Who We Are
Nomadic Mechanic was born out of a passion for bikes. Co-founders Rigel and Nima, having first met fixing bikes for MEC, wanted to provide Vancouver riders with a more personal and efficient bike maintenance solution. By transforming their vans into mobile bike shops, they no longer need to rely on the customer to deliver them their bikes. Keep an eye out for the Nomadic Mechanic team next time you’re riding around the city or on the trails of Squamish, and don’t be afraid to stop and say “hi”!
The Team
RIGEL
SUN
OWNER/HEAD TECHNICIAN
Rigel is Nomadic Mechanic’s co-founder and Head Technician with over 9 years of bike mechanic experience. Before starting Nomadic Mechanic, Rigel split his time between wrenching on bikes at MEC and guiding exotic multi-day cycling trips for Backroads all across the Canadian Rockies, Europe, and New Zealand. Now he gets to combine his technical knowledge and passion for cycling under one roof; Nomadic Mechanic - Mobile Bicycle Services. Rigel has been hard at work getting the newly established Squamish shop up and running, and popping back into Vancouver to service all kinds of bikes. When not working, he can be found shredding the gnarly Squamish singletrack on his beloved mountain bike or trying a little too hard at a casual game of Spikeball Pro. Rigel loves to talk everything and anything bikes, don’t hesitate to ask him lots of questions but be warned; he may talk your ear off!
FREDERICK “Frankie” FRANKEN
OWNER/HEAD TECHNICIAN
Frankie is Nomadic Mechanic’s Vancouver-area manager, a part owner, and one of our senior technicians on the team. Frankie brings 10+ years of professional bike mechanic industry experience, and even more years of racing and riding all disciplines of bikes (although these days you’ll mostly find him on the saddle of his mountain or gravel bike). Originally from South Africa, Frankie has been a local for the past 9 years, meaning his knowledge of our bike-minded city and province is as expansive as his maintenance and repair skills. When he’s not working on bikes or out riding the North Shore’s tech trails, you’ll probably find him out in the mountains by foot, rope, or ski, and adventuring around all of the beauty that BC has to offer. Frankie loves to share his knowledge about bicycles - if you see him out and about in the silver van, be sure to stop and say hi!