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Dirt Rag‘s studio photos from the 2011 NAHBS are hands-down some of the nicest on the net. While I don’t usually go all drooly-mouthed over studio shots from tradeshows, the angles and lighting they use in theirs are truly inspiring. Speaking of inspiration, check out these two killer photos of Chris Bishop‘s work. Dan’s Rando and the Horton town bike getting some more, much-deserved love!
Check out all of Dirt-Rag’s coverage here and check out my recent entries on Bishop here.
Chris Bishop is a madman! A madman I say! His Brett Horton town bike got so much love at the 2011 NAHBS and every bit of respect in my body goes out to this man. We saw a sneak peek of the Joe Bell paint job before but nothing does this bike justice. No photo, nothing until you see it in person.
Check out a slideshow from my coverage of the 2011 NAHBS Bishop Bikes Brett Horton Town Bike below.
Chris Bishop has completely murdered the competition in the 2011 NAHBS. His track, road and rando bikes stand out from many other builders and once again, I did my best to document his lovely bicycles.
Check out more photos of Bishop Bikes’s 2011 NAHBS offerings below!
Today I snuck into the 2011 NAHBS to grab a few teaser from everybody’s favorite builders. First up is Chris Bishop from Bishop Bikes. Chris’ work is covered here extensively and he’s one of my favorite builders in the US. I love Bishop and his bikes at the 2011 NAHBS are ridiculous!
Check out a Teaser of Bishop Bike’s 2011 NAHBS offerings below!
Just because Portland framebuilders have forgotten about the track bike, doesn’t mean it needs saving. Chris Bishop‘s work is hands down, some of the nicest work to come out of the States in recent years. I know I jock him all the time but damn, this guy has the entire package down to an art!
I cannot wait to see what Bishop is bringing to the 2011 NAHBS. Check out some more photos of Montagne’s stainless track bike below!
I have a feeling that Chris Bishop is going to be breaking necks the entire weekend at the 2011 NAHBS. Granted, it’s just a feeling but with previews like this, who’s gonna argue with me? Remember those elegantly-carved head tube lugs I posted before? That was just a preview of the Horton Town Bike that Bishop was building. Here’s a preliminary photo showing the master painter, Joe Bell‘s work.
For a detailed, in-progress photo of Joe Bell’s masking, check out one more photo below.
We checked out this killer frame from Chris Bishop prior to the 2010 Philly Bike Expo but never got to see the complete build. Now Chris has some photos up on his Flickr of David’s Columbus MAX roadie and whistles are heard around the world. But that’s not all, Keith from Bmore Fixed visited Chris’ shop where he uncovered the treasures, the tools and opurrations that keeps Bishop running. Although I must say Chris, those sandals need to be replaced with a work boot! Ha!
Framebuilders take note. This is some Weigle shit right here:
“I was going to do a fillet stem originally then Brett sent me a pic of a Rene Herse stem and asked if I could do one like it. I have had a block of 6061 around that I was planning on using for a stem some day. Well It is a LOT more work than I ever thought. Especially on my little Linely Jig mill. Making this stem reminded me of a three pitch rock climbing trip I took with a friend to Seneca rocks. The farther you went up the higher the stakes were and the more careful you had to be.
By day four of the machining I knew one wrong move would set me back that much further. I had another stem ahead of it that I would use to test each set up with, but early on I messed up the drop angle, so it was like a track stem. After the machining I hand filed all the edges to give it a more organic handmade feel, which definitely transformed it from the downhill stem it was looking like during the machining process.”
Bishop Bikes is going to be huge in 2011. Chris’ work just keeps getting better and better! I can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for NAHBS dude! Check out the entire process, from billet to beauty here at the Bishop Flickr!
This may look like an ordinary fastback seat cluster but it’s not and those might look like ordinary tubes but they’re not. Chris Bishop has a nice little treat up his sleeves for this year’s NAHBS: a Columbus MS track frame and it’s loaded with details. Check out that BB shell! Wow. Can’t wait to see this in person and rape it with my camera. Check out more at the Bishop Flickr.
Now that’s nice! Chris from Bishop Bikes just got in Dan’s freshly-painted rando frame from Fresh Frame in York, PA. This is the initial coat with more masking and pin-striping to come. I absolutely love bilaminate lugs. My dream bike one day will be a bilam Columbus MAX roadie.
Can’t wait to see this one all finished.
Chris at Bishop Bikes just got in some new cycling caps from Pace. They look sharp as hell! Really digging them man. If you don’t know who Bishop Bikes is, get familiar!
Grab one here!
When I first came across Bishop Bikes‘ Flickr stream over a year ago, I found myself enthralled in Chris Bishop’s work. Clean, precise brazing and details in just the right places set the Baltimore framebuilder’s work apart from many others. Matt Leberman obviously felt the same way about them because he put a deposit down and a few months later, he had this kick-ass track bike. I saw this bike earlier this week and blanked on posting it. It wasn’t until he shot me an email with a link to a thread on Velospace that I remembered.
Built with a mix of Dedacciai, Columbus, Reynolds and True Temper tubes, Matt’s beyond stoked on how it rides. Check out more information on its Velospace page and additional photos here, on Bishop Bikes’ Flickr.
Previously:
Bishop Bikes: Track Dropouts Flickr Group
Bishop Bikes: Nick’s City Single Speed
Bishop Bikes: Nancy’s Tourer
Bishop Bikes: Holly Track Custom Stem
Bishop Bikes
During Josh’s trip to Paris earlier this summer, he visited the workshop of Maison Tamboite, who build stunning luxury bicycles in the heart of Paris. While there, Josh connected with builder Hugo Canivenc and documented his custom Cyfac fixed gear commuter.
Below, get to know Hugo, his personal bicycle, and Maison Tamboite…
From snow to sand, wildflowers, and close encounters with a rattlesnake, John’s been putting the Cotic FlareMAX Gen5 through the wringer for his in-depth review on this made-in-the-UK short(er) travel, metal full-suspension bike. Read on for his full take on how less is more with the FlareMAX’s design below…
John and Tasshi from The Vintage MTB Workshop once again team up to deliver a Vintage Bicycles article. This time, featuring a 1975 Ritchey track bike. Read on for John’s photos accompanying Tasshi’s words…
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
When I started working here at The Radavist full-time last fall, one of my first projects was collaborating with Jarrod Bunk on the builder galleries he photographed at the 2021 Philly Bike Expo. It was a great project for me at the time, as I got to interview many of the builders about the bikes they showcased and, more generally, their individual framebuilding ethos. Designing and building bicycle frames is, for the most part, an individualistic pursuit and I always enjoy learning about how builders’ personal backgrounds and experiences become physically manifested in their craft. As alphabetical order would have it, the file folder labeled Amigo Bug Out was the first I opened and I instantly fell in love with the bike I found inside. The Bug Out had everything I’d been looking for: shreddy geo, setup versatility, innovative design solutions, beefy tire clearance, and badass artwork from my buddy Casey Robertson.
After a few emails and brief phone calls with builder Zach Small of Nashville-based Amigo Frameworks, I was more than stoked to put my name on the list for the initial run of Bug Outs. Zach and I ended up talking even more over the following weeks and when we determined the bike would be built and painted in time for the annual Gosh Darn Gravel Gathering, we hatched a ridiculous plan for me to travel to Nashville, build up my bike in his shop, and then ride GDGG together. Ergo, from the coverage we’ve already shared, I had a great and productive time with Zach and I not only returned home with a hellova fresh bike, but also a new friend… or I should say amigo.
Continue reading below for an immersive look inside Amigo Frameworks and to hear more about Zach’s path toward becoming a full-time framebuilder!
The 80’s and 90’s were a wild time for track bikes as design teams competed for gains through technological innovation. Cinelli was right there in the melee shaving power loss through aerodynamic design in partnership with Columbus tubing. The resulting Cinelli Laser changed bicycle design forever, winning more track world championships and Olympic gold medals than any other bicycle in the history of the sport. Andrea Pesenti’s hand-hammered steel gussets curved elegantly between tube junctions producing a fluid, edgeless art that slid through the air and whose DNA can be seen in all of today’s curvy carbon racing machines. Antonio Colombo brought vision and fidelity to art in design. Paolo Erzegovesi brought revolutionary engineering through liberation from lugs telling him where tubing should intersect and at what angle. These customizations nudged riders over the finish line first and set off raging bike crushes on Lasers that some of us never recovered from.
