Banshee Bikes 2008

Dossiers:

Keith Hitting A Road Gap

Keith Scott ...aka "The Hack"
Banshee Design Engineer
Years Riding: 10,
Features: Kung-Fu Scottish accent, plays trumpet and likes to point
Biggest Trick: 360 / Backflip

Jay and Keith Gettin' Their Groove On At Interbike

Jay Macneil ...aka "J-Wad"
Banshee Operations Manager
Years Riding: Had a tricycle waiting for him before he was born. riding the shore and whistler for over 20 years
Features: big hair, plays drums and bass, wants to race motoGP
Biggest Trick: No-Hander/Footers - Needs to hit the whistler airdome more

Banshee Bikes ...aka Mythic Bikes in the United Kingdom
History: a rider pwnd company, whose purpose is to engineer and design the highest quality, performance machines for themselves and for their riders.
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
email: info@bansheebikes.com

Experience

Banshee Bikes is still a relatively young company but the people working behind the scenes were part of the industry even before the birth of mountain biking.

Jay MacNeil has been in and out of the industry for more then 20 years. He started back in 1985 at Syncros Applied Technology and managed the production after graduating from technical college for operations management. When Syncros was sold to GT Bicycles he then left the industry, went back to school to get smarter and got certifi ed in production and inventory management. Jay has been riding the North Shore before anyone had even thought of front suspension and has raced both XC and downhill but his true passion has and will always be freeriding.

Keith Scott has come up through the ranks from working in a bike shop, through experience in the civil engineering industry, to a masters degree in mechanical engineering at a top university where he specialised in linkage design, materials and manufacturing. After spending every summer for 5 years in BC and spending one of them working for Banshee as a grom, he established himself as one of the mountain bike designers to watch in the future.

Keith loves the mountains and the outdoors, his other passions are trail building, hiking, rock climbing and snowboarding. He has been a youth leader for outdoor sports and has lead expeditions through the french and italian alps.

Pippin Osborne started Banshee Bikes and his experience in the industry can be found in all sorts of cycling products today. He was the founder, owner and lead engineer of Syrcros Applied Technology and pioneered many developments early on. Prior to Syncros and over 30 years ago he was head mechanic at West Point Cycles in Vancouver, the place where the Canadian mountain bike scene was born out of. As an inductee into the mountain bike hall of fame his contribution is now cemented in history. Pippinâ€™s legacy of attention to the smallest detail, quality, and features for maximum performance will continue to be the hallmark of everything we make.