Chris Blandford on Resurrecting Paragon Machine Works, Founding Firsthand Framebuilding, & More

It’s never been easy to make it as an independent framebuilder, and it’s only getting harder. Chris Blandford knows the struggle well, and might well be doing more than anyone else currently to support small US builders, from founding Firsthand Framebuilding to resurrecting Paragon Machine Works, and more. He’s here to tell us all about it.Note: We Want to Hear From You!Please share with us the questions, topics, or stories you’d like us to cover on Bikes & Big Ideas. You can email us at: info@blisterreview.comRELATED LINKS:Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s GuideBLISTER Digital Access PassTOPICS & TIMES:Introducing Chris (2:40)The Portland, OR framebuilding scene (6:26)Chris’ introduction to framebuilding (10:22)Founding Firsthand & the Firsthand vision (13:20)Framebuilding classes (18:25)Acquiring Paragon Machine Works (31:18)What’s next? (44:59)CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Blister CinematicCRAFTEDGEAR:30Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.