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North American Hand Made Bicycle Show, Portland, Oregon, USA, February 8 - 10, 2008

Part 5 - Local builders come out in force

Sacha White offered upthe usual array
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How far did you say you had to go
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The rack is functional
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If you want some of this Vanilla
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There's a lot going on here.
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Fixies were as prevalent as ever
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White's signature dropout
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Yikes, that's tight!
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A stainless steel top tube protector
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White's oldest daughter, Cybelle
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The mixte frame
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Comfortably bent bars
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Cybelle certainly does use this everyday
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White has also began to delve into the world
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These frames hanging up high
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White launched his Speedvagen line
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The Speedvagen bikes are still breathtaking to look at
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Deeply arced stays
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White's own interpretation of the prancing horse.
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Speedvagen bikes are fitted
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Stainless plates are secured
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A custom-painted saddle perhaps isn't the most practical
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Even the cable stops
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Speedvagen 'cross bikes have been raced
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Speedvagen frames are built in cooperation
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This dropout design was striking enough…
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…but wow, this one is even better.
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Brake lines run directly through the seat tube
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Speedvagen 'cross posts
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White also had some new wool jerseys on hand
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Huffman is a long-time wool jersey user
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The Vanilla Bicycles workshop
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Frames start out as this…
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…and eventually end up like this.
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White spends a lot of his time shaping metal
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How many files are on your bench?
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Maybe this is the inspiration for White's work.
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A dedicated alignment table sits at the back of the room.
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Wooden stairs lead up to a fitting studio
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Portland is rife with top notch builders
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Ahearne's personal townie bike
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Split chain stays have become
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This clearly took a long time to make.
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Ahearne's townie also boasts
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Anyone want to go pick up the pizza?
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Ahearne also displayed another townie
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The rear end is purposeful
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Again, Ahearne's split stays
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The shifter is cleverly integrated
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The custom-built front rack holds plenty of stuff…
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…but sometimes maybe just a single flower will do.
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When standard U.S. coins just won't do.
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Ahearne doesn't limit himself to just townies, though
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Any guesses who built this one?
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Ahearne also introduced the split concept
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The front rack is custom sized…
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…for this bag.
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The elegant pump holder is neatly fitted
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Shifters are again cleanly integrated into the stem.
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Drink, anyone?
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Ahearne does road, too.
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Yup, here again.
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A small scallop in the seat stay
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We'll take one, please.
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Portland builder Ken Wheeler
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Each front triangle is built out of a number
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The bottom bracket shell is bonded and bolted
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"Air hardened"!
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Hardwood rings reinforced the head tube.
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It looks heavy
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Ira Ryan only started building frames recently
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We saw this bike at last year's show
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We're sure we'll see more of Ira Ryan
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Have we mentioned that Portland
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Ryan isn't just a framebuilder
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Mike DeSalvo showed off a number of bikes and frame
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Sliding dropouts were everywhere
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Almost too pretty to ride.
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DeSalvo also does titanium.
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Does this bring back any memories?
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Dropouts are clean and purposeful.
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Ah, right, we figured there was a story
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Newcomer Aaron Hayes of Courage Bicycles
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With details like this we can see why.
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Courage takes advantage of Paul Components' direct mount
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The rear brake cable is routed directly
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The symbol of Courage.
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The front brake cable is routed through the stem.
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Local builder Vertigo
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Vertigo also showed off this nice titanium mountain bike.
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The most eye-catching Vertigo bike on display
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Vertigo builder Sean Chaney
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A small notch makes for chainring clearance
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Brake lines are run internally.
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Chaney says he can comfortably fit 28mm-wide tires
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UK clothing company Rapha announced
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Andy Hampsten fans can pick up this replica jersey
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…which comes complete with a pin-on number
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Co-Motion is best known for its tandems…
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…but also does singles as well.
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Portland builder Vendetta Cycles…
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…came to NAHBS with some clean-looking machines.
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Signal Cycles does road…
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…and townie, as well as just about anything else you can think of.
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Goodtimes is another Portland builder…
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…and its frames sport some neat-looking dropouts.
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Hufnagel showed off this mixte bike…
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…and also sponsors the local road chapter
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Marcroft Cycles offers road and mountain bikes.
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Marcroft is adopting the philosophy
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These jerseys might be a common sight
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Portland builder Strawberry Cycles
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…and also offers a range of
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Many builders learned the mechanics of their craft
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