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So last winter when I had decided to get rid of my AWOL I'd been sketching on new bikes for a while. I was considering some gravel/cross thing, but soon enough went in the direction of a modern hardtail capable of 650+ and 29". I wanted to be able to do the proper trails I couldn't with my AWOL and Crux and at the same time use it for bikepacking. At that time there wasn't many options OTP, and I was mocking up geos in BikeCAD.
On a work trip to China I stopped by Colossi since it was in the neighbouring city of our hotel. The factory looked nice and the plan was to create the first frame with them. I'm not going to go into that story, but I think it's no secret that the Kole's moved back to Holland, and at the end of the day no frame was made, I lost last year and had to find another manufacturer.
During all this I also went ahead making a brand. The idea is that it should be somewhat of a playground to make fun stuff, and in time maybe also sell a few frames to friends and see what happens. With me I have a couple of friends: Joachim who is here on LFGSS and famous for his amazing Conlago re-spray and Anki. Our brand is named after a weird cat we once took care of during a holiday in Denmark, and we worked with an amazing illustrator to get the cat symbol in place.
A bit text-heavy this first post, but I had to get the thread going after being called out in the AWOL-thread :) But I can say the the frame now exists. More details, pictures and the works in the next posts.
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