PBE x SRAM Inclusivity and Diversity Scholarship
An excerpt from the article on the SRAM website about the PBE x SRAM Inclusivity and Diversity Scholarship that I received for the show in 2022.
B Vivit’s signature style is no signature at all. “No ego; I like not having an opinion in a lot of ways and just listening.” They caught the bug early. “I wanted to be a framebuilder for almost a decade. I used to sit at Destroy Bicycles in the Bay Area and watch them build, and wish I was that cool.” A bike shop stint in undergrad was followed by welding school, then a framebuilding class, then a mechanic instructor job at United Bicycle Institute. “I really enjoyed being a non-traditional role model especially during the QBP Bike Mechanic Scholarship, but it wasn't enough for my brain. I needed to MAKE something.”
“Everything is about the welding” she says. “It’s sad to me because eventually it will be one of the faster parts of the process.” B only offers versatile steel on HotSalads for now, usually welded, sometimes brass brazed. But their true love? “I like welding titanium; the light is so soft!” Naturally they’ll bring a ti klunker to PBE. “Bikes should make you smile. An old coworker of mine used to tell customers, ‘the bike that makes you smile from ear-to-ear, that's the one you should buy.’ I'm into dumb bikes, they make me smile. I hope it feels a little like an old-new-stock kind of thing.”
