Colt and Mark have been riding bikes together for close to ten years. It started in Auburn, Alabama, where they built trail, bikepacked around the Southeast, and figured out pretty quickly that a cycling community is only as good as what local riders put into it. So they put in a lot.
They started a small team rooted in building a community, which grew into the Standard Deluxe Dirt Road Century, the first gravel race in Alabama. That grew into a full weekend: music, camping, good food, and a couple hundred people having a genuinely good time on bikes. The ethos of Buena Onda was born from those days of doing hard things and having fun on bikes with friends.
ABOUT
Buena Onda is a titanium hardtail brand out of Durango, Colorado. We build one bike and we've spent a lot of time making sure it's the right one. Built for bikepacking. Capable enough to just be your trail bike. Having fun and doing hard things. That's the whole ethos. The bike is built around it.
Colt and Mark have been riding bikes together for close to ten years. It started in Auburn, Alabama, where they built trail, bikepacked around the Southeast, and figured out pretty quickly that a cycling community is only as good as what local riders put into it. So they put in a lot.
They started a small team rooted in building a community, which grew into the Standard Deluxe Dirt Road Century, the first gravel race in Alabama. That grew into a full weekend: music, camping, good food, and a couple hundred people having a genuinely good time on bikes. The ethos of Buena Onda was born from those days of doing hard things and having fun on bikes with friends.
Colt has bikepacked through some of the worlds biggest mountain ranges, the Himalayas, the Cordillera Blanca, and the Alps. His obsession with finding the right Colorado Trail bike is what became the Buena. He handles the brand, the content, and the camera. Self-described sold-out marketer.
Colt Fetters
Co-Founder & CSO (Chief Skid Officer)Mark Gomez
Co-Founder & CBO (Chief Bike Nerd)Mark designed the bike. CAD files, geometry, tube selection, spreadsheets nobody asked to see. His experience in the cycling world gave him a clear eye for what was missing rather than what was trending.
HOW ITS MADE
We started where most good things start: with people who know what they're doing. The Buena was developed alongside veteran bike builders here in the US, working through geometry, tubing, and all the details that only reveal themselves under real riding conditions. Our builder in Durango is where the design got dialed.
Once we had something worth scaling, we partnered with a manufacturer in Taiwan to make the Batch Built collection possible. Same geometry. Incredible craftsman. Just built for more people, at a price that reflects that.
For anyone who wants the full custom experience, the MUSA is still built right here in Durango — sized to your body, built to your spec.
