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Bike Cult Show 2014

By Core Jr - August 26, 2014

Benjamin Cycles Bike builder Benjamin Peck is photographed with his bike inspired by Patrick Swayze's character from Point Break.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 1 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Johnny Utah The Johnny Utah is an ode to the movie Point Break. It comes with a custom surfboard rack made as a collaboration with RacerRacks.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 2 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Apache The Apache features cave paintings that are etched into the frame itself.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 3 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Apache The Apache features cave paintings that are etched into the frame itself.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 4 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Apache The Apache features cave paintings that are etched into the frame itself.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 5 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Apache The Apache features cave paintings that are etched into the frame itself.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 6 of 50

Benjamin Cycles - Apache The Apache features cave paintings that are etched into the frame itself.
Designed by: Benjamin C. Peck
www.benjamincycles.com Jeff Enlow 7 of 50

Hillel Efal Hillel Efal with his 'Blue Earthling' tall bike.
Designed by: Hillel Efal
www.flickr.com/photos/hillel_eflal/sets Jeff Enlow 8 of 50

Hillel Efal Efal only makes a few bikes a year and they are mostly for friends. He does them as a labor of love and only charges for parts and materials.
Designed by: Hillel Efal
www.flickr.com/photos/hillel_eflal/sets Jeff Enlow 9 of 50

Hillel Efal Hillel Efal makes custom tall bikes unique to each customer.
Designed by: Hillel Efal
www.flickr.com/photos/hillel_eflal/sets Jeff Enlow 10 of 50

Hillel Efal The Blue Earthling is his personal touring bike.
Designed by: Hillel Efal
www.flickr.com/photos/hillel_eflal/sets Jeff Enlow 11 of 50

J.P. Weigle Cycles Made in Connecticut J.P. Weigle Cycles is one of the oldest vintage revival hand made frames.
Designed by: J.P Weigle
www.flickr.com/photos/49353569@N00/ Jeff Enlow 12 of 50

J.P. Weigle Cycles Peter Weigle’s randonneur style bikes were voted as “People’s Choice” at the 2010 Cirque du Cyclisme.
Designed by: J.P Weigle
www.flickr.com/photos/49353569@N00/ Jeff Enlow 13 of 50

J.P. Weigle Cycles Peter Weigle’s randonneur style bikes come in both 700c and 650c, and are finished with fenders racks and lights.
Designed by: J.P Weigle
www.flickr.com/photos/49353569@N00/ Jeff Enlow 14 of 50

J.P. Weigle Cycles Made in Connecticut J.P. Weigle Cycles is one of the oldest vintage revival hand made frames.
Designed by: J.P Weigle
www.flickr.com/photos/49353569@N00/ Jeff Enlow 16 of 50

Breismeister Bicycles Doug Breismster has a degree in sculpture from RISD, and it shows in his beautifully designed and painted bikes.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.facebook.com/breismeisterbicycles Jeff Enlow 17 of 50

Breismeister Bicycles - Mountain Hardtail Breismeister designed his mountain hardtail with an ultra-thin wishbone seat stays.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.facebook.com/breismeisterbicycles Jeff Enlow 18 of 50

Breismeister Bicycles Each bike come in vibrant bright colors.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.facebook.com/breismeisterbicycles Jeff Enlow 19 of 50

Breismeister Bicycles Now in his second year, Breismeister makes a variety of frames: performance road, cyclocross, mountain hardtail and a sport-touring/travel bike.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.facebook.com/breismeisterbicycles Jeff Enlow 20 of 50

Breismeister Bicycles The Breismster travel bike has S&S couplers so the frame can be split in half to facilitate transport.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.facebook.com/breismeisterbicycles Jeff Enlow 22 of 50

Airtight Cycles Mathew Amonson launched Airtight Cycles in March, making a line of single speed bikes.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 25 of 50

Airtight Cycles Airtight Cycles' Mobius series features asymmetric seat stays that theoretically allow for more efficient power transfer.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 26 of 50

Airtight Cycles Mathew Amonson launched Airtight Cycles in March with a line of single-speed bikes.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 27 of 50

Airtight Cycles Mobius Crit Mathew Amonson launched Airtight Cycles in March, making a line of single speed bikes.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 28 of 50

Airtight Cycles Mathew Amonson launched Airtight Cycles in March with a line of single-speed bikes.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 29 of 50

Airtight Cycles Mobius Aero Crit Airtight Cycles' Mobius series features asymmetric seat stays that theoretically allow for more efficient power transfer.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.airtightcycles.com Jeff Enlow 30 of 50

Royal H Cycles Single-Speed Cyclocross Bike Bryan Hollingsworth built this single-speed cyclocross bike specifically for the Bike Cult show.
Designed by: Bryan Hollingsworth
www.royalhcycles.com Jeff Enlow 31 of 50

Royal H Cycles Pictured here on the Royal H cyclocross bike, the IDEO-designed Brooks Cambium saddle has by all accounts been a hit since it debuted earlier this year.
Designed by: Bryan Hollingsworth
www.royalhcycles.com Jeff Enlow 34 of 50

Royal H Cycles Every Royal H Cycles bike is made fully custom, and no frame is ever the same.
Designed by: Bryan Hollingsworth
www.royalhcycles.com Jeff Enlow 35 of 50

Royal H Cycles Every Royal H Cycles bike is made fully custom, and no frame is ever the same.
Designed by: Bryan Hollingsworth
www.royalhcycles.com Jeff Enlow 36 of 50

Coarse Fabrication Coarse Fabrications was one of the few performance-oriented builders at the Bike Cult show.
Designed by: Billy Maynard
www.coarsefabrication.com Jeff Enlow 37 of 50

Coarse Fabrication Billy Maynard hand builds his track frames to order out of Brooklyn, NY.
Designed by: Billy Maynard
www.coarsefabrication.com Jeff Enlow 38 of 50

Coarse Fabrication Billy Maynard draws from his experience racing bikes to build his steel track frames.
Designed by: Billy Maynard
www.coarsefabrication.com Jeff Enlow 39 of 50

Bike Cult crowds Bike Cult attendees check out the vintage-inspired frames.
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 40 of 50

Bikecult crowds This year, the Bike Cult show moved from the Warsaw Concert Hall in Brooklyn to the massive Knockdown Center in Queens, NY.
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 41 of 50

Bike Cult crowds Bike parking outside of the impressive Knockdown Center in Queens, NY.
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 42 of 50

Bikecult crowds Mathew Amonson of Airtight Cycles explains his asymmetric seat stays to interested attendees.
Designed by: Mathew Amonson
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 43 of 50

Bikecult crowds Bike Cult attendees check out Breismeister's colorful designs.
Designed by: Doug Breismeister
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 44 of 50

Bikecult crowds Behind the unassuming sign, the NY Bike Cult show had over 25 different exhibitors showing off custom and hand-built bikes.
www.bikecultshow.com Jeff Enlow 45 of 50

Coast Cycles Brooklyn-based Johnny Coast builds custom frames to suit the rider's needs, style and purpose.
Designed by: Johnny Coast
www.johnnycoast.com Glen Jackson Taylor 46 of 50

Coast Cycles An example of bi-lam frame construction, which features partially lugged joins.
Designed by: Johnny Coast
www.johnnycoast.com Glen Jackson Taylor 47 of 50

Coast Cycles Coast also makes custom stems.
Designed by: Johnny Coast
www.johnnycoast.com Glen Jackson Taylor 48 of 50

Coast Cycles Brooklyn-based Johnny Coast builds custom frames to suit the rider's needs, style and purpose.
Designed by: Johnny Coast
www.johnnycoast.com Glen Jackson Taylor 49 of 50

Coast Cycles Brooklyn-based Johnny Coast builds custom frames to suit the rider's needs, style and purpose.
Designed by: Johnny Coast
www.johnnycoast.com Glen Jackson Taylor 50 of 50

Once again, we were thrilled to support NYC's fledging Bike Cult Show as an official media partner and offer exclusive coverage of the late-summer exhibition that is shaping up to be the region's premier handbuilt bicycle show. The second year delivered on its promise to be bigger and better than the first as organizers Harry Schwartzman, Benjamin Peck and David Perry upgraded to the massive Knockdown Center event space in Maspeth, Queens, for the event that took place over the weekend of August 16–17.

As with last year, we showcased a handful of the exhibitors in the weeks leading up to the show—Bryan Hollingsworth, Brian Chapman, Mathew Amonson and J.P. Weigle—who were happy to share their stories and talk shop about bicycles and much more. And in case you missed it, last year's builder profiles included several of this year's exhibitors as well: Johnny Coast, Jamie Swan, Rick Jones and Thomas Callahan and the late Ezra Caldwell (to whom the show was dedicated).

Bike Cult Show 2014 Builder Profiles:

» Bryan Hollingsworth of Royal H Cycles on Saying "Yes" to Clients, the Decline of the Fixed-Gear, and More
» Brian Chapman Shares the Eight Secrets to Making a Living As a Custom Framebuilder
» Mathew Amonson of Airtight Cycles on Avoiding the G Train, Seeking a Master Framebuilder, and More
» J.P. Weigle Reflects on 40 Years of Framebuilding - A Photo Essay