Designing and Building a High-Pivot Steel Bike – Evan Turpen

Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast

Downtime MTB

Leisure, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Sports, Wilderness, Fitness

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Evan Turpen is a successful mountain bike racer and shop mechanic who decided that he wanted to build his own bike. Not content with what was on offer, Evan set out to build a high-pivot steel bike that he felt would out perform the competition. We talk about how he approached the task of building his own bike. Hear how he used YouTube to learn the necessary skills and how the development has progressed from the first prototype to today. We also chat about Evan supporting the Beyond Racing team this year with prototype downhill bikes from his brand, Contra Bikes. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Evan Turpen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking
0:07.4	you deeper than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking.
0:10.5	Before we get stuck into this week's episode, just a quick thank you to our supporting partner
0:14.0	We are One Composites and to let you know about an awesome giveaway.
0:17.7	Weir1 Composites are back again supporting the podcast this month.
0:20.5	I'm always stoked to
0:21.6	talk about these wheels because they really are very, very good. They're a well-engineered product
0:26.4	designed by people who really understand the demands of riding and what makes for incredible
0:31.1	performance and ride feel. Back that up with an industry leading attention to detail in the process
0:35.8	and that means the quality of the product is second to none,
0:38.7	and you've got some winning wheels right there.
0:40.9	For the month of May,
0:41.7	downtime listeners get a very generous 15% off any We Are One wheel, rim,
0:46.5	order package bar and stem by using the code
0:48.6	downtime May 2023.
0:50.8	That's downtime May 2023, all one word with a capital D and a capital M.
0:56.1	You'll find that code in the show notes for this episode over on downtimepodcast.com.
1:00.4	And don't forget, you need to enter it at the very final stage of the checkout process in order for it to work.
1:05.1	That's the confirm order page at we are one composites.com.
1:09.0	It's listener survey time again, and this year,
1:11.3	Megura have been kind enough
1:12.4	to give us three sets of my favourite breaks, the awesome MT7 pros, to give away. So to be in with a chance of winning some, all you need to do is to head to downtimepodcast.com for such survey and fill in this year's listener survey. It's super simple to do and it's only going to take you a couple of minutes.
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