Utah bike gear

Pierre Chastain designs and welds every Blaze frame in Moab, and his custom frame page says, in capitals, NO TANDEMS. Ari used to be Fezzari and still sells direct from Lindon, where more than 70 percent of its customers never set foot in the shop. Bakcou got its name from a lawsuit with Backcountry.com, which is one way to pick a name. Magnum started selling e-bikes in Israel and has run its American business from Salt Lake City since 2014.

ENVE's founder used to run a machine shop that made safety harnesses for Cirque du Soleil, and the company now molds its carbon rims in Ogden. WickWerks announced a front derailleur from Ogden in 2001. It ended up selling chainrings instead, with ramps that guide the chain across, which fixes the shifting from the other end.

Snēk sizes its handlebar bags by mustache, and the Pencil Stache is the small one. Broad Fork started in 2013, when Jacquelyn Barnes's then partner entered the Tour Divide and, unable to afford bags, sewed his own. Barnes runs it now, and the bags are made to order in Salt Lake City or Sequim, Washington. Nuke Sunrise is a former physics teacher's shop in Moab. Kinesis sews its eoGEAR bags in Utah, and its office is in Mount Pleasant. Moab Bag Co makes its Mini from inner tubes riders drop off around town, each one washed twice before anyone sews it.

Snēk's founder kept losing the tiny tool that pulls a tubeless valve core, so he built one into a tire lever. Lizard Skins started in 1993 selling neoprene fork boots and made $340 its first month. These grips cost $10.99, and its baseball bat grip is official in Major League Baseball, which is a long way from a fork boot.