Staff @ North Park Bicycle Shop

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. a Bikes: 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, Garett is now dabbling with the notion of being a firefighter. He loves biking with Victor, playing Halo and home decorating. a Bikes: Rocky Mountain Flow DJ Special Edition, black Reset, Intense slopestyle, blue Dobermann.
Brian – the newest of North Parkers, Brian’s love of a good woman and a good Surly won us over. Also an academic that comes up for air once and a while, he graces us with his mature wit and dashing good looks. He also set up this great, new website – thanks, Brian! a Bikes: Surly Cross Check set up as a citybike, Fly Pantera.
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.
Christine – Joe’s lovely wife who takes care of their two daughters and their dog, Buster Brown, and works weekends. She 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 living his dream of working for himself, in his own bike shop. a Bikes: Surly Big Dummy (a.k.a. Big Frank), 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:

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.
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Bikes: Surly Karate Monkey, Norco Manifesto

Jeremy Fisher – yes, once a homely bike mechanic at North Park, way back in our first winter. He then went on to do another cross-Canada bike tour, moved to Vancouver, got signed on with Sony, then started with a new record company, Aquarius, then moved to Montreal…. yep, his life in a nutshell.

Bikes: not so sure, but something pictured to the right here with an Xtracycle Free Radical (which we happily sell, thanks to Jeremy’s use of it all those years ago!)