The 2010 Toronto Bike Show has come and gone and as always there was a fantastic turnout. It’s really great to get out of the shop for a weekend and meet new people and reconnect with some old friends. We get asked a fair amount why we don’t go to the North American Handbuilt show every year. The truth is we would like to, but the cost to travel that far is quite high and when we have such a big show 45 minutes down the road it just doesn’t make sense.
The line up to get into the show every morning was literally wrapped around the building.
We built up this red city bike especially for the show; the matching front rack was a real hit.
In close proximity to this bike, numerous full grown adults were heard recounting stories of their paper route days.
We also brought Brad’s recently completed lugged road bike to the show. Brad’s bike features a Campagnolo Comp Triple build featuring hand built wheels,Chris King headset and Eriksen Ti post.
My co-worker Sean just finished building himself up a new touring bike, so we brought it to the show as well. Highlights include colour matched racks and fenders.
Marilyn’s touring bike was a big hit all weekend and is sure to see plenty of use this summer.
Michel’s long reach brake equipped road bike turned a lot of heads at the show. If you had to have just one bike, this might just be it. Campagnolo Comp Triple gruppo, hand built wheels, King headset, Eriksen post; all the finer things in life.
Hugh finished work on his personal road bike several days before the show. The frame is built out of True Temper S3 tubing and as such is quite light. We built it up with 2010 Sram Force (also quite light) and Octto carbon wheels (very light as well).
 Jon’s 29er was one of two mountain bikes we brought to the show. The bike is presently built up as a singlespeed, but it has all the braze-ons necessary to run multiple gears. This bike is ready to ride fast and the pastel blue paint looks amazing.
 Finally, Pierre stopped by on Tuesday to pick up his road bike. We already had multiple road bikes in our booth so unfortuntely this bike got left at home. Pierre’s bike features an 11speed Campagnolo Athena drivetrain, handbuilt wheels featuring Campy Record Hubs to Ambrosio Excellight Rims, Thomson seatpost and a Chris King headset.
If you’re interested in seeing more photos from the weekend be sure to visit our flickr site.