Steve Hampsten uses a team of some of the best builders in the U.S., and his famous brother Andy's guidance, to create bicycles with classic design virtues and understated elegance.
Rolf Prima wheels, handbuilt in Eugene, Oregon, uses a simple-but-elegant design and advanced technology to craft wheels to complement the finest handbuilt bicycles.
With an expanding expo, sublime parties and a stratospheric seminar program, Philly's Bike Expo, November 4-5, has come a long way in its eight years, and it now holds a position of national significance.
Philly Bike Expo founder and local frame building icon Stephen Bilenky collaborated with Josh Boisclair on the Lawng Jawn cargo bike, which was one of the stars of the 2016 PBE.
Having been limited in the past six years by venue size, for its seventh edition, September 23, the New England Builders' Ball is moving to a larger venue that it hopes will become a permanent home.