Aaron Dykstra, the owner of the Six Eleven Bicycle Company, designed and hand built a beautiful Tuscan red and black track bike featuring design references to the famous 611 steam locomotive the Norfolk & Western railroad designed and built in Roanoke in the late 1940’s. The NHMBS is the annual showcase for North America’s most highly regarded hand builders to display their best works for the public and the media. Over seven thousand spectators attended the three day show and 125 exhibitors showed everything from cycling apparel to five figure hand built bicycles.
“Six-Eleven Bicycles is named after a famous steam engine built in Roanoke, Virginia, the base of this company. This bicycle is inspired by the aesthetic of the six-eleven steam engine, which is the pride of Roanoke. It seemed fitting that I should make it a track bike, and I’ve added a small grille to the top of the head tube, and the serial number plate is derived from the train too, ” said Dykstra.
