The head badges of the Handmade Bicycle Show

Published / by Richard Masoner / 2 Comments on The head badges of the Handmade Bicycle Show

A head badge is the bicycle brand’s logo affixed to the head tube on the front of a bicycle. Here are a couple of dozen I saw at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show 2016, which took place last weekend in Sacramento, CA. You can find much higher resolution images for each of these head […]

Fat tire minivelo, and a carbon fiber minivelo

Published / by Richard Masoner / 1 Comment on Fat tire minivelo, and a carbon fiber minivelo

Erik Noren’s off-the-wall artistic mind can always be counted on to create something insanely wonderful for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, and he doesn’t disappoint for 2016. Everyone else is talking about his electric cargo truck (he rigs a hub motor as a midmount motor, with a 7 speed hub mounted directly behind the […]

Titanium fender from Honjo

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Honjo Koken hand fabricates 20,000 metal fenders each year. They’re regarded as the best bicycle fenders in the world, and are priced accordingly at $150 and up. Honjo fenders mostly made from aluminum or brass, but the Honjo rep visiting the North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Sacramento has a prototype titanium fender on display. […]