Campy Only Visits the North American Handmade Bicycle Show

March 4, 2006--We took the train from Davis to San Francisco to take part in a 50-mile "alleycat" bike race to San Jose for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. The alleycat ride started with a wild, free-for-all, messenger-style, through the gritty streets of San Francisco. The messengers--mostly riding brakeless, fixed-gear machines--rode against traffic, around cars, and through red lights, while us older guys tried (in vain?) to get a bit of "street cred." A little later, with the crazies darting through intersections somewhere else (occasionally crashing), we hooked up with Eric from Campbell (the place, not the soup), who did the wayfinding to all the checkpoints on the poker run. We are indebted to his inerring sense of direction.

Presented below, photos from the ride and the show.

At the show, Mojo Cosgrove drew the winning entry for a Richard Sachs frameset, part of the fundraising effort for the Big Fix ride later this year. Click on the video icon near the bottom of the page to see the drawing as it happened.

Waiting for the train in Davis	Davis Amtrak station	Campy Only's Eric Norris--gratuitous shot #1	Ron on BART	Gratuitous shot #2	Our Raysport
Ron, flossing on BART	The crowd gets ready for the start of the alleycat ride	Instructions to the riders	Messengers galore
Ron. His teeth are so clean		Following other Eric	Ron and OE	A sign in the pavement that the messengers wouldn't like	At the last checkpoint
	Over our shoulder	Bikes at the finish			Mojo, replacing the alcohol his body lost
Checking out our bike	NAHBS Photos-->		Bamboo bike at the Calfee booth	The Phil Wood booth

	Sacramento's Steve Rex	Richard Sachs points out a detail	These were made for Richard by indigenous Panamanian craftsmen	Two Sachs frames	Campy Only's Eric Norris with Richard Sachs (gratuitous photo #3)
The Shimano booth. Campagnolo didn't come to the show	VIDEO! Drawing the winner of the Richard Sachs frameset	The winning ticket	Mojo phones the winner to deliver the good news		VIDEO! Panoramic view of the show
Bikes at the Phil Wood booth		Very nice Bruce Gordon. Lots of randonee-style bikes were on display at the show		Prize ceremony for the alleycat winners
Modern art? No. This is how messengers lock their bikes.	We had salad ...	... and spaghetti for dinner. Yum!	Other Bike Show Photo Sites: Cyclofiend Clockwork Bikes

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