Who & Why We Are « Vuelo Velo

Who & Why We Are

Bike riding has taken me up more than anything in my life, I’ve lived and breathed it since I was a young boy; I understand what it is to become one with the bike. That feeling comes through honing process…. refining technique through decades of passionate obsession.

I spent many years racing road bikes, I raced in Europe, the UK and Australia, I had a stint on the Australian National Team.

To get the very best from myself, I always wanted to perfect the bike, to be sure that every last drop of energy I was pouring into the pedals was being converted to forward propulsion. That despite the bike being as light as it could possibly be, it handled so well that every corner was carved to the limits of the tyres adhesion with utter confidence. That every bump was a friend, not a foe, so you got to the finish line still fresh enough to battle out the sprint, and that your body was up to doing it all again the next day.

I lived in Oxford in the UK for some years and was always gleeful to be surrounded by comfortable utilitarian daily transport bikes too, I felt the same way in Amsterdam. I’ve always liked “both kinds of music!”

I’ve been designing bikes since 1989. Marty Renwick

James Bleakley and Todd Heath build Vuelo Velo frames. James has been in the bike building business for 20 years. He started Blacksheep Bikes 10 years ago, he designs and builds the most amazingly innovative and beautiful mountain bikes (all sorts of bikes). He’s a diehard Single Speed Mountain biker, look out for him at the Worlds and Leadville, he won’t be hard to notice, just look for curvy svelte Ti!

Todd Heath has been building Blacksheep with James for many years, he is James’ perfect foil. They build in the most amazing synergistic way…. like the left and right hand of one being. Todd will be at the Single Speed World Championships too, aboard another Ti Blacksheep that’s got it goin’ on.