ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Nº163 Stoked for Bespoked! 🔧 ⚙️

It is no secret that I have a penchant for custom bicycles. Long before I ever owned a frame whose builder I personally knew, I had begun admiring the beautiful craft of building a bike from scratch.

I suppose it began with my 2006 purchase of my Uno Pista Keirin frame from Japan. I was all about everything NJS back then.

3 years later, I was two years into running a bike shop and owned a custom Bilenky tandem and my appreciation for custom bikes finally warranted a trip to NAHBS, The North American Handmade Bicycle Show.

It became a tradition for me and I attended 6 times:

• 2009 — Indianapolis | My Hufnagel was shown this year.
• 2010 — Richmond | was my son Otto’s 1st NAHBS
• 2011 — Austin | what a great trip! A recap from when I blogged!
• 2012 — Sacramento | also my last brakeless alleycat!
• 2013 — Denver | Otto’s 3rd & my 611 was exhibited.
• 2014 — Charlotte | a fluke to attend after moving to Amsterdam but grateful I was able to make it happen!

Since then, Bespoked, The UK Handmade Bicycle Show has now become a tradition:

• In 2016, I 1st attended after speaking at a conference in India.
• I made the trip back to Bristol again in 2017.
• 2018 Twotone attended on behalf of SILCA & Hexlox.
• 2019, will already the 4th time &…