#15: Sam Pickman, Allied Cycle Works

The Paceline Cycling Podcast · Aug 22, 2018 · 56m

The emergence of Allied Cycle Works, is notable as much for the quality of the carbon fiber bicycles they make as where they make them. At a time when all of the major bike makers produce their carbon fiber bikes in Asia, Allied has gained distinction for producing carbon fiber frames in its facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. That's reason enough to pay attention to them, but the fact that they are producing carbon fiber framesets that don't cost as much as a motorcycle makes them all the more interesting. Sam Pickman is Allied's head of engineering. Pickman got his start in the test lab of…