The Pinkbike Podcast: Pivot's Chris Cocalis on Starting a Bike Company, US-Made Carbon, & High Prices
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Pivot Cycles has been up to some interesting things behind closed doors, some of which we showed you earlier this week in the shape of their in-house carbon manufacturing. That's where they're making their own carbon tubes and joining them together via machined aluminum lugs, and the result is a stunning prototype that's definitely not for sale... But it might be in the future?
Today's show sees Pivot founder Chris Cocalis talk about the possibility of a limited production run of these exotic frames and why they're making them to begin with, and we also get into the early days of Titus, the time he wanted to buy an In-N-Out Burger location, e-bike sales versus mountain bike sales, and running a bike company during the pandemic.
THE PINKBIKE PODCAST // EPISODE 165 - PIVOT'S CHRIS COCALIS ON STARTING A BIKE COMPANY, US-MADE CARBON, & HIGH PRICES
Feb 16th, 2022
Chris also gets into leaving Titus and that the time he wanted to buy an In-N-Out Burger, e-bikes sales versus mountain bike sales, and running a bike company during the pandemic.
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Good content and interaction between the two, it’s always interesting to hear all the problems bike builders had to work through to get the bikes where they are today.
Just posting to say thanks PB and @mikelevy for all the casts since 2020.The pod re-defined the pandemic for me, and I end up streaming the pods 3-4 times to let it all soak in...it's easily one of the highlights of my week, for years now. You guys might f*ck everything else up but even a shitty mic'd PB podcast is baller in my view. Lets just goto 3-4 casts a week ok? SWEET, thanks.
I think trail riding is so addictive because of the primal feelings of flying down (or up) singletrack is almost like being a cheetah, wolf, or rabbit. Compared to the sterile environment of a bmx track, paved road, or *gasp, the silly peloton.
I started snowboarding because I wanted to do some dynamic activity in the winter.. to not stay around and just watch at my bikes.. and now, some years later, I just pray and hope to have snow in the mountains until at least april; not that mtb-ing isn't fun.. but nowhere near as fun as real (free)riding.. which you cannot actually do on a mtb... on any mtb.
I snowboarder for 7 years before getting into MTB, and I credit my quick progression to that and skateparks. The feeling of turns is like a pendulum. Similar weight transfer from board to bike.
Great interview BTW!