Beautiful bikes and craft beers will be in plentiful supply in Calgary, November 16, when the Calgary Handmade Bike Show returns for its fourth annual edition. 

The event showcases western Canada's bike artisans, a region that over the years has produced world famous names in recent years such as Paul Brodie, Chris Dekerf, and Sam Whittingham.

The best known builder in the Calgary area currently is Corey Kruchowski of Kruch Handmade Bicycles, who believes the initial consultation about a new bike is best done with a craft beer, a notepad, and nothing else planned for the evening. Kruch founded the show four years ago and managed it for the first two years before handing it off.

Book yer plane tickets folks! Honestly, who would not want to be at this event?

The current organizing team comprises in large part Chris Turner and Andy Tong.  Andy is a geologist who became a hobbyist frame builder after taking a Paul Brodie course in 2012. He now runs Bicyle Repair Hub, a mobile bicycle repair business in Calgary. Three years ago Andy was displaying his own frames at the show, and was so enamored that he took over the organizer role.

Over those four years the show has grown organically, gaining wider volunteer input from the community, and now it presents as a well managed regional show that does a great job of promoting the region's small scale manufacturers of cycling products.

Brands attending include: Howdy Bicycle Design, Wild North Gear, Manmade Cycles, Fat Paw Frameworks, Kruch High Performance Steel Bicycles, Troubadour Cycles, Cold Bike, Six Mile Bikes, Lone Tree Enterprises, Bim Bam Baby Bikes, hobby builder Sam Meghji, and the Bicycle Repair Hub.

There will be an in-person raffle of items donated by local shops, with local cycling non-profit the beneficiary. If you can make it there, it's going to be well worth the trip.

 https://calgaryhandmadebikeshow.com

IG: @yyc_handmade_bike_show 

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Tool Shed Brewery, #9, 801 30 St, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
November 16, 2024, 12 noon - 6pm
Free admission