Ira Ryan held an alleycat in Portland on 2004 that I happened to race when I rolled through town on my way to SF from Vancouver. At least I think he was on one of the checkpoints - feel free to correct me. Point is, that was the first time I heard of Ira.
Of a handful of blurry images taken during that race - this is the best one.
I lifted this from his bio. I remember his story about the rando-cat, and him talking about sleeping in a ditch on one of these particularly epic rides.
Ira joined forces with Tony Pereira to build under the Breadwinner moniker.
Breadwinner offer a slew of steel selections, but one stood out to me because of it's name. KOMOREBI (That's japanese for #lightbro.)
It's an adventure / gravel / bikepacking / do-it-all rig based on their 29" MTB platform.
More at Breadwinner.
Kyle's Santa Cruz TALLBOY. There is no excuse for going slow up AND definitely down trail on this dual suspension 'XC' shredder.
Jimmy Rostlünd is Egress Bikes. Originally native to Scandinavia, he calls Australia home. Relatively new to building bikes, he has a number of frames of his belt ranging from his roots in BMX, to MTB, Gravel and road.