Aaron Bland

Aaron Bland (President and Lead Designer): A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aaron's passion for mountain biking goes way back to when he began racing cross country and DH as a teenager in Wisconsin.As he honed his technical know-how in college, he began dreaming up crazy ideas for applying his engineering prowess to mountain bikes.After college, Aaron landed a gig designing frames for PDC Racing in British Columbia and later attended the UBI bike school in Ashland, OR, which saw him take his bike design skills to the next level.Prior to founding Function Bikes, Aaron also worked on engineering projects from fire fighting equipment to race car parts and everything in between.He's stoked to finally have a company committed to bringing customers the sweetest performance parts and bikes you'll find, all made with pride right here in beautiful Oregon.

Doesn't hurt to have a training partner like Aaron in your corner.
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Function Bikes President, Aaron Bland, had this to say: "The Sea Otter Classic was a great season opener for us to test the new frame design and warm up for the season.
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The prototype bike has been upgraded with a Fox 40 RC2 front fork and will be piloted by Function Bikes President Aaron Bland and amateur downhill racer Reed Doerr in the Expert and Semi-Pro classes of the SRAM Downhill race on Sunday.

Function Bikes President, Aaron Bland, had this to say: "The Sea Otter Classic was a great season opener for us to test the new frame design and warm up for the season.

Aaron Bland the founder of the company happens to be a mechanical engineer during the day and avid rider at night.After being disappointed with other crown kits he decided to make his own version.

Designed around being lighter and stiffer than stock crowns they are made out of 6061 T6...