We sat down with Bram from Essar Cycles to get to know the story and the brain behind his steel creations. Unlike some of our other guests, Bram’s journey starts with the conviction that yes, of course, he can make his own bikes. It’s just a matter of finding out how and the number of …
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Ep 82 – Reto Aebischer: Afterlife
We sat down with Reto Aebischer for a journey deep into the Afterlife. However, in this instance, the afterlife is not a promised existence in your favourite spiritual realm. The “Afterlife” is the name of Reto’s home-made carbon enduro bike that he also rode at the recent Best Ride Of The Year in Thun! We …
Transparent Manufacturing: How FAIR Bicycle Rewrites the Industry Script | E76
We sat down with Marco Giarrana for a deep dive into his company, FAIR Bicycle. With FAIR, Marco and his business partner Valentin are trying to rewrite the script of what product design and manufacturing means. It was interesting to hear Marco’s thoughts on sustainability, transparency, and cradle-to-cradle design – principles deeply influenced by his technical …
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Ep 74 – Live at Biroma: Felix Lüttin of 612 Parts!
We hosted Felix Lüttin of 612 Parts for an in-person demo of the recently introduced 612 “Die Pedale”, his cyber truck brakes and more of his creations, followed by our very first live recording and Q&A at Biroma in Zurich! Felix is a repeat guest on the podcast and made waves with his brakes over …
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Ep 50 – Stefan Lorenz: Scar Cycles, Gearboxes & Mad Max Bikes
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 …
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Ep 48 – Reto Aebischer: Home-Made Carbon Bikes and Too Many Workshop Projects
We sat down with Reto Aebischer to talk about home-made carbon bikes, learning by doing it wrong and his many workshop projects. Starting out with making kiteboards and skis, he quickly progressed to his first carbon road bike and is currently working on the second iteration of his high-pivot enduro bike. And no, unfortunately, you …
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Episode 6 – Robin Schaub: Getting a grip on manufacturing
We sat down with Robin Schaub, Design Engineer at Onza Tires, to talk about why we still get flats, the challenges of a smaller brand in the bike industry today and why Onza will not bring back bar ends any time soon. Robin is also very active in the local trail building community and can …
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