"If you've been visiting the site for the past couple of years or longer, then the name Apogee Bikes might sound familiar to you. We initially reported on the brand's launch announcement and unique frame design a couple of years ago. Just a few days later, we awarded the Apogee a MADE Show Best MTB in Show Award. It was a rideable prototype at the time, a proof-of-concept that turned heads and certainly generated some buzz for the fledgling brand."
"Using that prototype, the Apogee team continued to fine-tune the design, making incremental changes to the Free-Float Module and steel DuoFrame. Ultimately, they ended up with the current iteration of the bike, which they showed at MADE in 2024 and began selling late last year. The Apogee One, as it is now known, is 100% designed, hand-welded, machined, and assembled in the USA and is unlike anything else I've ever seen or ridden."
"When I was reading our MADE Show coverage back in 2023, I didn't realize it at the time, but one of the co-founders of Apogee Bikes is an acquaintance of mine. Collin Huston and I initially became "Strava friends" due to our shared affinity for riding our bikes uphill quickly on our local trails. Eventually, I came to realize that he was one of the founders of Apogee, but until just recently, we never connected for a test ride or a shop tour."
Apogee Bikes launched in 2022, founded by Collin Huston and Will Hilgenberg. Hilgenberg brought industry design experience from Ibis, Specialized, Bell/Giro, and Praxis. Huston contributed machining expertise and a precision machine shop in South Lake Tahoe. A rideable prototype earned a MADE Show Best MTB in Show Award and underwent iterative refinements to a Free-Float Module and steel DuoFrame. The current Apogee One is hand-welded, machined, and assembled in the USA. A shop tour and test ride took place in South Lake Tahoe, showcasing the bike's unconventional design and production rooted in bespoke machining.
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