2015 NAHBS AWARDS GROUPS AND CATEGORIES
RIDING DISCIPLINE DIVISION
Fully complete bikes, paint and component choices factor into the judging (aesthetic impact and correctness of the discipline)
- Best city bike/ Utility bike- Brodie Bikes
- Best road bike- Repete Cycles
- Best mountain bike- Retrotec Fat Bike
- Best cyclocross bike- No. 22 Bicycle Company
- Best tandem bike- Black Sheep Cycles
- Best experimental bike- SyCip
CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Construction categories: All bikes presented for the construction categories (lugged, fillet-brazed, TIG-welded and carbon layup) are presented as naked frames. To make the frames easier to inspect, they are presented with a fork, headset and stem. Painted bikes are deemed ineligible.
- Best lugged frame- DiNucci Cycles
- Best TIG frame- Kent Eriksen Cycles
- Best Carbon Layup- Alchemy Bicycles
OVERALL DESIGN DIVISION
Theme: These are complete bicycles with a description of the theme, concept or heritage the frame builder is portraying. These bicycles will be judged with an eye toward the overall execution of the theme.
- Best new builder- LoveBaum Bicycles
- Best artisan bike- Cykelmageren
- Best finish- Shamrock Cycles / Michael Corby Cycles (painter)
- People’s choice- Mars Cycles
- President’s choice- Ron Sutphin / United Bicycle Institute
- Best in show- Groovy Cycleworks
