Well this is exciting. We have a bunch of bikes in production right now. They are all custom made for each rider. The Mistress trail bike. In mid travel mode it’s your go-to trail bike. In long travel, it’s your gnar slayer (or just super comfy and confidence inspiring). The NoWukkas hardtail. “No wukkas” is […]

The bike that started this whole adventure. I had this frame built as a way to test my ideas on mountain bike geometry. Wow! It worked so well I decided to offer Mistress Cycles to the world … and I decided to race that bike at the 2024 UCI Masters Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships.

UPDATE TO THIS UPDATE: I’ve decided to make steel single-pivot bikes. They are simpler, more ethical, Sizing, geometry and kinematics have been worked out. Now we shop for fabricators. We have 5 sizes that perfectly fit riders from 4’10” to 6’8″. We can fit shorter riders with slight compromises. Size Rider height inches M1 4’10”-5’2″

The Pink Mistress feels so good, so capable, that I decided not to race the Demo Race downhill bike at the 2024 UCI Masters Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships. After 22 years with Specialized, I wrote them a note thanking them for their long support and telling them I have to make my own bikes.

This 4-page spread is in the July, 2024 issue of Mountain Bike Action Magazine.

Hi! My name is Lee McCormack. Some of you know me as the Lee in Lee Likes Bikes. I’ve been a cyclist my whole life, starting on a BMX bike in 1974. For the past 22 years I’ve dedicated my professional self to understanding how bikes, bodies and trails work with each other to create