Pascal sat down with Stefan Lorenz to talk about Scar Cycles, some recent projects and how he came to make his own bikes in his garage. With the HFS high-pivot gearbox prototype bike on show at the recent DT Swiss Craft Bike Days (incl. the very pretty 612 Parts Die Bremse) and a TEBP feature on Pinkbike of Brotlos Design’s mpEV01 that he helped bring to life, Stefan’s work was front and center at the end of 2022. It was great to hear his perspective on the two very different bikes and how the feedback and discussion in the aftermath help to steer his future projects. We also get the inside view of how he got to make his own frames, the meaning of “Scar”, his choice of techniques, materials and styles, the builder community and why we should all try out a gearbox bike. We’re stoked to start the year with another “maker” podcast and look forward to sharing many more exciting stories in 2023!
As we have done for previous recordings in local dialect (examples here, here, here, here and here), Bryson and Pascal have a quick chat about the highlights of the conversation with Stefan for our English-speaking listeners. If you do understand Swiss-German, you can just skip forward to the main part (starts at ca minute 17).