bike industry, who's in it?

[taylorj]

I am the Sales Manager of a wholesale bike parts, and exclusive Ridley & Campagnolo Sportswear distributor in Verdi, NV! Like a West Coast Pucci!

[suspectdevice]

Design/Build/Manufacture/Market/Distribute; our own frames/clothing/components. Manage riders, run a race team, promote events. Coach, serve on BOD of 2 local cycling-related non-profits. Consult with Mass DCR on acccesibilty issues relating to handcycling. Teach a bicycle design and history class at the alma-mater. Occasionally have time to ride.

[petitelilpettit]

Salesman and fitter at a LBS.

Pettit

[GrantM]

I'm the purchasing manager for a retailer with 4 stores in Toronto.
Basically, I get paid to buy bikes and parts. Great job, eh?

-g

[Ken Robb]

I'm the purchasing manager for a retailer with 4 stores in Toronto.
Basically, I get paid to buy bikes and parts. Great job, eh?

-g

As long as it's not your $$ for the buying!

[Curt Goodrich]

I build and paint frames.

[GrantM]

As long as it's not your $$ for the buying!

ya, we only carry bikes in my size :)

[VertigoCycles]

I build frames.

[lex]

Professional bum, turned shop owner, turned builder painter and fabricator.:boy_hug::kiss2::girl_hug:

[Edy]

22 years inside the industry (about 7 of those years in an LBS). made it out alive. just enjoy it from the other side of the wall now...

[Too Tall]

Professional bum, turned shop owner, turned builder painter and fabricator.:boy_hug::kiss2::girl_hug:

And the first Vsalonista to use "boy hug kiss girl hug". Good karma points for you.

[crumpton]

i build frames and huff paint.

[steve garro]

custom frame/bicycle builder. 20yrs. in the industry from flat tire boy to shop owner to frame builder. raced off road for 20yrs, sometimes on the podium, often not. really liked riding bikes places where people said "you'll never make it." now i ride handcycles, pursue the perfect fillet braze, try to make bicycles that convince people to sell all the others they own and give me another deposit, paddle boats, fish and cook good food. :cheers: steve.

[quaintjh]

a mechanic turned service manager turned store manager of a LBS in a previous incarnation. I wouldn't mind doing some of that again. Now I maintain the spin bikes at two gold's gyms in exchange for family membership.

Jay

[imike]

Yah can't hide behind those fancy words.

northeast elite.

[imike]

I build up new bikes at my el bee ess.

[Brendan Quirk]

This reminds me of that scene in Stripes where they all introduce themselves to each other on the 1st night of boot camp. "Lighten up, Francis."

Anyway, I'm in the biz, at Competitive Cyclist. Vsalon is indisputably the linkedin of the bike industry.

[GSmith]

I'm an escapee from the corporate jungle having fun making bikes and bags in America.

[hupomone]

I lived in a bike shop and slept on a bike box iwhile working in the shop for the summer many years ago, does that count?

G

[Mordalo]

The thread "welcome" was locked - so I think I'll use this place as my first post.

I'm a recovering shoe cobbler of sorts. Formerly of one of the "big-two" custom (cycling) shoe fab shops here in the US. I'm not in the industry any more, but spent a long time there and made shoes for many of you on this forum (Jerk, e-Richie, Brendan, among others).

Anyway, there it is. Hope everyone is doing well.

-Dean