About Us
Fred
Founder
Fred has been traveling the world on a motorcycle for 10 years; living as a nomad while exploring more than 80 countries on a countless number of different motorcycles. At the age of 23, Fred embarked on his first great motorcycle adventure - a 17,000 km ride from Beijing, China to his hometown of Paris, France on a small but capable Yamaha XT250X. He then explored Latin America on a KLR650 before traveling around the world for 4 years using a Ural Sidecar as well as a number of other bikes. Fred founded Lone Rider with the goal of building the highest quality equipment for adventure motorcycle riders, without compromise between form and function.
Current bikes:
– BMW R1200GSA LC
– Ural sidecar
– Yamaha WR250R
Andrew
COO / Industrial Designer
Andi is an industrial designer from New Zealand who has developed various products for household-name companies for more than a decade. A seasoned traveler, Andrew has visited nearly 90 countries, circumnavigated Africa on a motorbike, and ridden on horseback unassisted throughout South America. Andrew joined the Lone Rider Team with the intention of combining his two passions - adventure motorbike travel and design.
Current bikes:
– BMW R1200GSA LC
– Yamaha WR450f
Anna
Customer Service
Anna, born in Ukraine, has a passion for traveling and learning different languages. Anna is thrilled by motorcycles and motorcycle travel, and enjoys being part of a team that is made up of different and interesting people from all around the globe. Anna is here to handle the requests and inquiries of all customers regarding our range of products.
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Joe
Logistics
Joe (born in the US) began his love story with two wheels when he took off on a cross-country trip from New York City and ending in LA during his gap year, visiting all 50 states. After finally landing in LA, he picked up a secondhand, beat-up 125cc scooter and began working in the manufacturing industry, focusing on logistics and supply chain management.
Joe joined the Lone Rider team in 2019 and handles anything from vendor relations to working with couriers so that orders arrive on time. He navigates the twisties of international logistics with the goal of getting our fans fantastic gear in the most efficient way possible.
Current bike:
– BMW R1250GS Adventure Triple Black
Alex
Marketing & Media production
Born and raised in Scandinavia, the passion for motorcycles came before he could even speak. And with his first tailor-made leather suit at age 7, he joined his father on weekend rides on his -86 Harley Davidson Softail.
In 2015 he purchased his first real adventure motorcycle which he still owns today. Not long after he also discovered another passion: Photography. These two passions combined brought him to where he is today.
Favorite places to ride?
- Any offroad routes, Norwegian fjords and alp-passes of Switzerland. "
Current bikes:
– BMW R1250GS Adventure Rallye
– KTM 1290 Super Adventure R
André
Customer service & Translations
André is an IT engineer, who was born and raised in France; he has always been passionate about motorcycles because of his biker grandfather who instilled in him the passion for two wheels.
Traveling regularly throughout Europe, he has managed user support for several years for various international renowned companies.
Fluent in 4 languages, he likes to help by finding simple solutions to complicated problems, no matter who his interlocutors are or where they are!
Baptiste J.
Product engineer
Baptiste J is a french mechanical engineer specialized in the motorcycle and automotive industry. He is passionate about mechanical engineering and loves to design motorcycle parts and systems from a blank page.
After years of experience in the automotive industry & motorcycle racing, he's bringing the best of two worlds to Lone rider products: quality and performance.
After many years living abroad in Spain, Malaysia and Morocco, he's now back in France, riding his BMW R1200GS Adventure in the French Alps.
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