about us
We are riders, designers and engineers, focused on developing the best full suspension mountain bikes. Planted like a downhill bike, tons of grip, fast and confidence inspiring.
history
When our founder Andreas swung a leg over his first Specialized mountain bike back in 1992, he was hooked forever.
Today he rides mostly in Croatia and owns the industrial design and engineering firm Alskar Design which was founded in 2007. With his senior design team he gained valuable experience in development of bikes and sports products in over 120 demanding 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, in the EWS and in races in Switzerland, we started small scale in-house production.
future
Today we build and sell the Kodiak in 4 different models and many configurations all over the world. Next to this we develop the all new Ocelot, a light high-performance e-mountain bike that will come in 2025.
independent
We are not part of a large group, but fully independent. All we do is small scale, without investors, without loans and with little marketing. We rather use our time and funds to develop the next line of great bikes.
Laurens
senior designer
Henriette
production & engineer
Andreas
founder & engineer
Rik
senior engineer
Maria
production & accounting
Pieter
senior designer
Jaap
senior engineer
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 there, they will pretty much survive anything.
From our testing center we ride our prototypes on Alpine trails in Jamnica (SI) and on the rockiest trails of UCI Premantura (HR), UCI Kamenjak (HR) and Rabac (HR).
Apart from these testing locations, we have other riders test our bikes in Spain and Switzerland, participating in Enduro races and the EWS.
production
Today we build small number of our high performance mountain bikes. Every single bike is different and fully hand made. We receive the carbon parts as raw parts and have the CNC milling of all aluminium parts done.
Quality checks on all parts is done in-house, high-quality custom coating is done in the Netherlands and also the assembly of frames, bearings and full bikes we all do in house.