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Opinion / Why we stopped covering show awards

Hierarchical show awards have long been regarded as lifting some ships on a rising tide while leaving others high and dry. With a little imagination, shows and expos can point the cycling media to coverage of the custom framebuilding industry with different, but still engaging, content that is more floodlight than spotlight.

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Calendar / Calendar of Shows & Expos

2025-09-04 10:00:00

A list of custom handbuilt bike expos and shows around the world , from the large international events, to the small regional shows and festivals. The common feature of these show is they deliberately promote the small manufacturers in the ...

Shows & Events / Made 2025 Show : Highlights for Geezers

2025-09-02 00:00:00

HBG reporter Curtis Whatley has been one of the most enduring and consistent insiders at custom bike shows in the US over the past 15-plus years. He gives his take on what we should pay attention to at Portland's Made show, which took place...

Shows & Events / Made Show Venue in Doubt

2025-08-30 18:00:00

A new Major League Baseball park complex is set to begin construction in 2027 at the Zidell Yards site in Portland, Oregon, which has been home to the Made show since 2023, putting the future of this venue into question.

Bicycles / Killerdrop System Features at Sea Otter

2025-04-02 16:31:00

The Killerdrop is a one-click seat height/angle adjustment system that is the best answer we've seen yet to a question mountain bikers the world over have been asking for decades. It will be available for test rides near the finish of the d...
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    2025-02-19 12:15:00

    Pre-expo ticket sales are up at the USA's preeminent exposition of bicycle culture, cycling knowledge, and great products. The smaller manufacturers in the cycling industry continue to keep their flags flying at the expo and interact with c...

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    2025-03-10 13:57:00

    Tokyo's Handmade Bicycle Exhibition, January 25-26, is the longest-running handbuilt custom bicycle show we know of. The event is held in one of the most prestigious locations imaginable.

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    2024-11-18 13:00:00

    Held in Grass Valley, November 14-17, Velo Cosmos celebrated the deep-rooted passion, ingenuity, and hard work that has driven the evolution of bicycles and cycling culture over the past 50 years.

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    2024-11-09 12:42:00

    Year Four for the Calgary Handmade Bike Show, November 16, sees a gathering of custom builders from Alberta to the British Columbia coastline at a bikes'n brews event that showcases the fine crafting, innovation and artistry that has long m...

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Bicycles / Bilenky's Gravel eBike

2024-07-03 15:04:00

Bilenky Cycle Works stands among the select few bespoke frame builders ready and willing to craft ebikes, a fact starkly evident at the Philly Bike Expo where Steve Bilenky’s enterprise stood as a beacon amidst a sea of – albeit excellent – custom built convention.

The Ride / Andre Haak's 1991 Colnago Master: Tall cool one

2018-08-23 06:50:00

Andre Haak bought a Colnago Master frameset that was ridden by Belgian superstar Edwig Van Hooydonck to victory in the 1991 Tour of Flanders, and recreated a Buckler team replica bicycle as Van Hooydonck would have ridden.