Posts under ‘Bicycle Frame Builders’

Yesterday, I posted about the Texas Custom Bicycle Show coming to Austin October 16-17. The show is a lot of fun and a chance to see some well made, unique bikes built right here in Texas. The show is free and the product of a lot of hard work by the builders. To that end, [...]

UPDATE: The show is also looking for volunteers if you want to help with this show that is free to the public. Also in addition to the website, the show has a blog which will include profiles of the builders and you can follow the show on Facebook and Twitter. ———— Mark your calendar! Now [...]

In case you haven’t been following the site in the last week, the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show was held last weekend in Richmond, VA and ended with the exciting announcement that the show is coming to Austin in 2011. This will be our chance to see some of the finest crafted bicycles made [...]

Yesterday, I posted a photo gallery from this weekend’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Here are more photos taken by my classmate from Doug Fattic’s framebuilding class who was able to make it to this year’s show. There are some really great bikes here and get’s me even more excited about the show coming here [...]

As we mentioned yesterday, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is coming to Austin next February. This is exciting news and a chance for all you bike geeks to see some of the world’s best crafted bikes up close and person. Our city also got honors at this year’s show with Austin’s own Nick Crumpton [...]

I just received word that the North American Handmade Bicycle Show will be held in Austin in 2011. With the growth of local framebuilding and the success of the Texas Custom Bike Show, Austin has been in the running in years past, but this is great news and a sign we are growing as one [...]

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is this weekend in Richmond, VA, and while I’m a framebuilder, events in my life have conspired to prevent me from attending this year. Since A2W will not have direct coverage there, here are some recently made films from various great North American framebuilders to get you thinking about [...]

In addition to my framebuilding business, Violet Crown Cycles, there are only a handful of U.S. custom builders focusing on bicycles truly designed to replace cars as a valid transportation option. Mike Flanigan, formerly of Independent Fabrication, is one of those builders making great roadster style bikes under the name Alternative Needs Transportation or A.N.T. [...]

Editor note: James Flatman is no longer a part of Alchemy Bicycle Company. Economic woes be damned, business is good at Alchemy Bicycle Company these days. Framebuilder James Flatman is weathering the storm fine with a traditional build-anything-you-want full custom approach that has yielded a surprisingly steady customer cue for one of Austin’s newest hand [...]

“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles This fall, I was contacted by a customer wanting a Ferguson city bike as a possible replacement to his car. He lives and works downtown and was ready to give car free living a try. The [...]