One of the first booths in the show near the entrance, this is one of Kimori's components, a brake mount adapter for mounting rr brakes on a track frame. Elegant and oh-so solid. Certainly not for weight weanies, but if you're a Japanese pro wanting to be sure you're going to stop as you're coming back down from your mountain training course I dont' think this would disappoint.
A look at Kimori's booth and other bikes on display; wonderful engineering concepts. The truss-frame bikes aren't foldable or collapsible, just very cool. They feature both air, elastomer and hydraulic suspension parts. The chainwheel is 65t!
Nobilette's gorgeous lug-work.
Mark Nobilette who won Best Fillet Brazed Bike. He started his frame building career in Ann Arbor, MI. I met him in the mid-80's; very nice guy and a helluva builder.
Detail of his award winning Best Fillet Brazed Bike.
ANT's display.
One of the bikes on display at ANT's booth.
Yohei Morita (COG Magazine photo-journalist) checking out Sam Whittingham's Reader's Digest magazine cover while looking at Sam's award winning mountain bike (People's Choice).
Detail of Naked Cycle's winning MTB; this bike had many extremely unique features; it's apparently the first fully lugged suspension MTB, among others.
Sam Whittingham, Naked Cycle's founder/ builder, talking with a customer.
Detail of a display bike at the CCP booth made just for the show by a small Japanese builder (sorry, misplaced the card).
A one-off messenger bag hanging on CCP's show bike made entirely of old tires; very cool, but not for sale, unfortunately!
Yohei Morita (right) with CCP owners/ partners; what great guys they are, and yes, they happen to make great clothing too!
Calfee's latest bamboo bike model; wild fan-like design.
CCP's Kijima-san checking out Sheila Moon's line of new bike clothing.
One of Bilenky's display bike.
Another one of Bilenky's gorgeous bikes. I love the use of vintage parts on most of their show bikes.
A Bilenky porteur bike example, again mostly all vintage parts.
Broakland's dual-drive track bike.
Bilenky's jewel bike.
Wow, lovely.
Front hub of new Italian component maker.
RR. hub and wing-nuts of new Italian component maker.
A new Italian component manufacturer showing some of their parts.
RR Velo's carbon lug work.
Detail of Velocity Wheels show bike.
New wheel designs of Velocity Wheels.
fixedgeargallery.com's Dennis taking some pics of the newest wheels by Velocity; check out the glitter in the wheel in the foreground! wow
Nate, founder/ builder of Signal Cycles, Portland, OR. One of my favorites.
Furry limited ed. Brooks saddle on the Dario frame bike in the Brooks booth.
Another Bilenky tandem, this one all modern w/ S-couplers to make it travel-easy. Nice color combo.
One of Vanilla's show bikes. Wow, what sexy matching fenders.
The owner and son of the founder of Cheribum from Japan. Won Best Track Bike I believe.
Momentum photographer shooting some of the Bilenky staff (Carl Marin on right) on one of their awesome tandems.
Detail of the Best Tandem Bike award winner, a Bilenky work of art. I dig the Le Cirque du Cyclisme bottle paired up with the flask (can't wait for the Cirque! it'll be my first time there!)
Bilenky tandem with Stephen Bilenky in the background.
Wow, now that's some special color scheme!
Sam Whittingham talking with a prospective customer in his booth.
Some incredible detail in these custom lugs for one of the bikes shown by the Schwinn family in the Waterford booth.
Sam Whittingham, the holder of the World's Fastest Human Powered Vehicle speed record, at his booth.
Detail of Sam's show winning custom MTB; only fully lugged dual suspension MTB ever made according to Sam. Dig the vintage Campy lever used for the shock adjuster.
Wayne Stetina explaining some of the new Shimano Di2 system to a test rider.
The test bike was one of Wayne's personal bikes. How cool is that? Wayne and his brother ruled bike racing in the 70's into the early 80's.
Stephen Bilenky & Carl Marin posing with their works of art.
Lenny Provencher getting an explanation to a frame jig setup as a turn-table.
The music theme bike at the Waterford booth.
Henry James chatting with the Schwinn family at the Waterford booth.
Richard Schwinn's son showing off his prototype polo bike.
Henry James explaining something to a visitor to his booth.
Paul of Paul Component Engineering.
Dig the sideburns Paul, your components too!
Tom Martin (left) from Velo Orange.
Keith Anderson with his bike built for an 8 yr. old customer; check out those laminated fenders!
Koh Annoura (right) of Samurai Cycle Works and his wife checking out a TT fixie: http://www.samuraicycleworks.com
Check out the copper wrapped lugwork of Villin Cycle's owner/ builder Alexis Dold as seen parked outside the Secret Party on Sat. night - wild!
The Best Track Bike award winner, a Cherubim pista model with 60's era fork crown, one of current builder Shin-Ichi Konno's father's design from that era.
Konno's wife with the funky TT bike (he explained to me that he didn't have time to built arm rests for the show).
The winning frame for the Best Road Bike award made by Roland Della Santa, Greg Lemond's first sponsor and his first frame builder.
One of my favorite pics of the whole show; Mike Barry's 1951 Cinelli that was restored by VeloColour and won the Best Paint award.
I believe this is Ellis' winning bike for Best Lugged Frame.
Dave Ellis Wage at his booth.
My favorite pic of the show, one of the last ones I took: Richard Sachs framed in one of his lovely frames.
