NAHBS Off Road Bicycle Winner

Photo From NAHBS 

Black Sheep Bicycles makes a crazy custom ride. Their full Ti mountain bike won this years hand made bicycle show (NAHBS) in Austin. Jump over to Bikerumer to read more and check out some awesome close ups on the welding. "Fort Collins, Colorado’s Black Sheep Bikes won the NAHBS Best Offroad category for their 26″-wheeled, fully custom MTB with integrated racks.

The bike was built for a customer to ride this year’s Continental Divide trail race – 2745 miles self-supported over the Eastern continental divide in August.

Almost as much time went on making the fully integrated TI racks as the frame, said the Black Sheep brothers, and the results certainly bear this out. Super-smooth welding, sweeping curves and a host of useful features for the owner, who – as you can see – plans to race single speed. He hopes to complete it in about 21 days – 2 or 3 days longer than the quickest geared riders.

The belt-drive is a relatively new, self-centring model, but, when asked, the Black Sheep brothers said they were looking forward to the feedback on how a belt drive withstood such a test!" - BikeRumor