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Bronto bikes brilliant at NAHBS

  • By Nick Legan
  • Published Feb. 28, 2011
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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    Todd Gardner is the builder at Bronto. He started building frames at Burley in 2000. The Willy is his steel singlespeed 29er. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    An internal headset keeps the front end looking clean and understated fork accents continue the theme. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    Clean welds, muted graphics and smart details like full cable housing from the top to to both derailleurs show the thought that Todd Gardner and co. put into their frames. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    To help with fork crown clearance Bronto welds a curved piece of tubing to the headtube and then attachs it to a straight down tube using the pictured sleeve. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    The Reverend is the gear 29er from Bronto. The curved seat tube and direct mount front derailleur maintain ample tire clearance despite the super short 17 inch chainstays. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    The Bronto grooved design creates more surface area and decreases any twisting that may occur in sliding dropouts. Photo: Nick Legan

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    2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

    While Bronto currently uses Paragon sliding dropouts they are developing these. Photo: Nick Legan

2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show: Bronto

Todd Gardner is the builder at Bronto. He started building frames at Burley in 2000. The Willy is his steel singlespeed 29er.

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Nick Legan

After graduating from Indiana University with honors and a degree in French and journalism, Legan jumped straight into wrenching at Pro Peloton bike shop in Boulder for a few years. Then, he began a seven-year stint in the professional ranks, most recently serving for RadioShack at the Tour de France and the Amgen Tour of California. He also worked for Garmin-Slipstream, CSC, Toyota-United, Health Net and Ofoto. You can submit questions to Nick at asknick@competitorgroup.com.