If you ever wanted to know what the SRAM headquarters in Chicago look like, here is your opportunity to look inside their very cool building.
Ace photographer Ali Engin was on assignment for slowtwitch.com and spent a day with the SRAM crew.
All images are © Ali Engin of alienginphotography.com
SRAM Road PR & Media Manager Michael Zellmann on the balcony of the SRAM building with downtown Chicago in the background.
Tall ceilings inside the SRAM headquarters
Graphic artist Michael Macedon hard at work in the office.
Not many office buildings come with a bike path though.
Jerseys from sponsored teams line this hallway.
A stunning custom painted bike of Alberto Contador is displayed in the reception area.
This custom painted crank is meant for the Olympian who wins gold in London.
Inside the work shop at SRAM.
Master machinist Lou Svaldi on a milling machine.
Changing bits.
Test bikes and SRAM employee bikes are everywhere in the SRAM building. Here an employee bike in the community bench area where employees have access to a great selection of tools.
The machine shop at SRAM can fabricate test parts out of nearly any material. Derailleurs here with a variety of machined cages.
Who would not want that kind of clock in their office?
A Powerdome cassette does indeed start as a billet of steel. It takes about 70 minutes to go from 10 pound billet of steel to a smooth cassette.
Bikes everywhere in the offices too.
SRAM founder Stan Day behind the desk his brother made for him out of a door.
Quite a few test bikes are prepped here, and engineer and racer David Reyes is checking out a SRAM rear derailleur.
A Scott Spark MTB is readied for shipment by engineering technician Robby Sachs.
A beautiful example of a SRAM pART Project
Ready to ship.
