This bike was built for my senior project while I was studying outdoor product design and development at Utah State University. How’d the Adventure Tall Bike come to be?
I love leaving the house on my bike for multi-day adventures it’s a great way to clear my head and connect with nature. I have recently been finding a lot of joy in long bikepacking trips. I grew up mostly riding mountain bikes on local trails, which has helped me transition into the bikepacking world. I always remember hearing my dad’s stories of biking from Canada to Mexico along the West Coast and dreaming about adventures like that. Coming from a family of six, biking can be a costly sport, but we always made it work-lots of adapting gear and piecing bikes together. I grew up with super awesome artsy parents who helped me find my creative side and raised me to love all things bikes. My name is Fischer Olpin, I’m 24 years old, and I’m from Midway, Utah. Who are you, and how’d you get into cycling?
#MOTORBIKE BUILD KITS PLUS#
Without further ado, read on for my brief interview with Fischer, plus photos of his bike in action, a build kit, and some background on his handmade bikepacking bag brand, Fish-Ski Designs. And best of all, he built the whole thing for under $500-something that was important to him for reasons he outlines below. The Adventure Tall Bike includes a folding table for prepping meals at camp, attachment points for a built-in tent, front and rear racks, and multiple frame bags for hauling gear. A recent graduate of Utah State University’s outdoor product design and development program, his senior project was a bespoke Zenga brothers-inspired tall bike that’s purpose-built for touring. Photos by Steve Olpin ( been nearly a year since I first came across young Salt Lake City-based designer Fischer Olpin and his absurd and beautiful double-decker bikepacking rig on Instagram, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to introduce him and his work here.
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