about us
We are riders, designers and engineers, developing the next generation high-performance mountain bikes. Bikes how we like them ourselves, capable and designed for riding rough technical nature trails.
history
When our founder Andreas swung a leg over his first Specialized mountain bike back in 1992, he was hooked forever. The combination of nature, speed, adventure and bikes that were capable in rough terrain was intriguing.
Today he rides mostly in Slovenia and Croatia and owns the industrial design and engineering firm Alskar Design which he founded in 2007. With his senior design team he gained valuable experience in development of bikes and sports products in over 120 challenging projects.
puma
Around 2019 our design team started to develop the first concepts for a line of high-performance mountain bikes. This started off with the development of the PUMA suspension, one of the most ground-breaking suspension designs in the mountain bike industry.
kodiak
During the years 2020 and 2021 we developed, shaped and simulated many bike concepts and tested the drivetrain, suspension and geometry with prototypes.
After successfully testing multiple carbon prototypes on the rocky trails of Croatia and in multiple enduro races, we started small scale in-house production.
Today we build and sell the Kodiak in 4 different models and many configurations.
ocelot
From 2022 we started to develop a lightweight powerful trail bike, the new Ocelot. It has an optimized PUMA suspension platform and the revolutionary Maxon Air S drive system. The bike has been introduced at Eurobike 2025 and will enter the market in 2026.
who we are
We love to see people feeling alive, exploring their limits, being enthused by nature, speed, adventure and the symbiosis of man and machine.
Andreas
founder & director
Laurens
senior bike designer
Rik
senior bike engineer
Jaap
senior engineer & production
Maria
marketing & accounting
Paul
designer & production
Mily
designer & production
development
Our head quarter is located in Amsterdam, where we have our team of bike designers, highly skilled engineers and production mechanics.
We have over fifteen years of experience in development of highly complex products, many of them bikes and ebikes. We develop concepts, design kinematics, run simulations, use advanced 3D CAD programs to develop our frames and build prototypes.
testing
For extensive performance testing we use locations in Croatia and Slovenia. If frames and components survive the extremely rocky and technical natural trail there, they will pretty much survive anything.
We ride our prototypes on Alpine trails in Jamnica (SI) and on the trails of UCI Premantura (HR), UCI Kamenjak (HR) and Rabac (HR).
Apart from these testing locations, we have test riders in Spain and Switzerland participating in Enduro races.
production
We assemble our bikes completely in-house. Every single bike is different and hand made. We receive the carbon parts as raw parts and have the CNC milling of all aluminium parts done. The bikes are one by one coated in the Netherlands and after thorough quality checks we start the assembly of the frames and complete bikes.
When a bike is ready we run another quality check and a short test ride on the parking lot to make sure everything is functioning perfectly.
After that we disassemble the wheels and handlebar, protect the frame, pack everything in our special bike box and ship the package to you.