Ashley King of Significant Other Bikes on Custom Frames, Finding a Home in the Bike Industry, & More (Ep. 253)

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Sometimes a chance encounter can wildly reshape someone’s life, and the series of events that led Ashley King to frame building, and later founding Significant Other Bikes, is a wild one. So we sat down with Ashley to hear her story and get her take on frame building, running a business, and a whole lot more. We also discuss the importance of bringing in outside perspectives and folks with diverse backgrounds — and how that plays into the Significant Other name.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Ashley’s discovery of the magic of bikes (1:37)
Building hydroponic systems & learning fabrication (4:14)
Ashley’s time as a bike messenger in NYC & what brought it to an end (5:04)
Fixed gear bikes (15:11)
Making the leap to frame building (18:01)
United Bicycle Institute’s frame building class (25:18)
COVID & small builders (30:34)
Founding Significant Other (35:46)
The MADE show (41:15)
Ashley’s intro to mountain biking (45:12)
Significant Other’s frame offerings (47:59)
The custom frame process (53:58)
The Significant Other name (55:31)

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