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Clothing-Gear-Tools, Factory Tour, Feature Stories - November 16, 2019

Video: Rapha Cycling headquarters tour with founder Simon Mottram

Ever wonder what it’s like to work at one of the world’s most premium cycling apparel brands? While visiting London, we popped in for a quick look and lucked out when founder and CEO Simon Mottram offered to give us a tour. Here’s a walk through of their office, offering a glance at how they […]

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Factory Tour: How the 3Zero Moto MTB wheels are made at Zipp’s Indy headquarters

“We like to solve problems. Whether it’s drag or pinch flats or anything else that slows a rider down, we like to figure out how to solve them so riders can go faster. To do that right, you can’t just go to China and pick those things out of a catalog. We had to really […]

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Workshop Tour: The story of steel MTB frame building with Starling Cycles’ Joe McEwan

Ex-aerospace engineer, Joe McEwan, is the man behind British mountain bike brand, Starling Cycles. While Starling do get some of their bikes, and parts of thereof manufactured in the far east, Joe himself and Clandestine founder, Pi Manson, still hand-build a full range of mountain bikes out of their workshop in Bristol. Joe was an […]

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Factory Tour, Feature Stories - July 10, 2019

Factory Tour: How Guerrilla Gravity can bring carbon manufacturing back to the States

A stone’s throw away from Mile High stadium in Denver, CO, the team at Guerrilla Gravity is hard at work manufacturing high-quality carbon and aluminum frames. Their headquarters’ footprint has been expanding as they continue to grow and innovate within the industry. We met up with Will Montague (President), Matt Giaraffa (Chief Engineer), and Bobby Brown […]

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Silca’s Headquarters Tour will blow your mind in so many ways

From the over-the-top materials selection to the precision assembly and incredible attention to detail, this tour will both educate and entertain. And it should help explain why Silca’s pumps and tools cost what they do. Throughout the video you’ll see their ultralight titanium water bottle cage go from raw tube stock to a finished product. […]

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