Story
It all started with a road and the need to ride it on anything but the bike others had chosen for me.
Beyond the obvious
Feeling the freedom and the roughness of the road. Feeling the need to escape catalogues and big brands dictating what, how and when.
Everything born at Oxia is inspired by bicycle adventures around the world. Closing the door without looking back, taking the leap, starting to chase a dream.
A hand-built bicycle is the perfect symbiosis between you and the machine. The answer to hours of discomfort, technical shortcomings and lack of performance that no catalogue can solve.
Setting out
Oxia was born from the need to express the feelings towards bicycles, what it feels like to ride them and the philosophy of pure cycling.
Oxia is an identity, a doctrine and a working method. A way to bring to life the bicycle you need, built on three pillars: technology, design and effort.
I'm a mechanic and a builder. An analyst and an observer. I'm here to help you create the bicycle you've been dreaming of.
Where others see a product, I see a conversation between the rider, the workshop and the steel.
The essence
Building your own bicycle is incredible. Doing it for others and seeing their joy when they ride is extraordinary.
We're all unique and we should enjoy a unique bicycle. Oxia isn't just a brand: it's an identity, a doctrine and a working method to bring to life the bicycle you need.
I dedicate myself exclusively to building custom steel frames. I apply what I've written here: craftsmanship, the drive to improve and perseverance as the key to success.
Love what you do
Oxia isn't just steel. It's also the people behind every project: the painter who signs each frame with their work, the art director who translates each idea into colour, the bike fitter who matches the rider to the bike.
Professionals I've been working with for years. Trusting them is part of the craft. Without that circle, every Oxia would be just another bike.
I'm Carlos.
Proud descendant of several generations of farm workers and traders. Tenacious and tireless.
Before I learnt to walk, I already had my first bicycle. My whole life has revolved around two wheels.
UCI mechanic at the Mountain Bike World Cup, the London Olympics and the Titan Desert, among many other events. Frames from every discipline have passed through my hands, in every possible setting.
For years I searched for a way to apply my working method just as I'd imagined it as a child. Until I found it. That's how Oxia was born.
— Carlos, founder of Oxia Cycles
