Our head wheelbuilder Gavin takes his events and races incredibly seriously. Gav has completed the Karapoti 23 times, the Whaka 100 a staggering 9 times, and has done literally thousands of other races and events. Gavin has never DNF’d a race.Just take a second to think about how impressive that is. Gav’s 8 year old […]
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I’ve craved a Moots since first reading about them in Mountain Bike Action magazine when I was 12. They’re a US company with a storied past based in Steamboat Springs Colorado – a town with such a magical name that I simply must visit it one day. When a Moots box arrived at work it […]
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Check out Tristan’s modern ‘steel is real’ bike build.
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Boston built his Swiss Cross with a Force 1x groupset and Garbruck chainring. He’s matched a 38t chainring to a 11-40 cassette which is the perfect gearing for CX racing as well as faster gravel riding. Boston’s long-and-low roadie position is evident with the 120mm 3T stem, 38cm compact drop bars, and Selle San Marco […]
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This is my custom painted SuperSix EVO Disc. I love Cannondale bikes – they always feel fantastic to ride. This bike started life as a pretty bland white model with AXS but was swapped across to DuraAce. The beautiful purple paint scheme was done by my friend Cameron. Gavin built the Maker SL wheelset -Tristan
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This is a beautiful Firefly commissioned by my friend Craig and built by the ex-Indepenedent Fabrication guys in Boston, MA. Gavin built the OG carbon wheels and I did the bike assembly. Installing the custom leather bar tape was one of the most stressful things I’ve done on a bike! -Tristan
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E-Bikes are the future of our sport. This is Tristan’s take on the perfect supercommuter bike with integrated lights, on 3D printed holders, fenders, Di2 shifting, and an extra 240 watts to get him up the hill home.
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Back in 2011 when disc brakes on road bikes were unimaginable I commissioned the perfect winter bike: A custom Indpendent Fabrication made in New Hampshire and fitted with fenders, discs, and lots of polished bits. Read the whole story on The Spoken
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This is a frame that I built at United Bicycle Industry in 2014 and which was featured on CyclingTips Bikes of the Bunch I took a TIG welding class at a local technical institute here in New Zealand before heading to Ashland Oregon for the class. Those evenings spent behind the welding hood really came […]
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