2025 SRAM Inclusivity Scholars Announced
Each year, the SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship helps amplify underrepresented voices in frame-building by giving them the opportunity to showcase their work at BESPOKED. This October, four new recipients will join over 150 exhibitors at BESPOKED Dresden 2025, held at Dresden International Airport from 10–12 October 2025.
We’re proud to introduce the four builders selected for this year’s programme, who will bring their creativity, craft, and vision for a more inclusive cycling culture to the show floor (in alphabetical order).
Gutter Bikes
Bee Loneragan - Naarm/Melbourne, Australia @gutterbikes
WHY DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SRAM SCHOLARSHIP?
Hi! My name’s Bee (they/she) and I'm a young framebuilder based in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. I’m transgender and non-binary, and passionate about making riding, fixing and building bicycles more accessible to the FLINTA* and queer communities.
I’ve been in the bike industry for over a decade, and working professionally for the last five years. Much of my time has been devoted to organising inclusive rides, running courses, and hosting fabrication skillshares for the FLINTA* community. I’ve also collectivised workspaces with other marginalised builders and mechanics, supported my local community hub, and raised funds for Radical Adventure Riders.
While I love the world of bikes, I’ve experienced firsthand the difficulties that women, gender-diverse and queer people face in the industry. Knowledge and opportunities are often gatekept, and misogyny has been rampant in my experience as a rider, consumer, and builder. At the same time, the industry is beginning to realise how valuable diversity is for innovation and accessibility.
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS YOU FACE WITH YOUR PRACTICE AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU OVERCOME THEM?
Living and working in Australia, especially in a niche field like framebuilding, comes with unique challenges. The community is small and isolated from the global cycling world, and opportunities for connection can feel out of reach.
This scholarship helps bring those opportunities within reach — not just for me, but for others who feel poorly represented in Australia. Attending BESPOKED would otherwise be prohibitively expensive, but with SRAM’s support I can connect with other builders, share knowledge, and bring those lessons back to my community.
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WHAT BIKE WOULD YOU MAKE AND WHY?
The biggest thing that drew me into bicycles is their ability to bring more of the world within reach. Bikepacking and touring let us interact in new ways with places and people that are otherwise inaccessible.
At BESPOKED, I want to showcase my vision of the perfect low-impact bikepacking rig: hard-wearing, repairable, and designed to cover long distances into remote places, while still playful enough for sociable rides with new friends. My dream is to bring a bike to Dresden that can turn heads at BESPOKED, and then carry me across Germany and Europe — equally at home loaded up at a market or flicked around on trails with the people I meet along the way.
Rasch Cycles
Kata Rasch - Berlin, Germany - @rasch.cycles (photos by Bengt Stiller)
WHY DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SRAM SCHOLARSHIP?
Women remain significantly underrepresented in the frame-building community. For me, it’s not just about building bikes as a woman — it’s about actively creating space for others who are marginalized in this field. I want to make the craft more visible and accessible to non-male people.
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS YOU FACE WITH YOUR PRACTICE AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU OVERCOME THEM?
As a woman, I am often met with more skepticism about my skills than my male counterparts. On top of that, internalized doubt — shaped by patriarchal structures — can be a constant companion. I recently started building bike frames, and the costs can be quite high if you aim for high quality — which isn't always easy to afford when you're not yet making a living from frame building.
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WHAT BIKE WOULD YOU MAKE AND WHY?
My plan is to design a cargo bike that reflects my own needs and those of many others: lightweight and ideal for long-distance touring. As a smaller woman with a lot of cargo bike experience, I bring a perspective that is rarely considered in cargo bike design.
RESET
Simon Walch and Thomas Mayr - Graz, Austria - @reset.ams (photos Thomas Mayr, Klemens König)
WHY DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SRAM SCHOLARSHIP?
At RESET, we build adaptive offroad bikes for people with disabilities—designed by riders with real-life experience and a high quality standard. Our mission is to make cycling radically inclusive by enabling equal participation.
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS YOU FACE WITH YOUR PRACTICE AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU OVERCOME THEM?
One of our biggest barriers is visibility and access to industry networks. As a young startup focused on adaptive cycling, we often face challenges in reaching the broader cycling community and getting support from established players. Another challenge is the high production cost of small batches.
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WHAT BIKE WOULD YOU MAKE AND WHY?
We’re already making it. We build bikes that didn’t exist before: offroad-capable, high-performance, adaptive bikes for people with physical disabilities. If we could build any bike, it would still be a bike that opens access—like our Ranger, a tilting enduro trike for downhill riders, or the Scout, a modular e-handbike for everyday adventure.
Telbert Cycles
Telbert James - Bristol, UK - @telbertcycles
WHY DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SRAM SCHOLARSHIP?
As a person of colour, I’ve spent much of my life navigating spaces where I didn’t always see myself represented, and the cycling world is no exception. My identity gives me a unique perspective, but also highlights the barriers that still exist in a sport and industry that often lacks cultural diversity.
What sets my journey apart is that I’m not only a frame builder or a long-distance cyclist, but I’ve also worked within my community delivering bicycle maintenance projects to disadvantaged young people. I believe I’m eligible for this scholarship because I’m not just looking for personal progress, but to create space for others like me.
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WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS YOU FACE WITH YOUR PRACTICE AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU OVERCOME THEM?
One of the biggest barriers is representation and access. In both professional cycling and frame building, there are very few people who look like me or share my cultural background. This lack of visibility can make it difficult to find mentors, feel connected to the broader industry, or even feel like there’s a space for me at all.
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WHAT BIKE WOULD YOU MAKE AND WHY?
I would like to make a 700c wheel small framed gravel bike. I'd like to introduce my 9-year-old son to the junior cross circuit, which is another area in cycling that is underrepresented by people that look like us. The bike will double up as a test rig for people who require a frame that is smaller than industry standard with an appropriate geometry to suit the shorter wheel base.
You’ll be able to see the bikes up close and meet this year’s SRAM Inclusivity Scholarship builders in person at BESPOKED Dresden 2025, taking place 10–12 October 2025 at Dresden International Airport.
Book your tickets now and come say hi to the scholars, alongside over 150 of the world’s leading framebuilders and makers.
