North American Handmade Bicycle Show (pics & videos)

[luv2climb]

This year NAHBS (http://2012.handmadebicycleshow.com/) was in my hometown, so naturally I had to make the most of it! :D Sacramento is normally rather boring compared to places like San Francisco, so when something neat happens here it's something to be cherished.

Since I volunteered doing bike parking for SABA (http://sacbike.org/), I got in free two days. I volunteered on Friday and chose Saturday for my second free day, since Sunday was the day I wanted to go mountain biking (http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=46763).

I did two complete walk-throughs. For the first one, I recorded video continuously. I edited out all the shots of the floor as I was walking between booths, so here's 24 1/2 minutes of nothing but bicycles. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hxw3Sq8XUc

On Saturday I rode in the NAHBS Artbike bike parade. There were quite a few "Burning Man" type bikes, including a pedal-powered palm tree that you can see in the first part of the video. Unfortunately he had mechanical trouble so he didn't make it very far.

The ride started at Fremont Park and ended at the Sacramento Convention Center, where NAHBS was held.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKePsZiTEM

Here's some of the many pictures I took. More are here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/sets/72157629129017202/).

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6802341920_f018864a94_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802341920/)
Renovo wooden bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802341920/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6802342010_c2f651a0ff_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342010/)
KirkLee bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342010/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6948453477_8d616fee9f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453477/)
Fatback bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453477/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6802342020_046ddc924f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342020/)
Peacock Groove bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342020/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6802342032_a60dc25dd4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342032/)
Calfee Design tandem at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342032/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7070/6802342060_2c35e8044a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342060/)
Cherubim bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342060/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7203/6948453671_c2b92380b2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453671/)
Muse Cycles bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453671/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6802342200_bd7a518195_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342200/)
Raphael Cycles bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342200/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7067/6802342218_79bdcedec3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342218/)
Bekes Wooden Bicycles bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342218/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6810160176_6dbb2962a9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6810160176/)
Naked road bike at NAHBS 3-3-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6810160176/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6802342280_6d6ddc8b4a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342280/)
Groovy Cycleworks mtb at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342280/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/6948453879_f0513152d6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453879/)
Black Cat mtb at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6948453879/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7065/6802342490_fec458c53f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342490/)
Retrotec bike at NAHBS 3-2-12 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76286317@N05/6802342490/) by freighttraininguphill (http://www.flickr.com/people/76286317@N05/), on Flickr

[Sylvia]

Thanks for posting this. I didn't make it to the show but it's nice to see all the beautiful bikes that were there.

[MojoGrrl]

It was a cool show, huh?

My pics are here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83876661@N00/

[luv2climb]

Nice! I love the close-ups. I'm glad you got the Sarto with the lion painting on the rear disk. I took a pic of that too, but for some reason it seems to have disappeared. :(

[Bike Chick]

I've always wanted to go to that show. How awesome that you got to. Thanks for sharing the pics of the cool bikes. I bet you saw some interesting, creative things.

[Sky King]

Gosh, would have loved to have you stop by my booth and say hello! I was showing our the bag line we are the North American distributor for - Zimbale (http://www.zimbalenorthamerica.com). Meanwhile, the DH did several podcast interviews and they are being posted on biketouringnews.com (http://biketouringnews.com) if anyone is interested in listening to some of the builders. It was a great show and we enjoyed Sacramento and the Volunteers were awesome thanks for helping

[roguedog]

That was you? Boo.. man, should a had the ride while you were out. Sorry to have missed you (and anyone else) at the show.

Was a great show to see some amazing crafts and craftspeople.



Gosh, would have loved to have you stop by my booth and say hello! I was showing our the bag line we are the North American distributor for - Zimbale (http://www.zimbalenorthamerica.com). Meanwhile, the DH did several podcast interviews and they are being posted on biketouringnews.com (http://biketouringnews.com) if anyone is interested in listening to some of the builders. It was a great show and we enjoyed Sacramento and the Volunteers were awesome thanks for helping

[maillotpois]

Great pictures - thanks for posting those. I can't believe we got too busy to go. It was so close. :(