Attending my first Sea Otter was an incredibly overwhelming experience in all the best sorts of ways. I was fortunate enough to turn sooo many of my internet acquaintances into real life friends as well as making a handful of brand new buddies with companies that I’d been admiring for a while. Robert Axle Project is one of those that I’d seen come across my various feeds for years and always had a 🤔 but how different can it be, it’s just a big bolt right? Turns out...okay yeah it’s just a big bolt BUT it’s a big bolt made in the US by highly skilled people to solve specific problems. Also they’re just genuinely rad folks! I was lucky enough to connect with them again when I rode through Bend, got a tour of the warehouse (also slept in the warehouse), and now they’re coming with me on the rest of my ramble around the world. Thanks y’all for everything you do and making something so good that I’ll never have to think about my axles ever again.