I may be unusual in this, but I love the energy and frenetic nature of a good trade show. It feels like a distillate of all the excitement people have around new ideas and passion projects, funneled into one chaotic and mostly digestible chunk. Handmade shows like MADE are perhaps the highest form of this feeling, as people have direct investment in the objects they’ve poured hours and days and years of learning into. Suffice to say, the show was cool, here are some photos.
Paul from Paul Comp’s new monster truck.
This thing has presence.
Mega squid fork.
Jort decals, so hot right now.
Appleman cranks, the granddaddy of every possible crank length configuration.
Sandwich-style chainring mount is clever.For those who need something long for the climb and short for the descents, or who want to try out multiple fit options.I’m not usually one for time trial bikes, but this English was worth gawking at.The details are immaculate, and the bike looks as sculpted as a high end carbon monocoque.Love me an Oddity.Nathan Riddle’s cutaway bike from The Handlebar bike shop, at the Madrone booth.Internals inside internals.Shock guts.Look at the bones!Madrone’s newest iteration of their house-made derailleur, now featuring an independently articulating lower cage.And plenty of pretty purple.Smooth silver.Behold, the R-Works Alumalith EVO from Rons Bikes.Still possibly the prettiest shifter in the game.Even when actuating the dreaded front derailleur.Welded by Frank.Doom Bars, one of the mainstays of the current custom-bend steel bar craze.Nice knurled finish on these.Brazed-on dropper lever at the Sour […]
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