Journal

Writing about what we build.

Engineering deep-dives, material decisions, riding dispatches, and process notes from behind the scenes at myto-moto.

Shape Before Lumens: Designing the Trail Beam Housing

Most auxiliary lamp makers start with the LED specification. We started with the housing shape. Six months of CFD work before a single circuit board was drawn.

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Craft

Finding the Right Canvas: A Material Sourcing Journey

We tested eleven waxed canvas fabrics before specifying the one in the Trail Kit tool roll. What we were looking for — and why most fell short.

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Research

Why a Phone Is Still the Wrong Tool for Navigation

After riding 40,000km with a phone as primary navigation, we documented every failure mode. The list formed the brief for myto navi.

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Riding

Spiti Circuit: Notes from 1,400km of High-Altitude Testing

Taking pre-production Trail Beam units into the Spiti Valley to see what altitude, cold, and sustained vibration do to assumptions made at sea level.

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Design

Designed to Be Repaired

Every product we make can be disassembled with common tools. This isn't an afterthought — it is a design constraint we imposed before any sketching began.

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Manufacturing

Small-Batch Manufacturing in India: What We Learned

Finding suppliers who care about tolerances when your order quantities are in the hundreds rather than thousands is genuinely difficult. Here is what the search looked like.

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