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Stray Cycles

a new kind of bike for the old kind of adventures
functional art to take you off the beaten path
small-batch. made by hand. made to last 🇨🇭

14/09/2026

A bike frame is like a blank screen on which you can project your adventure plans - or dreams.

Put together perhaps one of my favourite builds yet, representing my ideal long-and-remote, rough-stuff touring setup for a real freak-out adventure - like the Baja Divide in touring mode, the Australian outback, Iceland (through the middle) - places where float, traction, ultra-low gears and bomb-proof reliability matter more than weight or speed.

Opinions vary, but I’ve yet to find a better back-to-back long-day contact point setup than a Jones Loop Bar and well-worn Brooks B17 perched atop a nice compliant post. With the Pinion gearbox, belt drive, 27.5 x 3” tires and all the water- and gear-carrying braze-ons you could want, this setup is ready for that off-the-grid detox.

I’m also really liking the way the 27.5+ tires work on this frame. More nimble and quicker to spin up than chunky 29+ tires, while the nice low BB lends real stability when descending. (Def need to watch the pedal strikes, but so far seems like a decent trade-off.)

No big adventures in the calendar right now, but it’s always fun to get the perfect bike ready, just in case! 🗺️

12/09/2026

Out enjoying getting a few more miles on our Passage pilot frame in the late-summer sun.

Went with the black-on-aluminum sample headbadge and stickers today - currently polling in last place against brass and brushed aluminum, but I’ve always had a soft spot for the underdog. Plus, I think they look pretty sharp against the orange, with the silver and black accents on the build.

One more detail to have fun obsessing over. 😎

08/09/2026

Some of the best miles are the ones you don’t pedal 🤙

Our Studio Edition demo bike, enjoying a romp through the fields with Chris up in the Swiss Jura.

05/09/2026

Our L/XL Studio Edition demo bike, dressed in sparkly cosmic lilac and black, back from a test ride up in the Jura with Chris.

Chris is 6’2” / 188cm with an 82cm saddle height and likes a bit of saddle-to-bar drop. We dialed in his fit with a 25mm setback Ritchey post for a 73° effective seat angle, a 70mm Thomson stem, and a 45mm rise, 16° sweep SQlab bar. A balanced fit, with weight off his hands and positioned for easy transitions between seated and standing pedaling - which you do a lot of when singlespeeding in these parts!

An hour and a half later, his verdict: “Loving the bike! The setup was perfect - felt lighter than my [redacted: fancy carbon hardtail] when I had to lift it over the odd fallen tree.”

If you’re in the area and want to go for a spin, or just talk about the thinking behind our bikes, drop me a message. 👍

30/08/2026

The Passage, built up and getting its first real miles into our pilot frameset.

This is our Series Edition - same geometry, same ride philosophy as our Studio Edition, built in slightly larger (but still small) batches, with additional tooling to bring the Stray ethos to more riders at a more accessible price point.

Made in the French Pyrenees. Launching later this fall.

Custom-formed, heat-treated and butted 4130 steel. One gear or many. No suspension, no complexity - just intentional design and considered geometry for getting off the beaten path, whether for 30 minutes or 30 days.

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. 🤙

27/08/2026

Picasso apparently said that the hardest thing about painting is knowing when to stop.

Creating a bike can be much the same. First, you sketch out the idea in your head (over many years and thousands of kms pedaling, pushing and, at times, carrying!) and start creating. Then, at some point, you step back from the canvas and cast a critical eye over your work.

Do we need a few millimeters more or less? Is the cable routing perfect? Are the bottle positions right for capacity, access and maximizing bag space? Decals, colours, finish, headbadge… and on it goes.

After a year and a half of development, we’re finally putting the finishing touches on our Series Edition - obsessing over the details that might seem small, but add up to the whole.

We’re looking forward to that moment when the squinting stops, a smile breaks out, and the brush finally goes down.

Stay tuned! 🎨

22/08/2026

Something new in the works!

Our recently launched Studio Edition is our no-compromise vision of the perfect off-road adventure bike: the finest Reynolds and Columbus steel tubing, Paragon components, premium sparkly finishes, handmade the old-fashioned way by skilled hands, one frame at a time.

That level of craft comes at a price and we wanted to bring the Stray ethos - intentional design, small-batch, made in Europe - to more riders.

Introducing the Series Edition.

We’re calling this model the Passage - same geometry, same ride feel. Built using additional tooling and more industrial processes to produce more efficiently, without cutting corners on what matters.

Still made in small batches of 25 with skill and care in the heart of the French Pyrenees, and at a genuinely more accessible price point.

Still no compromises on ride or ethos, just a different path to get there.

This is a pre-production pilot frameset, about to get built up and put through its paces, with a few remaining details - cable guides, braze-ons, decals and finish - still to be locked in before production later this fall.

Three new colours and a new S/M size on the way too.

Follow along for updates. 🤙

17/08/2026

For our Studio Edition framesets, we picked colours with a little pop - ones that zig when others zag - like this Cosmic Lilac from Prismatic Powders.

The ethos behind our bikes is straightforward: a return to the simple and timeless. Combining the classic materials and aesthetic of that pre-carbon, pre-suspension “golden era” of mountain biking with a modern take on handling and geometry.

Not NORBA-race inspired, like those beautiful ’90s steel bikes. Not the “shred, huck and get rowdy” slacker-longer-lower geometry of the last 10–15 years either.

Geometry and tubes for picking considered lines up and down whatever surfaces you encounter as you find your way off the beaten path - be it a quick after-work spin or back-to-back 12-hour days.

A bike meant to work with the trail, not dominate it.

Framesets in stock now. If you’re in Switzerland, stop by to talk bikes or head up into the Jura for a test ride. 🤙

15/08/2026

Introducing the Studio Edition in Cosmic Lilac - now available in L/XL.

Everything you need and nothing you don’t.

Available now. DM or link in bio for details. 👍

11/08/2026

Big thanks to the organizers, speakers, friends old and new, and everyone who brought such great vibes to PEDALEO European Bikepacking Festival.

Beautiful location, inspiring and thought-provoking talks, and plenty of energizing exchanges - including, of course, some good old nerdery around rigid steel bike design.

The perfect venue for our fresh-out-of-paint Studio Edition framesets to sparkle in the sun and make their IRL debut, and for the Swiss Edition to get out and romp around with some new testers.

A great weekend all around. 🙏☀️

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