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This is an archive site for NAHBS, if you want to visit the current site follow this link: handmadebicycleshow.com Please fillout the following to be added to our email newsletters: Email: Name: NAHBS 2011 Website NAHBS 2010 Website Buy Tickets 2012 Exhibitor List 2012 Media Partners Newsletter Archive 2012 NAHBS NAHBS News 2012 NAHBS Seminars 2012 Show Info Getting to Sacramento Staying in Sacramento NAHBS Awards 2012 Sponsors Exhibitors 2012 Exhibitor Information 2012 Exhibitor List NAHBS Awards Media Info Media Credentials Media Briefing Media Photos NAHBS logos 2012 Media Partners Press Release Archive Newsletter Archive About NAHBS History of NAHBS NAHBS Original Six NAHBS Award Winners ArtBike! @ NAHBS Flex Your Frame Building Muscles Cash and prizes to frame builders who devise the most innovative Carbon Drive bikes for display at the North American CLICK FOR DETAILS! FEATURED EXHIBITORS: Raphael Cycles Groovy Cycleworks Alliance Bicycles LLC Naked Bicycles Calfee Strong Frames, Inc. Latest Bike Added: Paketa Cycles - the Story 03.01.12 Set Up / Raphael Cycles / MADE Paketa V2r Evo is stiffer and more versatile Double WAC - Double/Double Belt Drive WAC Corporal 29er from Paketa Retrotec Half Road Shimano Ultegra DI2, Falz fork, D11 head tube with King headset, Panaracer tires, Calfee internal battery. 02.29.2012 / Raphael Cycles / LEAP --- 2012 NAHBS SHOW INFO: Date Mar 2, 2012 – March 4, 2012 Location Sacramento Convention Center 1400 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Tradeshow Schedule (Hall B & C) Friday Mar 2, 2012: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Industry Only* 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM Show Hours Saturday Mar 3, 2012: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Show Hours Sunday Mar 4, 2012: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM Show Hours CLICK TO FIND OUT MORE » NAHBS News: 2012 NAHBS Awards Winners March 7th, 2012 by Paul Skilbeck BY CATEGORY (scroll down for list by builder name below) BEST ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FRAME Paketa Magnesium Bikes BEST CARBON FIBER FRAME Alchemy Bicycle Company BEST CITY BIKE Ira Ryan Cycles BEST CITY BIKE Muse Cycles BEST CITY BIKE Shamrock Cycles BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE 611 Bicycle Co. BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE Moots BEST EXPERIMENTAL BIKE Black Sheep [...] Read More » 2012 NAHBS Award Winners – Steve Potts March 5th, 2012 by Matt Butterman Best Titanium Frame – Steve Potts Cycles Steve Potts is a legendary Bay Area builder, having founded Wilderness Trail Bikes, and has been building for 32 years. His NAHBS Award-winning bike was a 29er: It’s a smaller frame size, which made designing it a bit more challenging. Complete Ti construction, with custom bars and stem, [...] Read More » From the NAHBS Award Winners, Part 2 March 5th, 2012 by Doug Hack Black Sheep Bikes’ Todd Heath – Best TIG Welded and Best Experimental Bike This is the first year that a Titanium frame has won the Best Tig Welded award. Titanium is a little bit more challenging to weld than steel or aluminum. Our innovative bike is based on 36 inch diameter wheels with rims and [...] Read More » From the NAHBS Award Winners – Part 1 March 5th, 2012 by Doug Hack Tim O’Donnell of Shamrock Cycles – Best City Bike It’s been a great show and the crowds and the volunteers have been great also. I was pretty excited to get the news. I didn’t expect the ribbon. I think it was the rack and fender combination that made the difference. I first built an integrated [...] Read More » 2012 NAHBS Award Winners – Overall Division March 5th, 2012 by Matt Butterman While the Category award winners were announced on Saturday this year, Sunday afternoon saw the announcement of the Overall Division winners. Here they are: Overall Division Best new builder – Stinner Frameworks Best finish – Vendetta Cycles People’s choice – University of Fraser Valley President’s choice – Cherubim by Shin-ichi Konno Best of [...] Read More » MORE NEWS » RSS FEED Coolest thing I saw @ NAHBS: The world's leading cycling journalists write about what gave them the biggest smile at the show. Nothing yet, please check back. MORE NEWS » RSS FEED --- SPONSORS: design/programming: todd@consumedesign.com...