Ventana

Ventana Mountain Bikes are the product of over three decades of off-road bicycling experience. Since the early 1970's Sherwood Gibson, one of Ventana's two founders, has been assembling a wealth of bicycle specific product knowledge. Gibson began in 1974 as a BMX competitor in Northern California. He added to his seat-of-the-pants education with three years of high school metal shop, junior college certification in welding and machining, and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Gibson's bicycle manufacturing interests first took form in BMX component and sidehack designs that he built in his dad's garage during the week, and raced on the weekends. In 1985 he built his first mountain bike frame-of steel. And by competing in the infancy of mountain bike racing, including the infamous Whisky Town Downhill, Gibson gained critical feedback about the integrity of his concepts.