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Nine Legendary Frame Builders Collaborate on Custom Road Bike for NAHBS Raffle
Drawing will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

HEWITT, Texas. – The North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), the world’s largest consumer show for custom-built bicycles, invites the public to buy a raffle ticket for a very special handcrafted bicycle built by a team of nine of the most esteemed frame builders in the world.

The team, which will raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), includes renowned frame builders Brian Baylis, Roland Della Santa, Doug Fattic, Bruce Gordon, Tom Kellogg, Andy Newlands, Mark Nobilette, Richard Sachs and J.P. Weigle.

Selected based on quality, craftsmanship, reputation and artistic impression, these famous builders will draw on over 290 years of combined experience to create a one-of-a-kind bicycle in the first collaboration of its kind.

This bicycle, to be custom-fitted and built for the winner of the raffle, will include a set of Pacenti Original Lugs, a Columbus tubeset from Nova Cycles, Richard Sachs dropouts, a Campagnolo Record Group, Phil Wood hubs, an ultra-smooth finish and detailed lugs and joints by each artisan.

This undertaking was organized in honor of Tessa Walker, daughter of NAHBS founder Don Walker, who contracted juvenile diabetes when she was 5 years old. She monitors her blood sugar several times daily and is now 16 years old and living with Diabetes.

“I am touched that such a great group of artisans are contributing their efforts on behalf of the JDRF. Their partnership in this project to benefit the search for a cure to Juvenile Diabetes means a lot to Tessa and me,” said Don Walker, founder of NAHBS.

Raffle tickets are now on sale at the NAHBS website, www.handmadebicycleshow.com, for $20 each or 12 for $200.

The drawing will be held at the NAHBS show in San Jose on Saturday, March 3rd at 4 p.m. The lucky winner need not be present to win, but raffle participants are encouraged to attend, meet the world-class builders who put it together, and get fitted then and there for the frame.

JDRF will receive 100% of the proceeds. Your donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is important in helping find a cure for this disease.

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Exhibitors as of Dec. 14, 2006

Ahrens Bicycles
ANT
Bohemian Bicycles
Brian Baylis
Bruce Gordon
Calfee Design
Castellano Design
Charter Oak
Cloud Nine Design
Coconino Cycles
Co-Motion Cycles
Crumpton Cycles
Dario Pegoretti
Della Santa
Desalvo Cycles
Dolce Cycles
Don Walker Cycles
Echelon Cycle
Engin Cycles
Eriksen Cycles
Fraser Cycles
Grognard Bicycle
Hunter Cycles
Igle Cycles
Independent Fab.
Innerlight Cycles
Jonny Cycles
Joseph Ahearne
Keith Anderson
Kent Eriksen
Kirk Frameworks
Kish Fabrication
Marschall
Milano Sport
Moyer Cycles
Naked Bicycles
Nelson Titanium
Oswald Cycle
Patrick Cycles
Peacock Groove
Pereira Cycles
Peter Mooney
Roark Titanium
Rebolledo Cycles
Retrotec
Rex Cycles
Richard Sachs
Rock Lobster
Roark Titanium
Rue Sports
Sadilah Cycles
Soulcraft Bicycles
Steve Potts
Strong Frames
Summersett
Sycip Design
Thursday Bicycles
Townsend Cycles
Vanilla Bicycles
Vendetta Cycles
Vicious Cycles
Vintage Studio
Waterford Cycles
Willits Brand
Wolfhound Cycles

 

 

 

About The North American Handmade Bicycle Show

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is dedicated to showcasing the talents of individuals around the world whose art form is the bicycle. It aims to be a gathering point – online and in person – for framebuilders and consumers looking for custom-made bikes, for the sharing of ideas and promotion of this special industry which has such a rich history. After two years of growing by leaps and bounds, NAHBS 2007 will feature still more exhibitors, consumers and a wealth of seminars. For more information, see http://www.handmadebicycleshow.com.

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Media Contact:
Jodi Hall
Tel: +1-415-990-1324
EM: jhall@o2sm.com
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