THE ROAD TO BESPOKED WILL BE PAVED USING THE GOLDILOCKS APPROACH TO DESIGN, BUILD, RIDE.

The road to Bespoked will be paved using the Goldilocks approach to design, build, ride.

Back in 2014 I made a frame. It is what is now called “mid-tail”. My attempt at a cargo frame. Accidently I discovered how good it rode in the snow (longer chainsatys are like a keel on a canoe in water). I was training for Arrowhead in early January of 2015 and after having ridden the McBride trail in fresh snow on “Spice Puppy” (17.5” chainstays) I came back in the afternoon and, simply looking for fun, rode Bubble Puppy, which has 25” chainstays. Mind blown. It rode incredibly well in 3” of fresh snow.

Late January, 2015, I crossed the Arrowhead 135 finish line in around 29 hours on Bubble Puppy. So, then I made a 25” chainstay frame and used it in 2017 at Arrowhead, and it won the Single Track mountain bike award Bespoked in 2017. I continued over the next five years and 7 frames to experiment with longer chaninstays. When the Black Borrow came out my email inbox blew up with folks saying a new Salsa Frame looked just like the Bespoked bike. There is nothing new under the sun, and over and over we discover old frame geometry as we try to figure out enjoying a particular kind of riding. For me it’s been ultra winter events. By the way, that 2017 Bespoked Frame went to The Preacher, Woody.

In 2018 I made a frame with 22” chainstays, using the Goldilocks approach to design, build, ride. I finished the Iditarod Trail Invitational on it. Slush Puppy.

For Bespoked this year, it’s 21” chainstays and the bike, Sápmi. In modern Swedish and Norwegian, Sápmi is known as "Sameland". In older Swedish, Lpaland was known as "Lappmarken" or "Lappland".

For now, here’s the fork motif.