
Build Your Own Road Bike – in our Framebuilding Course
25. March 2025
My Custom XCR Build
17. April 2025Claudia had everything under control.
Project manager at a large company, juggling multiple projects, leading teams, earning well – from the outside, everything looked perfect.
But there was this feeling.
Always available, always under pressure. Endless meetings, endless emails. Everything was planned, organized, optimized – but none of it felt real. She felt like she was managing everything… but creating nothing.
The desire for a different kind of break grew stronger.
Not a vacation – but real, tangible work. A project that doesn’t end in PowerPoint.
Then she found my framebuilding course.
One week. No laptop. No deadlines. Just her, some tubes – and an idea.
She was skeptical: “I’ve never brazed anything in my life.”
But that’s the point. You don’t need experience – just curiosity. And the desire to work with your hands.
The workshop was different. No notifications. No to-dos. Just focus. Concentration. A rhythm that followed her – not Outlook.
And suddenly it was there again: clarity. Calm. Pride.
Tube by tube, joint by joint, something real began to take shape.
Not bought. Not outsourced. Built by her.
Now Claudia rides weekend road tours – sometimes short, sometimes long, but always with a certain feeling.
And every time she gets on that bike, she remembers:
What you build with your own hands stays with you.
And carries you further than you think.