My Story

Hi There! I am Rahul. I fell in love with bikes as a child and discovered endurance riding in my thirties. Along with the brevets and the long tours, I was also taking interest in the technical side of things, slowly getting bewitched by the lore of steel bikes. After a bit of research on tube diameters, wall thicknesses and geometry, I commissioned a custom bike of my own design from Aurovelo (Sukrit @ Aurovelo, makes kick-ass custom bikes!) I did a lot of brevets and a cross country (K2K) ride with this bike. It was far superior in comfort over the other bikes I've taken on long rides.

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The twist in the plot happens in 2023, when I was diagnosed with a nerve compression issue at the back, some breathing trouble and a slipped disc. This means saying 'bye' to ultra rides. This was a huge blow! To take out the frustration of not being able to do what I loved, I rented out a place, got some steel tubes and a brazing setup to experiment with filet brazing and frame building. After building a few bikes, the journey has gathered pace and has reached a point where I'd love my friends and like minded folks to experience the joys of long rides - on my kind of steel bikes. Project Moksh by VELOPILGRIM is exactly that!