To celebrate its three-year sponsorship of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), Gates Carbon Drive is holding a frame design contest for the 2012 NAHBS taking place in Sacramento March 2-4. The contest encourages bike makers to build frames for use with the Gates Carbon Drive. Bike entries will be judged on sliding dropouts, belt tensioning systems, frame splits and a number of other design factors.
Gates is awarding a total of $8,750 in cash and prizes. A first prize winner will receive $2,500 cash plus 10 Carbon Drives worth $250. A second prize winner will receive 10 Carbon Drives worth $2,500. A third prize winner will receive five Carbon Drives worth $1,250.
Entrants will have to show and demonstrate their contest designs and prototypes in front of a panel at the 2012 NAHBS show. Winners get to display their bikes in the Gates booth on the last day of the show.
Gates Carbon Drive Design Frame Contest
North American Handmade Bicycle Show
[via EcoVelo: Gates / NAHBS Design Contest]