Kirk Pacenti probably didn't expect the speed
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Ventana jumps into the 650B market
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Perhaps Ventana left a 26" bike and a 29" bike
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The modular design of White Brothers' forks
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Ventana looks to have developed
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Cane Creek manufactured a handful of 650B prototypes
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Arizona framebuilder Steve Garro
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Garro's favored construction method
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Fillet brazing yields a cleanly radiused joint.
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Coconino frames are proudly built
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Coconino also showed off this clean-looking 29er.
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Colorado-based builder Yipsan
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Sliding dropouts ruled at NAHBS and for good reason
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Yipsan's 650B singlespeed used a Fox 29" fork…
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…who fork tips sported a new shape
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Yipsan even made up a custom freehub spacer.
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Why use headset spacers
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Yipsan also showed off this fixie…
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…whose celebratory graphics
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White Brothers has been a key figure
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White Brothers is advocating its new Q-loQ
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The Q-loQ standard requires just a simple flip
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The non-driveside end of the axle
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Also from White Brothers
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Is this a sign of things to come?
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Engin Cycles returned to NAHBS
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A Reynolds 953 stainless steel front triangle
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Also on hand was this military-inspired
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Sure, why not use a fork crown
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A custom rack is fitted to the rear end.
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Hand-wrapped shift levers
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Engin also displayed this good-looking road bike.
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Engin's seatpost head can also be fitted
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Just in time for Valentine's Day!
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Engin Cycles will offer its seatpost head
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Soulcraft came to NAHBS with a fine 29er…
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…that was equipped with clever pivoting dropouts.
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Shimano's new 29er wheels made several appearances
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Nick Crumpton is best known
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Will we see this from Crumpton Composites
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Wolfhound Cycles made another appearance
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The split seat tube looks cool
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Igleheart keeps the 29er torch burning.
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Even with no label
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Hunter Cycles was one of only a few builders
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The unified rear triangle has been done before…
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…but the concentric bottom bracket pivot
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Bilenky Cycle Works does MTB!
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Yup, more sliding dropouts.
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A cleanly brazed gusset
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Nothing terribly fancy going on here
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Framebuilding living legend Richard Sachs
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Sachs is deeply involved
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Classic lines adorn Sachs' machines.
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Even for 'cross
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This older Sachs frame
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Darrell McCulloch made the journey from Australia
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Sure, carbon is newer
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With workmanship like this
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It's easy to fall in love
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There's nothing cookie-cutter about these.
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McCulloch equipped one of his Llewellyn frames
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Llewellyn also does track frames
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It's a subtle detail
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Yum!
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A number of Llewellyn lugs
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Brett Horton of The Horton Collection and Darrell McCulloch
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Llewellyn also produces its own wind trainers
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Dario Pegoretti is apparently doing well
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Pegoretti's stainless steel Responsorium model
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Beefy dropouts keep the back end in check
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Pegoretti also does lugged frames.
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Pegoretti is a big fan of extended head tubes
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Why put the model name on the top tube
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Well wishes from Dario!
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The Luigino is a rather versatile Pegoretti model.
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The lugged Luigino model
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Show organizer Don Walker is an accomplished framebuilder
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Walker specializes in track bikes.
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Walker's oldest daughter apparently expressed
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Naturally, Walker wasted little time
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Classic chromed track bars
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Walker also does road bikes
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Walker does ornate-looking lugs, too.
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The new 'face' of Don Walker Cycles.
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Walker's track tandem makes another appearance
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Now this is just wrong.
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Walker shows off a gift from Brett Horton.
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Mark Nobilette has been in the business a long time…
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…and his work shows it.
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Check out the detail on this one!
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Nobilette is adept at a wide variety of construction methods
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Brian Baylis is a fixture in the framebuilding scene…
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…as both a builder and a painter.
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Oregon-based builder John Slawta displayed this Land Shark fixie…
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…which was fitted with decidedly unconventional seat stays!
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Slawta offers a wide variety of bicycle types…
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…and is well known for elaborate paint jobs.
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Curtis Inglis' Retrotec bikes are always striking
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S&S couplings on the twin top tube
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The drilled out eccentric shaves some weight.
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Sure, why not?
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Inglis carries the Retrotec design theme
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How many top tubes do you need?
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The keyhole dropout can be split open
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Just slightly nicer than my personal townie bike…
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This thing is as much art as machine.
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Ok, so it's not a 'normal' road or mountain bike
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This Grognard fixie was one of the more heavily stylized
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These bars might not be the most practical shape
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Care to build a try your hand
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This Waterford looked almost specifically built
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Stainless lugs include a bit of an extension
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Wood fenders look like they won't offer much protection
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J.P. Weigle is perhaps best known for his Frame Saver
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California-based Rebolledo Cycles
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Sheila Moon continues to cater specifically
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Sheila Moon expands on its line
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The new hoodie is high on style
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Riding knickers have seemingly grown in popularity.
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Sheila Moon's Dri-Release material
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A single rear pocket is found back here.
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Selle Italia showed off a handful of new styles
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A new Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow saddle
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Another look at the new Hayes Stroker Gram.
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The caliper features alloy-backed pads
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fi'zi:k showed off its design talent again
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Ritchey debuted a new line of lighter
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Sutherland's offered wheelbuilders
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The new Sutherland's system
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The SRAM robots made yet another trip…
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…but all of that travel is taking its toll.
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