I am now  an Ambassador for Binary Bicycles here in New Zealand. I am super proud and privileged to ride these Titanium frames. I had being eyeing up some of their Frames for a while and I just love how this collaboration happened so organically.

Binary Bicycles are based in Arizona, USA. I have not yet met George and Jalene, the owners, but we have being on the same stretch of road at the same time in 2019.  As I was nearing the end of my second Tour Divide race , along the final sealed road stretch between Hachita and Antelope Wells in New Mexico I vividly remember two people cheering me on from their campervan. It was George and Jalene  , they had being cheering on the frontrunners , especially the winner Chris Seistrup who was riding a Titanium Binary Bicycles SuperB XC.

Months passed before I knew this and I only discovered it after we exchanged some messages on Instagram, and they told me it was them on the road on that scorching day as I was about to finish another memorable Tour Divide experience. A few more messaging exchanges over the months eventually led to this beautiful  collaboration.

Initially I was just going to get the Binary Grolar, a very versatile gravel bike. Then we talked about getting the Havok as well, My idea was to swap everything over from my long serving Salsa Fargo Ti and this would be my Adventure bike for the rougher terrain, knowing as well I had the Tour Te Waipounamu coming up in a few months . The great  thing about Binary bikes is that you can get your frame customised especially for you. I worked closely with George , and with some help from my Bike shop , HUB Cycles in Christchurch we got all the measurements organised and before long two new frames were in production.

Two brand new shiny Titanium frames arrived in late November 2020, they looked amazing , very well made, I  was super excited. It was well into December before I brought my Salsa and new Havok frame into Hub Cycles to get it built up. Jimmy, a Hub Cycles Mechanic who has worked on all my bikes over the years would once again be taking on the job. Christmas Holidays, A super busy bike shop and issues getting some parts meant I did not get my new bike until late January.  I now had only a few weeks until the inaugural Tour Te Waipounamu was to start on February the 14th. Thankfully the transition was seamless and It felt great to ride.

So my new Binary  Havok was about to experience New Zealand for the first time with two new races back to back.     ( see my other blogs for stories from my Tour Te Waipounamu and Tuatara 1000)

At the time of writing this I have not yet built up my Binary Grolar, hopefully soon. Its being a whirlwind few months with life,  being busy here at Vibrant Living Retreat and managing to get those two races completed.

Im so grateful to George and Jalene at Binary Bicycles for all their support. The process for getting these frames created and customised for me was super  easy and i look forward to riding them for years to come.

Check them out at   https://binarybicycles.com/