Your Fully Customizable Dream Build? Introducing Sherpa Custom Mountain Bikes

09/17/20 • 42 min

What if you could buy a bike without immediately looking to swap out a bunch of the stock parts? And what if this dream build of yours was competitively priced? Sherpa Custom Mountain Bikes is a brand-new company that allows you to customize every part and color of your new bike, with over 1,000,000 combinations to choose from; their “photorealistic 3D dream builder” provides life-like graphics that allow you to scrutinize every detail of your custom build; and they’re also offering a life-time warranty on their frames and rims. Sound too good to be true? We sat down with the founders of Sherpa to question them about this intriguing ambitious new venture.

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TOPICS & TIMES

What is the concept of Sherpa (5:19)
Sherpa’s 3D Bike Builder (9:23)
Market Research (13:32)
Component Options (17:41)
When can people start ordering (21:29)
Supply chain (23:11)
Sherpa’s 1st bike: the Everest (30:42)
Wheel sizes (34:52)
Riding in Crested Butte (35:32)
Future plans? (37:41)
Closing Thoughts (40:22)

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TOPICS & TIMES

What is the concept of Sherpa (5:19)
Sherpa’s 3D Bike Builder (9:23)
Market Research (13:32)
Component Options (17:41)
When can people start ordering (21:29)
Supply chain (23:11)
Sherpa’s 1st bike: the Everest (30:42)
Wheel sizes (34:52)
Riding in Crested Butte (35:32)
Future plans? (37:41)
Closing Thoughts (40:22)

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The Strangest Bike? Structure Cycleworks founder, Loni Hull

Structure Cycleworks arguably makes the coolest bikes out there — or the ugliest bikes out there. So we talked to Structure Cycleworks founder, Loni Hull, about why he introduced a front-linkage suspension design; why rear-linkage designs are everywhere, while front-linkage designs are utterly uncommon; and the pros and cons of bringing such an unorthodox bike to market. So whether you are a true bike dork or you just appreciate outside-the-box thinking and design, consider this is a ‘Must-Listen.’

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Your background (8:42)
When & why did you start Structure? (13:53)
Learning curve? (27:32)
First racers on the bike (31:05)
Geometry & hard tails (31:58)
Benefits of Structure’s design (38:38)
Wheel sizing (45:22)
Durability (46:57)
Warranty (50:59)
Trajectory of the bike industry (53:08)
Market acceptance & adoption (55:45)
Loni’s Big Idea (1:00:53)

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Reviewer Reports: Trek Slash, Banshee Phantom, EXT Shock, Hayes Brakes

We check in with reviewers Dylan Wood (who gets to keep his seat at the bar), David Golay (who is now reconsidering what makes brakes good or bad), and Eric Freson (who still enjoys a sick jazz soundtrack) to get their updates on the Trek Slash, EXT Storia shock, Hayes Dominion A4 brakes, and the Banshee Phantom V3.

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