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Check, please

March 09, 2018 • Dave Kirkpatrick • business • products • Stuff We Sell

Some Friday mumbo jumbo about wheels and process and stuff we sell.

Mountain bike wheel builds

January 15, 2018 • Bold Apps • business • disc brakes • products • Stuff We Sell

Mountain bike builds are in the store (with more on the way), and Dave makes a video and makes his mom proud by actually using his English degree (sort of).

2018 Prices

November 01, 2017 • Dave Kirkpatrick • Behind the Curtain • business • products

Our usual transparency about anticipated price changes. Enjoy!

Our take on crash replacement

October 16, 2017 • Dave Kirkpatrick • Behind the Curtain • business • products

On the surface, our crash replacement policy may not be as strong as some. In practice, we think it's better than any other we've seen.

Execute or Die

October 07, 2015 • 125214666 • business • Uncategorized

Apologies to the slogan I'm blatantly paraphrasing here, and to clarify, no this isn't a double entendre suggesting "kill or be killed." Kill or be killed happens in the first lap of a cross race, to be sure, but it's not a concept that's generally on our corporate to-do list. So much emphasis is placed on "new and improved" and innovation in the bike business. There could be a million reasons behind this, but generally splash sells. Put a lion on it, make it high-viz, make it wider, make it lighter, call yourself an engineer when you're not, hash tag...