SOMA Fabrications is a designer and importer of bicycles, frames, parts and accessories based in the
San Francisco Bay Area
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. It was established in 2001 and owned by bicycle parts
wholesale
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r The Merry Sales Co.
The SOMA Fabrications brand came about when Bradley Woehl, owner of American Cyclery bicycle shop asked Jim Porter, President of The Merry Sales Co. if he could uses his sources in Taiwan to produce a line of
chromoly steel bicycle frames. Woehl and Porter have collaborated on product ideas for the brand ever since.
SOMA sells frames for
cyclo-cross,
/
cargo
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,
mixte
A step-through frame (also known as open frame, drop frame, or low-step frame) is a type of bicycle frame, often used for utility bicycles, with a low or absent top tube or cross-bar.
Traditionally, bicycles with a step-through frame were know ...
,
mountain
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,
road
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There are many types o ...
, and track bikes
as well as
tires
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.
SOMA was an early manufacturer of flared
drop handlebars for use on dirt bicycles.
References
External links
www.somafab.com
Cycle manufacturers of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in San Francisco
2001 establishments in California
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