The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) is back, promoting next generation builders along with the OG. Its founder, Don Walker, has persevered through a near-fatal health crisis and financial ruin from a cancelled 2022 show, and has reassembled a large part of the team that helped him build NAHBS into the world's premier handbuilt bicycle show. HBN spoke with Walker about moving off the Aug. 6-8, 2027 date in favor of a relaunch in 2028.

While still problematic for the industry the date clash of Aug. 6-8, 2027 for both NAHBS in Austin, Texas, and Made in Portland, Oregon appears to be the result of nothing more than coincidence.

The weekend of Aug. 6-8, 2027 has become a problematic date for the frame builder industry. We hope the date clash between two of the three largest shows causes no lasting damage.

Bob Roll called it his favorite bike of all time. It was a Huffy-stickered frame, painted in 7-Eleven team colors, produced in the Serotta shop. And the lug set, designed and made by Kelly Bedford, would be in hot demand for decades to come.

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 at the Zidell Yards, August 22-24.

A new Major League Baseball park complex is under consideration for 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.

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 dual slalom course during the 2025 Sea Otter Classic.

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 customers, yet the larger companies are conspicuously absent. Despite this, the show flourishes.