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Meet The Team

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Lance Savatgy

President

Lance is a 4th year Mechanical Engineering student from the Bay Area. He enjoys fixed gears, no brakes, and... folding bikes. He enjoys biking to Avila to catch the sunset. If he isn't in the machine shops, chances are he is fixing his car.

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Kevin Zhang

Vice President 

Kevin is an nth year Physics student from New Zealand! For the past two years, Kevin has been honing his skills in the mountain bike industry, working at cool companies like Evil Bikes and Transition Bikes. Now that he’s back for his final year, Kevin is excited to design and build some super fun bikes and machine some blingy parts! Kevin is always up for helping out and answering any questions you might have about the bike-building process.

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Ethan Chang

Media Coordinator

Ethan is a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student from Oregon. He enjoys spending too much time in CAD and running out of time to actually build the bike. Like all good bike builders, he has too many bikes planned, and not enough money or time.

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River Perino

Training Coordinator

River is a 4th year Industrial Engineering student from San Diego, CA. He rides bikes really far. He also really likes french toast.

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Guiseppe "Joe" Chiappetta

Officer

Joe is a 3rd year mechanical engineering student from Berkeley, CA. He loves riding and spending too much time making things himself instead of buying them. Joe hopes to build many more bikes and help others accomplish the daunting challenge of making a first bike.
 

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Xander Bigelow

Treasurer

Xander is a second year Manufacturing Engineering major from Longmont, Colorado. He loves mountain biking and going on bicycle related adventures. Last year Xander took on the challenge of making a paneer rack and this year he is building an all terrain rigid bike packing rig. Xander takes being unserious very seriously.

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Jonathan DiPinto

Sponsorship and Outreach Coordinator

Jonathan is a 2nd year Mechanical Engineering student from Orange, California. He loves mountain biking, working in the machine shop, and designing new gadgets and gizmos for all things cycling. Jonathan is currently wrapping up his touring / bikepacking build, and will set off on some rad adventures soon!

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Past Officers

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