Pursuit Cycles, an award-winning U.S. customized carbon producer, is last the bankruptcy on its bicycle body manufacturing. With founder and grasp framebuilder Carl Robust retiring, the corporate has introduced a transition towards complicated composites analysis in collaboration with Montana State College.
Pursuit Cycles was once based in 2016 through Robust, well known for his metal and titanium bicycles underneath the Robust Frames banner, and 3 different companions. With 3 of the 4 companions possessing engineering backgrounds, Pursuit Cycles has a definite engineering focal point, and the ethos of the corporate was once strongly rooted in a sensible, useful option to making high-performance, U.S.-made monocoque carbon bicycles.
For 8 years, Pursuit Cycles was once a favorite at motorcycle presentations because of its vibrant paint jobs and meticulous craftsmanship. Once we reviewed one among its motorcycles in June 2023, it gained excessive marks, concluding: “The Pursuit is a great all-rounder. The design and build are top notch, and there’s a reason [Carl] Strong has been successful for so long.”
An excerpt from the corporate’s launched observation is underneath:
“It is with a mixture of pride and sadness that we post this message to our friends, family, and customers at Pursuit Cycles.
With our experience at Strong Frames, and some good relationships, we pitched an idea to some key players in 2016 to manufacture in-house, quality, customizable, modular monocoque carbon frames. With that Pursuit Cycles was born – the main goal being to build the finest carbon fiber bicycles in the world. Pursuit Cycles has been recognized in the bicycle industry, receiving glowing reviews in cycling media, as well as “Best Carbon Construction” at the (NAHBS) North American Handmade Bike Show.
Recently through one of our founding partners and chief engineer, Dr. Jared Nelson PhD, we had an opportunity to participate in a very exciting project with Montana State University (MSU) and the US Naval Dept of Research. We were asked to contract for services building test parts with a new carbon fiber developed by Doug Cairns (innovator of the Trek OCLV) as well as a concurrent and equally exciting project working with Steve Tsai (Godfather of Carbon and the Tsai-Wu criterion) developing new laminate theories.
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As cyclists it seemed distracting to our core mission, but also served as a way to access some of the best brains and technology around. With a shop full of engineers, and the opportunity to “Always Get Better” we were in the fortunate position that we could either keep building bicycles, or take this opportunity to retire and allow the team we built to move on and do research. With that, we’ve decided it was time to let go, move on, and take a nice long ride. We are beyond proud of what we were able to create, and flattered by the opportunities we’ve had along the way.”
The Robust Frames trade will proceed making titanium and metal frames, and present Pursuit Cycles consumers would possibly not be left placing. The logo says that spare portions, like deraiileur hangers, will stay to be had, and warranties will probably be honoured.
