Gallery: Building Sweet Bikes and a 'Business of the Future'
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__Above:__ Chris Sugai bikes in Portuguese Bend in Southern California. *Photo: Mae Ryan/Wired* __Below:__ In Fort Collins, Colorado, Niner Bikes product manager Barrett James returns from picking up his lunch at a nearby Whole Foods on a bike that was customized in the company's workshop. *Photo: Ben Rasmussen/Wired* 
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Niner Bikes’ slogan “pedal damn it” is written on the bike rack in the company’s Fort Collins, Colorado office. *Photo: Ben Rasmussen/Wired*
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__Left:__ Bike frames hang on the wall in the Niner Bikes Fort Collins, Colorado office. __Right:__ Niner Bikes engineering tech Eric Riley tests a frame in the company’s Fort Collins, Colorado workshop. *Photos: Ben Rasmussen/Wired*
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__Above:__ Niner Bikes CEO Chris Sugai, who is based in the company’s California office, talks to the Fort Collins management staff during a Skype meeting. *Photo: Ben Rasmussen/Wired* __Below:__ Chris Sugai, left, and his employees talk with Niner team members in Fort Collins via Skype. Niner launched its virtual office in 2007 and has primarily used Skype, Google Docs and other online communication tools to coordinate building mountain bikes. *Photo: Mae Ryan/Wired* 
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__Left:__ Niner Bikes engineering tech Eric Riley feels a 29-inch tire on a bike frame in the company’s Fort Collins, Colorado workshop. __Right:__ Niner Bikes frames hang on the wall in their Colorado space. *Photos: Ben Rasmussen/Wired*
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__Above:__ A Niner Bikes employee opens the “kegerator” in the company’s Fort Collins, Colorado office. __Below:__ Product manager Barrett James talks with another employee in the kitchen of the Niner Bikes Fort Collins office. The office was previously the headquarters for the Rio Grande restaurant chain and came with a fully equipped test kitchen. *Photos: Ben Rasmussen/Wired* 
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Chris Sugai bikes in Portuguese Bend in Southern California. *Photo: Mae Ryan/Wired*
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__Left:__ Tools hang on the wall of the Niner Bikes Fort Collins, Colorado workshop. __Right:__ Metal shavings fill a bucket underneath a metal lathe in the Colorado workshop. *Photos: Ben Rasmussen/Wired*
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__Above:__ Niner Bikes CEO Chris Sugai walks through the Niner workshop in Torrance, California. Only three full-time employees work out of the Southern California office. *Photo: Mae Ryan/Wired* __Below:__ Niner Bikes chief operating officer Mike Gann talks to a fellow employee in the company’s Fort Collins, Colorado office. *Photo: Ben Rasmussen/Wired* 
