Staff Bios

  • Ashlei

    Position: Store Manager, 34th Street.

    Bikes I Own: Specialized Langster
  • Andrew

    Position: Assistant Store Manager, 34th Street

    Bikes I Own: 2005 Cannondale Caad 8 / Redline Monocog Flight 29 MTB

    Why Bikes? I love to help new people get involved in the sport of cycling whether it be for fittness, commuting, racing, or casual rides on the bike path.
  • Jay

    Position: Store Manager, 19th Street

    Bikes I Own: Sid's Team Edition Cannondale CAAD9, Cannondale Flash 29er 1
  • Chris

    Position: Assistant Store Manager, 19th Street
    Bikes I Own: Mountain:  Giant Anthem X2, Size Large.  Road:  Cannondale Six Carbon, Size 58cm.
    Why Bikes? Simply the fastest way to get around the city.  And get out of it.
    Favorite Rides: Blue Mountain Reserve, Peekskill NY.  Highbridge Park, NYC.  Harlem Hill repeats, Central Park NYC.
  • Larry

    Position: Sales, Fitting , Facilitating

    Bikes I Own: Ventana X-5 w/carbon Lefty, Ibis Tranny w/carbon Lefty, Rocky Mountain Hammer single speed 29er, Cannondale System 6 w/Dura Ace, 20 year old Trek (lock up) road bike, Ventana La Bruja (dormant).

    About Me: Bachelors & Masters in Communication. Mountain biker....but I love riding my road bike too. I've had lots of diverse work experience: Music Manager, Music Publisher, A&R Guy, Business Development (Advertising), Project Management (Pharma), Radio DJ, Club DJ, Car Audio Sales, Bakery Sales, Car Dealership...etc. I am opinionated. I love Ventana mountain bikes,...
  • Steve

    Position: Sales Team, Sici Bicycle Fitting Professional

    Bikes I Own: Cannondale CAAD9

    Why Bikes? Bicycles always satisfy
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  • Minori

    Position: Mechanic/ sales associate

    Bikes I Own: I have several bikes. A fixed gear for commuting.  A mountain bike I left in NC. A carbon road bike for legitimate riding and training. And a much nicer fixed gear that I welded for myself a few years ago. Of the bikes I have that's my favorite because it fits and rides buttery. However, if I could up and buy anything I would get a Serotta Meivici with Red, and that would be the end of it.

    Why Bikes? I like bikes because they are aesthetically pleasing, incredibly efficient vehicles; they're mechanically simple but engaging; and because they in some way prove that humans do indeed have the capacity for...
  • Paul
  • Desiree

    Position: Webmaster.
    Bikes I Own: Bianchi San Jose, Cannondale Capo.
    Why Bikes? How else can I help save the environment, satiate my own free will, commute, and get an adrenaline rush all at the same time?
  • Christopher

    Position: Sales/Warranty

    Bikes I Own: I have a menagerie consisting of all form of two wheeled creatures.  I'm into dirt jumps, downhill, freeride, and all mountain or, "cross stuntry" as we call it here on the East coast. I need a different bike for each job, and I'm changing bikes out every year or so. My road fleet operates on the same principles.

    Why Bikes? My real passion is music.  I play a mean jazz trumpet, and mountain biking for me is a lot like jazz.  Learning a new trick or throwing down a combination, is the same exploratory practice as is expanding what is possible over a given set of chord changes.   Or perhaps,  when I'm ripping down a...
  • Joe

    Position: Bicycle Technician/Sales Associate

    Bikes I Own: Circle A Cycles road bike, 1951 Viking restoration, 1986 Trek 400 650b conversion, Cannondale CX9 cyclocross bike, Cyclops track bike.

    Why bikes? It's like H.G. Wells once said, "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race".
  • Phil

    Position: Sales Guru 

    Bikes I Own: A Gunnar, a Univega, and a Tomassini (the Sunday ride).

    Why Bikes? Bikebikebikebikebike.
  • John