Gallery: 2017 North American Handmade Bicycle Show winners

Tuesday, 14 March 2017 Mark Sutton

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show has now wrapped for another year, with 2017 breaking records for international exhibitor numbers.

Over 180 exhibitors made up this year’s show, giving judges of the annual awards plenty to consider across three categories of Riding Discipline, Construction, and Overall Design.

Didn’t make the show yourself? Here’s a sample of those builds deemed by the judges as outstanding and worthy of a NAHBS award:

best experimental bike — Best Experimental Bike – Rock West Composites

RIDING DISCIPLINE DIVISION

Fully complete bikes, paint and component choices factor into the judging (aesthetic impact and correctness of the discipline)

Best City Bike/ Utility Bike – Shamrock Cycles – Image
Best Road bike – David Kirk – Image
Best Mountain Bike – Skylar – Image
Best Cyclocross Bike – Donhue – Image
Best Gravel Bike – Mosaic Cycles – Image
Best Track Bike – LOW – Image
Best Tandem Bike – Santana – Image
Best Experimental Bike – Rock West Composites – Image
Best Artisan Bike – Black Sheep – Image

CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

Alchemy's Best Carbon Layup — Alchemy’s Best Carbon Layup

Construction categories: All bikes presented for the construction categories (lugged, fillet-brazed, TIG-welded and carbon layup) are presented as naked frames. To make the frames easier to inspect, they are presented with a fork, headset and stem. Painted bikes are deemed ineligible.

Best Fillet Frame – David Kirk – Image
Best TIG Frame – Eriksen – Image
Best Carbon Layup – Alchemy – Image

OVERALL DESIGN DIVISION

Theme: These are complete bicycles with a description of the theme, concept or heritage the frame builder is portraying. These bicycles will be judged with an eye toward the overall execution of the theme.