Matt Giaraffa places the flagship "Megatrail" bike on display April 17 at Guerrilla Gravity in Denver. The company's handmade and custom mountain bikes have garnered a worldwide following. (Photos by Brent Lewis,The Denver Post) Matt Giaraffa and Will Montague were riding high-end mountain bikes up Jefferson County's White Ranch trail in 2012 when they grew frustrated. "They didn't climb well. They didn't descend well. These were good bikes. We both thought: We need to work on getting to the top easier and getting down better," said Giaraffa, a mechanical engineer with experience in both car racing and aerospace design. The duo started tinkering in a small shop in the shadow of Sports...
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