Back from NAHBS

Well, I am bleary eyed today from the long drive home last night. This years NAHBS was incredible! The quality of frames and bicycles that were present was un-believable. For anyone coming to the show and for those of us that exhibited, there was so much eye-candy that it hurt your eyes. There were over 700 bikes and frames exhibited and not one of them was not spectacular. The talent that was present shows that the art of custom bicycle building is alive and well. The level of quality is un-matched. Those Europeans are going to be blown away when they start seeing the pictures filtering out via the internet.

On a personal level, the show was a great success for me. I sold a frameset and spoke with many cyclists who will be contacting me soon to place orders. My work was well received and you should see my Cylcocross bike in Dirt Rag Magazine very soon. I have enclosed a few pics of the bikes I showed this year.

Apart from the show, the weekend was fun filled. I got to see builders that I spend the year corresponding through email. The Friday night party was great with the Motherfluxers providing the musical entertainment. All in all, the show was great. I have already started thinking about the bikes I want tpo build for next years show which will be in Portland, Oregon.

You will hear from me soon-

Off to NAHBS this week

This is my first posting and I will try to keep all of you updated on a regular basis. My intentions with this blog are to relay information about Sadilah and the art of frame building. I am Chuck Schlesinger and I have been building steel frames with both lugged and fillet brazed construction for 3 years. Last year, SadiLah Handmade Framesets was founded. More information and photos of my work can be seen at www.sadilah.com

The week has been filled with the culmination of getting all my bikes ready for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Everything has gone well and at least I am not spraying clear coat the day before! The show runs from March 2-4 in San Jose, CA. For those of you that were there last year, you don't need any explanation. For the un-intiated, you must go! It is the only place in the world that you can go and see the best of the best in custom bicycles. It is a rare chance to meet the builders and see whats new.

I will be heading out on the long drive to San Jose on Thursday morning. Packed in my SUV will be my So-cal 6 bike, an Aero track bike, a classic road bike and my Cyclo-X bike. For those of you that will be there in attendance, stop by my booth and say hi. I will have the newest incarnation of the SadiLah T-shirt and knit beanies for sale. Also, any orders placed at the show will receive a 10% discount!

See you in San Jose