About us

We’re not making wood bicycle frames because we’re woodworkers. We’re not. Hell, we’re not even carpenters. Two of us took woodshop in middle school, but that’s it. We can’t make a desk or dresser, or build a house, nor have we, though I suppose we could figure it out. We’re just engineers/designers who chose wood as the material of choice for bicycles because of its excellent properties. It didn’t hurt that we had the equipment necessary to make wood bikes, but we also have the equipment and training to make metal bikes, and carbon bikes too, for that matter. Frankly, these other materials were considered, if only because trying to create a wood bike that didn’t require apologies was daunting. It took a great deal of research, testing, trying and crying before we had a good bike. Historically, wood bikes came before metal bikes and we only half jokingly say ‘metal bikes were invented because making a wood bike is such a pain in the ass.’ Well, it is hard to work with, but we get better every day and there’s a lot of satisfaction in conquering this unruly stuff.

Moreover, we don’t claim wood is the solution for everything, or even very much for that matter. We know it’s a good solution for bicycle frames, and some other things we don't or won't be making. We could make wheels, but there are practical drawbacks to those. We could make forks, handlebars and even fenders, but there are practical or engineering drawbacks to those too, so for now, its bicycle frames, just frames.

We come from a broad range of backgrounds and training; design, mechanical engineering, aircraft design and manufacturing, fine arts, and marine technology among others, but we all share a passion for bicycles and fine craftsmanship. Each and every one of us loves what we’re doing, and we know we’re very lucky to be making beautiful, high performance bicycles which give our customers as much pleasure to ride as they give us to make.

Ken Wheeler, Founder