Proudly developed in Golden, Colorado

A proven history of innovation since 1991

We build bikes that help you cover more ground. From revolutionizing belt drives with CenterTrack to engineering the patented Living Link suspension system, we simplify complexity — so you can ride farther, faster, and with more confidence.

1991 — where it starts

We learned bikes by building the parts

Spot’s innovative spirit runs deep. The Lumpkin family founded Avid in 1991, growing it into the largest brake manufacturer in the U.S. before acquiring Spot, where we turned the focus to building better bikes — starting with a cleaner, simpler drivetrain.

Belt drive

CenterTrack

By inventing the CenterTrack design, we transformed the reliability of belt drives — helping make Gates Carbon Drive the world’s most trusted and best-selling bicycle belt system.

Suspension

Living Link

A patented leaf-spring system that delivers advanced kinematics through a simpler, lighter, more responsive platform. It is the foundation of every Spot full-suspension bike.

Serviceability

One fewer pivot

The leaf spring stiffens the frame laterally by acting as a horizontal shear plane, and it eliminates the lower rear pivot set seen on short dual-link designs. Your mechanic can thank us for that one.

Now we are reimagining full suspension

The heart of every Spot

Spot’s patented Living Link system couples a leaf spring with the main pivot to improve pedaling efficiency and enhance the linkage’s energy return, providing a boost atop the spring curve that powers you over roots and rocks. Not only is the efficiency, traction and handling dramatically improved, the bike takes on square-edged obstacles with buttery ease.

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Golden, Colorado

Trails right out our door

We call Golden, Colorado home because there are trails right out our door. We are not just obsessed engineering nerds — we also ride hard, and we love to earn our turns. We bike to win, but moreover we bike to live.

Spot’s imaginative spirit and attention to detail has paid off. Our bikes have won week-long stage races, powered countless weekend rampages, and enabled commuters to enjoy their daily route. Publications including Bicycling, Bike Mag, Pinkbike, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, Outside and Mountain Bike Action have praised Spot’s ingenuity.

1991

The year the Lumpkin family founded Avid, the component company that became Spot.

250,000 ft

Elevation gained per employee, per year. We love to earn our turns.

Best-selling

Gates Carbon Drive, on our CenterTrack design, is the world’s best-selling bicycle belt system.