I know this kind of bike bling doesn't appeal to everyone on this list, but after a 3-year absence, Chris King opened their doors again today for a small custom bike show and bike geek hang fest. I always enjoy the heck out of this event, and it was even sweeter for us to all gather again in person post-pandemic to celebrate bikes and riding.
The event is used by CK to showcase the new colorway - it's kept pretty hush-hush, but supplied to the custom builders, who design the bikes to showcase the hubs/headsets/bottom brackets. It might be difficult to see in the pictures, but the new colorway is a matte finish dark gray/blue. I forget what they call it. Depending on the light it looks almost black or dark navy. Very subtle and subdued compared to some recent colors. Consequently, many of the builders chose raw or anodized titanium, or various shades of blue (The Best Bike Color IMHO). But the highlight of the show was the students from our local Benson Polytechnic High School showing off one of their custom frames and talking about the program. They currently have 25 (!) frame jigs, and a full class (including several female students). The instructor is a former United Bicycle Institute instructor. Each student gets to build (and keep) their own frame. Really inspiring! A few pics in my flickr album here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAbmPb Mike M -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3088976d-669d-4204-8377-4ca375c5ea36n%40googlegroups.com.
