RETROTEC BIKES

Retrotec is the original brainchild of Bob Seals. Bob wanted a cruiser that he could ride and race. After being turned away by everyone he asked to build such a bike, he started working on building it himself.

I (Curtis Inglis) came on the scene in 1994 apprenticing under Bob for a few years. He really had an eye for beautiful things and it shows in the Classic frame design. After many years of only making the Classic, I started to branch out in all sorts of directions. First it was the Half for my girlfriend, then a twin top tube for a friend, added another tube to the twin for another friend and so on and so on.

A lot of the bikes come from my living in Chico and San Francisco and seeing some really neat old bikes that really appealed to me. When I design something new, either for a friend, or myself we ride the thing to death before ever even thinking of making it a standard offering. I guess that's how we have ended up with so many styles of the Retrotec. It keeps it interesting for me as a builder.