08/28/2026
Before , Seth first realized his kitchen-sink-style dirt touring dreams with his trusty Soma Fabrications tradesman.
The big party piece here is a one-off, spring-loaded basket designed and built by maverick engineer WTH. The other custom part is the steel alt-bar, fabbed up by shop staff and framebuilder Leonardo Cruces, who would later build the “proto-panda.”
Seth made the most of the 20” front end by mounting the most aggressive 406bsd tire known to man—the Kenda Booster Pro—to a super-wide Alienationbmx Vandal rim. From the factory, those rims come drilled for both presta and schrader; naturally, he put in a tubeless valve for each. Rounding out the bikepacking-ready-build are the Alan K rear rack, Ron Andrews , and an alt-double drivetrain built on a well-worn old Deore crank.
Between bikepacking adventures, the Tradesman is also Seth’s daily driver, often running supplies to and from the shop and pulling a trailer to pop-up events around town.
