There were a few hours when it was evident to everybody that the Custombike Show at Bad Salzuflen in Germany was finally back in business . Three years since the last show in December 2019 there was a time , on the afternoon of December 3 , 2022 ,

when both the exhibition halls at the Messe Bad Salzuflen expo complex ( near Bielefeld ) were fully packed with visitors . It was hard to find a free spot to look at the massive 260 competitor bike show stretched along the main axis of

the two halls . The Biker Build-Off action by H-D Bielefeld and Bike Farm Melle , the activities on the show stage , some 160 or more exhibitors busy serving the more than half of the 18,950 visitors who attended the three-day show on the Saturday , all

amounted to ' proof-of-concept '. One of Europe ' s major custom bike events is not only back in business but laying the foundation for future expansion back to - or beyond - its previous size . In recent years , the highlight of the

' Best of Show ' was won by " Cadbike 49 ", a 1964 Triumph T 120 . Mark van der Kwaak of DBBP and Aad Hemskerk worked 14 years to make Cadbike Design # 49 a real riding machine ! Everything on this bike was handcrafted or highly modified .