Andy may be the better known of the two Hampsten brothers but Steve produces a solid range of custom bikes, too.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paketa claims this two-coupler tandem weighs just 10kg (22lb) and fits into two standard bike cases.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The "Bird Cage" by Portland Design Works.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Go figure - this fits a six-pack perfectly. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Brilliant naming by Portland Design Works. Don't get the reference? Ask around.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This brass bell from Portland Design Works certainly had a nice tone.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove drew quite the crowd with its Voltron-inspired track bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove builder Erik Noren created this fat bike for Chris Skogen, who organizes the Almanzo 100 gravel road race in Minnesota.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The owner of this bike, Chris Skogen, organizes the Almanzo 100 gravel road race in Minnesota so builder Erik Noren uses actual gravel from the course to create the down tube logo.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Braze-ons for everything and brake calipers painted to match.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Needless to say, this finish used a lot of glitter.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove builder Erik Noren stamped in a hidden, "Almanzo Forever", in honor of the bike's owner who organizes the race each year.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The chain stays are welded on to a section of tubing, which is then welded to the back of the shell.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Forget about seatpost-mounted fenders made of flimsy plastic. The folks at Portland Design Works make this one out of aluminum.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This ring - designed and made by Paragon Machine Works' Jeff McWhinney - includes a cammed clasp so that it fits tightly but is still easy to remove.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Rivet Cycle Works has also added leather mud flaps for US$23 a set. Matching leather tape is available for US$65, too.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works doesn't make bikes but that didn't stop its employees from going all-out on this beast.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Check out the barely-noticeable split in the seat stay.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works built this showstopper around a German Pinion gearbox.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
What's better than a real head tube badge? A two-tone one that includes real gold.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works offers these belt-specific dropouts to its customers.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Pinion's 1.18 gearbox packs eighteen evenly spaced gears into a compact package that concentrates weight low on the frame.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works went to town on blocks of 6/4 titanium, milling down hefty billets into these svelte bits to be welded into its gorgeous show bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works' belt-specific dropouts incorporate a brilliant quick-release mechanism that both maintains a perfect setting in between wheel installations and automatically tensions the belt.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Flipping up the lever on Paragon Machine Works' belt-specific rear dropout releases tension on the drivetrain without affecting other settings.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paragon Machine Works machinist, programmer, and designer Jeff McWhinney also has a side gig making precision-machined jewelry.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The custom saddle by Stoke Seats is the perfect finishing touch for Peacock Groove's Voltron bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove also showed off this beautiful steel 29er.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The rear brake housing stop is elegantly built into the top of the seat stays.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The classic Richard Sachs head tube paint scheme.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Richard Sachs builds frames using his own lug design.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Richard Sachs doesn't trouble himself with show-only builds that are solely designed to attract attention.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
You don't generate waiting lists like the one for a Richard Sachs unless you're known to produce a quality product.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Richard Sachs builds his frames using lugs and tubing of his own design.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Risse Racing's Trixxy fork has always had enough clearance for 3.8"-wide fat bike tires but in this application, the company also drops the travel down to four inches.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Risse says a 3.8"-wide fat bike tire will clear its Trixxy fork - but not by much.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The key to Risse's fat bike tire compatibility is its 120mm-wide front hub.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Racing through downtown Tampa.\(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The new Independence saddle from Rivet Cycle Works features a composite frame and optional titanium rails that bring the claimed weight down to as little as 390g. Retail price is US$295 for the titanium version and US$195 for chromoly rails.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
'Atmo' is one of Richard Sachs's favorite phrases.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Richard Sachs: classic, distinctive, and always meant to be ridden.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove scalloped out the back of the seat tube in order to shorten up the rear end.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove will soon be making its own components, too.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This lime green fat bike was impossible to miss.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
A coaster brake on a fat bike? Sure, why not?(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Check out the interesting tube configuration around the seat cluster on this Peacock Groove fat bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Peacock Groove builder Erik Noren built this fat bike to use as the lunchtime go-getter.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This custom pinstriping was done completely freehand by Eric Baar of GroundUp Designs.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Looking for an alternative to traditional integrated brake-and-shift levers? Retroshift cleverly splices bar-end shifters on to conventional brake levers for what we expect to be a supremely durable setup.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Retroshift offers a wide range of models including ones to work with Sturmey Archer and friction setups.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Retroshift can also base a system on longer-pull brake cables when using linear-pull rim brakes.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
It's unusual to find a non-metallic frame on a leather saddle but Rivet Cycle Works has done just that on the new Independence model.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Machined yokes are used to gain tire clearance.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The King Cage Cargo Cage features a storage area for a ballistic nylon tool pouch. Both road and mountain sizes are available for US$45.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Independent Fabrications' Gravel Royale features TIG-welded steel construction, disc brakes, and clearance for fat 700c rubber.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The disc tabs on the Independent Fabrications Gravel Royale steel fork are carefully sculpted.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Ever wanted a Fat City Cycles Fat Chance back in the day? Independent Fabrications' steel Deluxe is essentially the modern version. Easter egg paint is optional.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The segmented steel forks are made by former Fat City Cycles employee Chris Igleheart.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Disc tabs are milled out to save a few grams.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Kelson Bikes is based in Ashton, Idaho and works in carbon fiber, steel, and titanium.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The neatly wrapped joints on Kelson Bikes' custom carbon frame.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Kelson Bikes designed the titanium-and-carbon fiber R.A.D. frame to tackle multi-surface events like The Crusher in the Tushar.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Kelson Bikes incorporates a neat cutout in the top tube sleeve on its titanium-and-carbon fiber R.A.D. frame.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
There's something so right about a metal badge screwed on to a head tube.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
King Cage showed off a new titanium bell at NAHBS. It also unscrews in case you desperately need a shot glass.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The Independent Fabrications Corvid bottom bracket is built around PF30 cups.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Lugs are custom molded for Independent Fabrications by Enve Composites.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
What once was old is new again. Beautiful throwback 7-Eleven colors on this Hampsten track bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The man - and the man.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Hampsten had on display at NAHBS this very clean looking titanium road racer.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Andy Hampsten's 1988 Giro d'Italia-winning bike was on hand at the Hampsten booth. Despite the labeling, though, this one was built by John Slawta at Land Shark.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Honzo offers a wide range of hammered aluminum fenders for just about any taste.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Independent Fabrications showed off this striking disc-equipped 'cross bike.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This Independent Fabrications 'cross machine may be race ready but it also includes fender mounts.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Titanium and carbon fiber in perfect harmony.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Short sections of titanium tubing are mitered and welded to create pseudo-lugged joints.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
King Cage's animal tester.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This was aimed to be one of those neat photographic studies in perspective but King Cage founder Ron Andrews' arms aren't nearly long enough.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Custom titanium aero bars are fitted with King Cage's new titanium bell.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This custom saddle started out life as a standard Brooks model.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Double-threaded spokes and anodized aluminum nipples hold the bottom of the saddle together.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Ultra-clean wire routing on this Engin Cycles fork.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The mounting bolt for the Supernova front LED light was drilled out so the wire could pass through it.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Framebuilder Dave Nordstrom is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In addition to frames, he builds custom furniture, too.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Broomfield, Colorado builder Paketa Custom Bicycles believes strongly in the merits of magnesium as a frame material.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paketa has cleverly integrated a rear disc mount into its existing replaceable dropout system but we're not sure about how it's cantilevered over the seat stay.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paketa says this four-coupler magnesium tandem weighs just 10.9kg (24lb).(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The massive boom tube on Paketa's four-coupler magnesium tandem.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
These fork mounted bottle cages are meant for water and fuel but olive oil will do in a pinch.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Given the Rocky Mountain setting for this year's NAHBS, it was perhaps no surprise then to see several rigs set up for the Tour Divide race. This one belongs to Nic Handy of Alpha Bicycle Company.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Lightning cranks are rarely seen but the design is licensed to Specialized for its FACT carbon cranks.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
King Cage's new Mud Flask.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Kohak was one of several Japanese builders at this year's NAHBS.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Matsuda Cycle Factory's Level track racer won the President's Choice award at this year's NAHBS.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
This Matsuda Cycle Factory Level track bike may be pretty but it's fully intended to be raced on a track.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Metrofiets hails from Portland, Oregon.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The burly segmented steel fork features a small tab on the crown for the steering linkage.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Such a burly kickstand is practically a necessity for the Metrofiets' impressive hauling capacity.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Metrofiets says its cargo bike can support up to 181kg (400lb) of rider and cargo.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
The bolt-on dropout allows use of a belt drive if desired.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Neat detailing on the cargo box.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Paketa also showed off this eye-searing magnesium 29er hardtail.(Image credit: Jonny Irick)
Can't get enough of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show? After yesterday's huge image gallery, here's the next round of highlights from our time on the Colorado Convention Center show floor.
Today's image gallery is even bigger, so scroll through for custom bikes and paint jobs from companies from Hampsten to Rivet Cycle Works. Don't worry – there's still some more to come, too.
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