About

My name is Adam Sklar, and I’ve been building Sklar Bikes since 2014.

From those very first frames through the next several hundred, I lived and breathed custom, hand-built bicycles every day. I worked closely with customers, often spending weeks and months learning about their riding styles, the unique characteristics of where they rode, and understanding what made them desire specific features in a bike. In that time, I learned how to design truly exceptional bikes—not only because I could experiment with geometry on my own bikes, but also because I was translating customer requests into numbers on a drawing that ultimately became bikes they loved.

Throughout the years, I saw many trends come and go, but certain desires from riders always remained consistent. These lasting wants inspired me to transition from custom builds to offering built-to-order, non-custom models. These bikes are a distilled embodiment of the Sklar design philosophy, and they quickly became cult classics.

In 2019, I stopped taking orders for custom bikes. A multi-year waitlist just didn’t feel right, and I wanted to focus on a new project: building small-run production bikes that would be more accessible to a wider audience. These production bikes are crafted in California and Taiwan by the world’s best bicycle artisans. I still get to make them with the finest materials available and design them from the ground up with custom components that I design myself. They are fantastic bicycles, and I am incredibly proud of them.

That’s the story so far. At the end of the day, I’m simply making the best bikes I know how, hoping they bring joy and enrich people’s lives. If you ever have questions, feel free to reach out.

Cheers,
Adam