Rob English is one of the most highly coveted builders of high-performance steel bikes these days, and he’s also an elite athlete in his own right. His distinctive function-over-form style is very much rooted in his engineering background, but much of his vision and creativity comes from his eclectic experience in folding bikes, tandems, recumbents, unicycles, and even HPVs.

What makes English tick, and where does he get his ideas from? How much skinnier does he think his seatstays can get, and what does he think of the UCI? It’s definitely an entertaining and enlightening conversation that you won’t want to miss.