Comments on: “American Chopper” – “American Bicycle”?

By: sam

sam — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:45:15 +0000

Hand built custom bicycles are art.. not too many people make them by hand anymore and i think the show would encourage more people to create. Im a small manufacture trying to push the envelope in bicycle design. check my web page you will see that . a show like this would get people creating!! and who knows what could come next. . …

By: thayne

thayne — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:10:23 +0000

Right on the money! One of the things that sets our bike shop apart is custom bike culture. This idea would not only be fun, but show a progression in how people view a relatively inexpensive (in comparison to a chopper) way to fully customize and create an object to be cherished.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:28:20 +0000

This is a great idea and I am up for putting it together I am a graphic designer and have all the equipment for video editing. Further more I have a huge connection with the bicycle industry as I have a family member in both the bmx and Mt bike hall of fames. I would watch a show like this and to the one who posted this you are right there are plenty of charecters in the bicycle industry.

By: Larry Mc Neely

Larry Mc Neely — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:59:38 +0000

About a bike building TV show, We are currently working on producing USA made bicycles and have considered the show idea. I started the Beach Cruiser bicycle in 1973 in Newport Beach Ca. We closed our production when we licensed the trade mark “Beach Cruiser” to Schwinn they promptly went bankrupt and left us with nothing. I have been encouraged to start again look at Harley Davidson, pricy but in demand.
you can check us out at http://www.californiabeachcruiser.net

By: Jerkey Schmilkus

Jerkey Schmilkus — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:38:08 +0000

Steel? Who buys a steel road bicycle these days? Do something a bit more ecclectic, SWOBO, Soulcraft, Kona, buy who wants to look at an old doude building an old man’s’ bike?

By: Todd J

Todd J — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:52:41 +0000

I would watch something like that.

I picture Big Dave Harrison at FBM bikes going through what they do to weld a BMX frame from start to finish…
I have seen the process but on TV it would be a different experience.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:45:48 +0000

Me too! I think that is an awesome idea! Although motorcycles and the build up shows don’t focus a lot on engineering I think a bicycle show would have to if it want to accurately reflect and capture the mind of the rider. For some reason we care about the tube wall thicknesses at butt joints. :p

I think it would be fascinating to watch a bike come together from the ground up (including the frame). It would be interesting to see the different bikes and the way they were setup, assuming some would be built for road or mountain racing… just to see what master builders do that help the rider.

Maybe even branch out and see the bike they build in competition and talk to the guy that races it, or go on location and test them out like you see on American Chopper when they go on rides. And the trade shows…like Interbike…Man, that could be good. Where’s a TLC rep when you need them?

By: James

James — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:45:15 +0000

Great idea for a show Rich! I would definitely watch it.

I can already picture Richard Sachs with a fu-manchu brazing a lugged steel chopper. OK, maybe not, but seriously, a framebuilding show would be great.