NAHBS: Best of the best

[Too Tall]

Just for the record:

BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE 611 Bicycle Co.
BEST CARBON FRAME Alchemy Bicycle Company
BEST STEEL FRAME Bishop Bikes
BEST LUGGED CONSTRUCTION Bishop Bikes
BEST FILLET CONSTRUCTION Bishop Bikes
BEST EXPERIMENTAL BIKE Black Sheep Fab.
BEST TIG CONSTRUCTION Black Sheep Fab.
BEST OF SHOW Cherubim by Shin-Ichi Konno
PRESIDENT'S CHOICE Cherubim by Shin-Ichi Konno
BEST ROAD BIKE Demon Frameworks
BEST STEEL FRAME Ellis Cycles Inc.
BEST CITY BIKE Ira Ryan Cycles
BEST TANDEM BIKE Kent Eriksen Cycles
BEST TITANIUM FRAME Kent Eriksen Cycles
BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE Moots
BEST CITY BIKE Muse Cycles
BEST MOUNTAIN BIKE Naked Bicycles
BEST ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FRAME Paketa Magnesium Bikes
BEST MOUNTAIN BIKE Pereira Cycles
BEST TRACK BIKE Rebolledo Cycles
BEST MOUNTAIN BIKE Retrotec-Inglis Cycles
BEST ROAD BIKE Rex Cycles
BEST CITY BIKE Shamrock Cycles
BEST TITANIUM FRAME Steve Potts Bicycles
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Stinner Frameworks
BEST EXPERIMENTAL BIKE Ti Cycles Fabrication
PEOPLES' CHOICE University of the Fraser Valley
BEST FINISH Vendetta Cycles

The Gates Carbon Drive Frame Design Contest featured as part of the NAHBS program for the first time this year. Winners of the inaugural contest comprise:

1st place: NAKED BICYCLES
2nd place: RETROTEC-INGLIS CYCLES
3rd place: TI CYCLES

[bking]

Anyone know where we can pair up the announced winner to the bike with photo. Tony P had my mt. bike at the show but i can't remember if he had more then one mt bike there. a bit curious, of course.

[rmplum]

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or how about tom and gary together...

Oh no - TR in Crocs!

[dcpdpayne]

I tried... my old canon had fits with the lighting. shoreline alert:

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That's the first photo Tim sent me of the frame...... What a tease that Irishman is.

[962]

BEST OF SHOW Cherubim by Shin-Ichi Konno
PRESIDENT'S CHOICE Cherubim by Shin-Ichi Konno

Must've been those gold Shamals. Maybe I need a gold chain.


IMG_0522 by easkeybikes, on Flickr

BEST STEEL FRAME Ellis Cycles Inc.

Rud's?

[dgaddis]

I think it's kinda sad that this was awarded best of show. I could see it getting an award for craftsmanship, or concept bike, or something like that, because it is unique and extremely well made. But how many miles of riding will it ever see? IMO (which isn't worth anything, I know) a Best Of Show award should go to a bike that was actually made to get ridden, a lot. A bike people would actually want to buy and ride themselves.

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[Sean in CA]

Maybe there needs to be a "Best Concept Bike" category? JTOL

[roseyscot]

best bike with 2012 components:

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were they the only ones with 2012?

[pdmtong]

best bike with 2012 components:

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were they the only ones with 2012?

the cranks were non-functional as the pedal inserts had been stripped out by the factory. only "2012" I saw on the floor. much better in life than in the bikerumour pictures. hoods had a nice feel and the lever graphics were "ok".

[savine]

The groupset is 2013 and only forty odd in the world. works really well with front derralieur now working in sll shifted positions. brakes are a bit softer than the previous model. Sram built up teo of our team frames for our press camp a few weeks back and took them off as soon as it was over.

[randonneur]

I was blown away pretty much at every booth, but here are a couple of standouts for me:

- The headbadge on the Black Sheep snow bike
- DiNucci bare frame
- bilam craft on Steve Rex's rando/light tourer





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[roseyscot]

The groupset is 2013 and only forty odd in the world. works really well with front derralieur now working in sll shifted positions. brakes are a bit softer than the previous model. Sram built up teo of our team frames for our press camp a few weeks back and took them off as soon as it was over.

looks like tom b scored the first win on the 2012/13, whatever the hell they want to call it:

Paris - Nice 2012: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) Wins Stage 2 At..., Photos | Cyclingnews.com

[Sean in CA]

That's a gorgeous frame ...... understated at first glance, but each viewing reveals another sexy curve, line or touch...

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That's the first photo Tim sent me of the frame...... What a tease that Irishman is.

[R.Liverman]

IMO (which isn't worth anything, I know) a Best Of Show award should go to a bike that was actually made to get ridden, a lot.

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I bet it will get ridden more than most of the bikes I see in my neighbor's garages.

[R.Liverman]

Oh no - TR in Crocs!

I love that you're giving Tom Ritchey a hard time for Crocs (agreed) but that Gary Fisher gets a pass.

[962]

I think it's kinda sad that this was awarded best of show.

Whoops, wrong Cherubim.

[dgaddis]

Whoops, wrong Cherubim.

Is that not the one? RedKite had this caption below that very image: "This Cherubim was given Best in Show. For obvious reasons."

NAHBS: Beginning the Debrief : Red Kite Prayer

[rmplum]

I love that you're giving Tom Ritchey a hard time for Crocs (agreed) but that Gary Fisher gets a pass.

It'd be a full time job commenting on Gary Fisher's daily attire. I figured at this point it's just assumed the cat is gonna be dressed to the elevens...Tom is less "seen". I respect TR hugely though, and would love to have a bike with his name on the downtube in my collection.