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Niner Bikes
Niner Bikes was founded by Chris Sugai and Steve Domahidy. They met on a local Wednesday night ride that they participate in every week to this day. Niner is the culmination of many conversations over coffee, the handlebars, or a cold beer.
Chris Sugai has been an active bike rider since childhood. He raced BMX
at the local track by his house with modest success (fortunately for him
Tinker Juarez and Mike King were in the age bracket ahead of him),
which only fueled his passion for more.
In college (1987), Chris
traded up to the flat bars of a mountain bike (Cannondale and then a
Fat Chance) and hasn’t looked back since. In 2002, Chris found the
simplicity of the single speed a throwback to his BMX years and has been
raving about it ever since.
Then (2004) Chris bought a 29er on a
fluke, turned it into a single speed, and now scoffs at any wheel
smaller. Having ridden on almost every type of terrain imaginable and in
most conditions (including the craze of a 24 hour race) Chris considers
the Niner to be “the most efficient way to get from here to there.”
Since
age 19, Chris has owned and operated his own company, building it from
scratch into a comfortable business. Niner is the first company for him
that combines a personal passion with his determined business sense. He
is extremely excited about what’s to come from Niner Bikes.
Steve Domahidy has also been an active bike rider since childhood. He, however, brings to Niner Bikes fifteen years in the bicycling business doing everything from sales, to race support to product development and finally to designing frames.
For the last two years, Steve was hired by Supergo to help revamp their troubled Weyless mountain bike line and to build on the newly created Scattante Road bike line. His first design from scratch under the Weyless banner was the award winning Weyless XP. Steve developed a close relationship with Easton over the years having worked with them on the development of the Scandium Scattante SC-R, which received rave reviews from magazine editors, and the Easton Ultralighttubed R-550 and R-650 road frames. The R-650 received Ultegra Bike of the Year from Bicycling magazine. Both the Weyless and Scattante brands found critical success and resulted in amazing growth under Steve’s direction.
As passionate about bikes and the industry as Steve is, he decided it was time to embark on a new adventure. Having built his resume and contacts throughout the industry, Steve plunged into Niner bikes with an abundance of resources, knowledge, and pure determination.
