independent frame builders, this collection of award-winning frame builders demonstrates the diversity of the cycling industry away from the mainstream manufacturers, with an eye on individuality and, well just doing things a little differently because they can and want to.
The best of the best get to walk away with the a coveted NAHBS award, and here are all the award-winners. We’ve included the mountain bikes as well as the road bikes, because they’re all bicycles and too nice not to include. And we have already featured one of the winning bicycles, the new Gravel Racer from Argonaut Cycles.
Best Road Bike: Kent Eriksen Cycles
Best Mountain Bike: Breadwinner Cycles
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Best Cyclocross Bike: Retrotec
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Best Tandem Bike: Co-Motion Cycles
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Best City/Utility Bike: Cykelmageren
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Best Finish: Independent Fabrication
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Best Theme Bike: Sycip Designs
Best New Builder: Harvey Cycle Works
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President’s Choice: Peacock Groove
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People’s Choice: Six-Eleven Bicycle Co.
Best in Show: Argonaut Cycles
You can read our detailed first look of Argonaut Cycle's new Gravel Racer here.
Best Track Bike: Six-Eleven Bicycles
Best Fillet-Brazed: Ellis Cycles
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Best TIG-Welded: Kent Eriksen Cycles
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Best Lay-Up: Argonaut Cycles
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Best Campagnolo Equipped Bike: English Cycles
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More at http://2014.handmadebicycleshow.com. We'll have more information on some of these bikes in future articles.
All images © 2014 Weldon Weaver
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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Best Lay-Up? How are they assessing that, then?
It looks like naked carbon and it's been layed up by hand rather than mass produced?
Love the rough stuff tourer bike on the disc/dyno hub and the metal light grilles, the Campag equipped English is pleasingly like a very early Giant TCR/OCR but with discs.
I don't think these side on shots do some of the fat bikes justice... but what we really want from NAHBS is weirdness. Did you see Cycle Monkey's Oxide Battleaxe, with the 2 chains?
http://2014.handmadebicycleshow.com/exhibitor/cyclemonkey/
The Quiring full sus 29er tandems?
http://2014.handmadebicycleshow.com/exhibitor/quiring/
The Sinewave Reactor USB socket stem cap?
http://2014.handmadebicycleshow.com/exhibitor/sinewavecycles/
Well… four of those manage not to be shit-the-bed ugly.
I liked the track bike, which were the other three?