BY CATEGORY (scroll down for list by builder name below) BEST ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS FRAME Paketa Magnesium Bikes BEST CARBON FIBER FRAME Alchemy Bicycle Company BEST CITY BIKE Ira Ryan Cycles BEST CITY BIKE Muse Cycles BEST CITY BIKE Shamrock Cycles BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE 611 Bicycle Co. BEST CYCLOCROSS BIKE Moots BEST EXPERIMENTAL BIKE Black Sheep [...]

Best Titanium Frame – Steve Potts Cycles Steve Potts is a legendary Bay Area builder, having founded Wilderness Trail Bikes, and has been building for 32 years. His NAHBS Award-winning bike was a 29er: It’s a smaller frame size, which made designing it a bit more challenging. Complete Ti construction, with custom bars and stem, [...]

Black Sheep Bikes’ Todd Heath –  Best TIG Welded and Best Experimental Bike This is the first year that a Titanium frame has won the Best Tig Welded award. Titanium is a little bit more challenging to weld than steel or aluminum. Our innovative bike is based on 36 inch diameter wheels with rims and [...]

Tim O’Donnell of  Shamrock Cycles – Best City Bike It’s been a great show and the crowds and the volunteers have been great also. I was pretty excited to get the news. I didn’t expect the ribbon. I think it was the rack and fender combination that made the difference. I first built an integrated [...]

  While the Category award winners were announced on Saturday this year, Sunday afternoon saw the announcement of the Overall Division winners. Here they are:   Overall Division Best new builder – Stinner Frameworks Best finish – Vendetta Cycles People’s choice – University of Fraser Valley President’s choice – Cherubim by Shin-ichi Konno Best of [...]