Building the Stoke: Structure Cycleworks Has Big Plans for 2020
It isn’t often that I get to have coffee with a mountain bike. But when I met up with Loni Hull, CEO of Structure Cycleworks, that’s exactly what happened. We met, just prior to the COVID-19 social distancing measures, to discuss how 2019 had gone for the startup mountain bike manufacturer and to get some idea of his plans for the future. Like a proud father, Loni brought along the Janis edition of their linkage front suspension mountain bike, the SCW-1, and displayed it prominently beside our table. In a nearly empty coffee shop, the odd-looking bike grabbed the attention of two mountain bikers sitting nearby. Of course, the bike…
Structure Cycleworks Introduces the SCW 1, and With it a Revolution in Front Suspension Design
As a mountain biker, does grabbing a big handful of front brake as you race down a steep, gnarly descent make you nervous? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could descend at higher speeds and know that when you reach for your front brake lever you’ll have plenty of stopping power, and it won’t eat up a large chunk of your fork’s travel, or send you flying over the handle bars? It’s 2019, and yet, if we want to decrease brake dive we still end up decreasing bump compliance. Telescoping front forks have been around a long time and have come a long way over the years, but performance improvements…