About X5CAPE

I thought I'd take the time out today to tell you guys a bit more about me and Ian & our MTB brand X5cape, so here goes. A Few years ago I (Laura) quit my job as a manager of a musical instrument store to go it alone and start my own company, in order for me to do this Ian continued to work as a bar manager to help support us while I started my business. after a couple of years of failed companies and massive losses I decided to start a discount cosmetics company selling everything from makeup to fragrance to skin care. This business then started to grow & become very successful, due to recent success Ian was able to quit his full time job & start to work for our company full time too, business was going well & continuing to grow, at this point we decided we would reinvest our earnings rather than take a bonus & start a mountain bike related company, something we are both passionate about. After months off planning & organising we settled on a clothing company made for mountain bikers, as both of us focused on fashion & design throughout school & college (we went to the same collage *awwww*) & were very creative this made sense & we knew we were on to a winner of an idea. But, instead of manufacturing & importing all of our clothing from outside of the UK we decided that a personal touch was needed & we invested in the equipment needed to manufacture our own clothing in house ourselves. From design to print to packaging every step is done in house by us (but mainly Ian). Read their story