closed BC Day: August 1 & 2
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Staff
CURRENT STAFF:
Victor – another on-and-offer over the years, Victor left his dad’s furnace business this year to come back to North Park. He brings his hard work, good brain and enthusiasm to the bench. He loves sweet coffee, perfecting foot jam tail whips, and cooking with condiments. He’ll be leaving us in September to go to Camosun for Mechanical Engineering.
aBikes: Black Rocky Mountain Flow, Red Intense M1, White Reset, 1st Generation Surly Long Haul Trucker
Gary – our resident artiste, GJ Pearson, has been with us since 2005. When he’s not lost in the fantastic world of his creations, or visiting the comic book shop, he works with us 3 days a week, keeping us plied with good grooves and great jokes, often working the front of the house. a
Bikes: Surly Karate monkey in ‘coffee’, KHS Fleetwood with AMP Project-2 fork, 1987 Marinoni road bike, pair of matching his and hers black antique Raleighs, 1986 Ritchey Assent Comp with super cool Girvin fork, some kind of weird Italian folding bike
Garett – has brought his sunny side to North Park since late 2006. Aside from wanting to be a rock star, he loves drawing caricatures in his spare time. He loves his new Dobermann, playing Halo and home decorating.
aBikes: Rocky Mountain Flow DJ Special Edition, black Reset, Intense slopestyle, blue Dobermann
Francis – Another Academic that has been with us over the years, as his collision course with Mathematics has allowed. Francis works full time for us right now. He loves red scarves and tortoises, classical music and good cheese. a
Bikes: Ellsworth Specialist, classic-Bianchi-wannabe (read: older Miele) citybike, Mercian frame hanging on the NP ceiling
Maya – the latest addition to our team, Maya brings his pimp roll (courtesy of an intimate moment with a tree whilst snowboarding in Revelstoke a few months ago) and his youthful eagerness to please. He’s another one eying the mechanical engineer trophy, but we’ll see how long we can keep him. a
Bikes: something with wheels, I’d guess
Christine – Joe’s lovely wife who takes care of their two daughters and their dog, Buster Brown, and works most of the time during the week now. She also does the books, ordering, mailing, and other things behind the scenes. She cleans a mean toilet and likes to sweep and make signs. a
Bike: Titanium mountain/city cross with purdy pink & flowery Hope disc brakes
Joe – Christine’s lovely husband, who works too much and loves what he does. He also loves chocolate and the perfect cup of tea. He’s always loved bikes, and is living his dream of working for himself, in his own bike shop. a
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy (a.k.a. Big Frank), Surly LHT, Rocky Mountain Sherpa 30, Ellsworth Moment, his old Dave Yates that he used to race on, Casati, and a number of ‘collectors bikes’ that belong to the shop’s museum
PAST STAFF:
Brian – has moved on to other pastures, while he finishes up his History degree. He was the maker of this fine website; thanks, Bri!
aBikes: Surly Cross Check set up as a citybike, Fly Pantera
Marcel – our Mechanical Engineer, Marcel dreams of designing the perfect 8 wheeled tricycle (exact description to be provided at a later date!). He’s been doing circles around us since our inception, on and off as his life and schooling has seen fit.
aBikes: Surly Karate Monkey, Norco Manifesto
A few others we’ve had in our illustrious past: Jeremy Fisher (yes, way back when before he ‘hit the big time’) the first winter we were open; Megan Rathwell; Paul Arsens; Jarryd Rees.
