MOUNTAIN METAL STARTED OFF AS A DREAM TO TAKE CUSTOM MOUNTAIN BIKE BUILDS TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THE LONGER YOU RIDE THE MORE COMPONENTS YOU TRY, WHICH USUALLY LEADS YOU TO DESIRING CERTAIN BRANDS. IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE THE OFF-THE-SHELF BIKES WITHOUT THOSE BRANDS OR COMPONENTS ARE NOT WORTHY OF BUYING BECAUSE YOU WILL END UP REBUYING THE DESIRED COMPONENTS. THAT'S WHEN THE SECOND LOVE FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING COMES TO LIFE. BUYING A FRAME AND THE REST OF THE COMPONENTRY TO HAND BUILD YOUR DREAM MACHINE. BUT WHAT COMES AFTER THAT? MOUNTAIN METAL COMES AFTER THAT.

ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL DREAM WAS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKE PARTS, WE ACTUALLY STARTED CREATING SNOWMOBILE PARTS THAT HAD FAILED ON OUR PERSONAL WINTER PLAY MACHINES. THEY WERE JUST RAW ALUMINUM PARTS DIRECTLY OFF THE MILL FOR REPLACING THE FAILED COMPONENTS. [CHECK OUT OUR MACHINING PAGE FOR MORE INFO) THAT LEAD TO SOME FOLKS NOTICING AND ASKING US TO MAKE SOME DIRT BIKE PARTS. WORD-OF-MOUTH FROM THERE LEAD TO FOLKS ASKING FOR VARIOUS DIFFERENT PRODUCTS FROM PIPE TAMPERS TO SIGN MOUNTS TO AGRICULTURAL SEED COUNTING PADDLES.

OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WANTS COLORED COMPONENTS THESE DAYS AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ACHIEVE THIS IS THROUGH ANODIZING. AFTER SEARCHING OUR NECK OF THE WOODS FOR AN ANODIZER THAT WOULD FIT WITH OUR PROTOTYPING/SMALL BATCH CONCEPT AND COMING UP SHORT, WE DECIDE TO BITE THE BULLET AND BUILD AN ANODIZING LINE. AFTER A FEW YEARS OF UPGRADING AND PERFECTING OUR PROCESS WE CAN NOW OFFER SEVERAL COLORS OF TYPE-II ANODIZING. (CHECK OUT OUR ANODIZING PAGE FOR MORE INFO AND COLOR OPTIONS)

THE LAST PART OF THE JOURNEY FOR OUR CUSTOM ANODIZED COMPONENTS WAS ETCHING OF MPN'S AND LOGOS. AS WE WERE BUILDING THE BUSINESS, WE HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LASER ETCH THE LOGOS FOR US ON THE LASER HE USES FOR HIS WOODWORKING BUSINESS. BUT AS WE GREW IT STARTED TO BE A LOT TO ASK OF A FRIEND AND WE INVESTED IN OUR OWN LASER ETCHING MACHINE ALLOWING US TO OFFER A VARIETY OF CUSTOM ETCHING OPTIONS. (CHECK OUT OUR ETCHING PAGE FOR INFO AND OPTIONS)

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE INTENDED TO BE AN ALL-IN-HOUSE MANUFACTURER, IT'S WHERE ADAPTATION HAS TAKEN US AND HONESTLY, WE'D HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY. WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A PIECE OF RAW ALUMINUM AND TURN IT INTO A COMPLETE FINISHED PRODUCT.

"THERE'S JUST SOMETHING INCREDIBLY REWARDING ABOUT TAKING A PILE OF PARTS AND TURNING IT INTO A JOY MACHINE. DON'T TELL TOO MANY PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING EVEN MORE REWARDING ABOUT DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING THOSE PARTS FOR SHARING THAT JOY WITH OTHERS AND THEIR MACHINES". MARCUS