Jay Kinsinger’s love of wood, cycling and his engineering background came together when he began building wood bikes in 2011 and founded Sojourn Cyclery in 2015. He’s been a hobby frame builder for nearly forty years.
Jay used to build silver-brazed, lugged, steel frames. In 2011 he swapped silver-brazing for saw dust and hasn’t looked back. It's a gratifying experience to wrought a bicycle frame out of a basal material like wood. The character and beauty of wood reveals itself the first time when it is planed and a second time when it gets a coat of finish. No two frames look the same. The carbon footprint of a wooden frame is minuscule compared to the resources necessary to turn metal ore and man-made composites into tubing for a bicycle frame.
A wooden bicycle frame is more than just a pretty face; it is incredibly tough and offers an incomparably smooth ride. Jay was awarded Best of Show in 2011 & 2014 and was the 2018 featured artist at the international Artistry in Wood show. Sojourn Cyclery was recently featured in the 110th anniversary Rolls Royce yearbook. The yearbook highlights some of the finest luxury craftsmanship in the world, and for 2020 included a two-page feature on Kinsinger’s company. The publication was recently distributed to roughly 40,000 Rolls Royce club members.
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6pm - 7pm social hour
7pm – 8:30pm presentation
8:30pm – 9pm after party
Parables Sharables
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