Welcome, Friends
Spoke Apparel is a lifestyle clothing company specializing in t-shirt fashion for cycling enthusiasts. Our designs are focused primarily on freeride, downhill, trials and XC mountain biking. But that doesn’t mean we are less supportive of other genres of the sport. Bikes are bikes and we love all kinds of two wheeled, pedal driven machines. Our t-shirt artwork explicitly transcends this love. More importantly, our art work puts a creative and intelligent look / feel on the mindset that cyclists share.
The Voice of Mountain Biking
Our name, Spoke, is a statement conveying the shared culture of cycling. Yes, we are a lifestyle t-shirt company, but we also work to promote the sport of cycling, and particularly mountain biking, through our blog and through various advocacy efforts. These efforts aim to cultivate MTB lifestyle, fashion, and camaraderie so that our sport continues to grow and new riders continue to take interest.
Spoke Apparel’s Founder
My name is Mike. To my friends, and on this site, I go by the name of Fakis. Ever since riding became a passion I’ve been trying to figure out a way to get closer to bikes and further away from the shirt and collar.
You wanna know more about me? Fine.
I hang out at WalMart. In a wife beater and mohawk. I also ride a lot. I’m now going to tell you what kind of bikes I own without using the absurd (and arguably quite feminine) metaphors “stable” or “quiver.” I ride a SantaCruz Chameleon, an Ellsworth Moment a Giant STP, a Commencal Supreme DH and a Trek 3rd District.
God knows why you’d want to email me, but if you do, the address is fakis@spokeapparel.com. You can also find me under the handle “meneone” on MTBR.com and VitalMTB.com.
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