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"The last time you were in a shop, how much time did you spend asking questions, with no intent on buying anything?"

I've been in bike shops my entire life. I started wrenching on the rental fleet at White Pine Touring of Park City, Utah back in 1997 where I was paid $5.00 per hour. I did that for 2 years while in high school. I learned a lot and since I was in high school all that money went into my bike. I've worked at Jans and Colesport of Park City as well. Revolution and Canyon Bicycles (Hangar 15) fit in there for a few stints. Red Rock Bicycle Co became part of my life while in St. George going to school in 2001. I've been at Backcountry in bike sales (Competitive Cyclist) where I quickly realized that I wasn't fixing things, which is something I love to do. So, I left to go back to physically working on bikes. I had been part of Slim and Knobby's of Heber since it started (2011) with a 2 year break in the middle making up 7 seasons of work over 9 years. I still live in Heber with my family.

Experience - Toot My Horn for a Minute for You

My experience working on bikes is extensive. I love to take a cheap department store bike and make it work, afterall, most bikes on the market are these bikes and kids need them for freedom! In and out of every sort of bike part, there isn't much I haven't seen in mountain bikes and road bikes. Wireless shifting? Di2? Campagnolo? I've rebuilt 500 RockShox Reverb Seatposts. I was trained on Fox Racing Shox by the technician who trains their technicians, back in 2010.

The time between 2011 and 2019 I was the designated suspension technician for Slim and Knobby's and answered the suspension service interest for most of the area, including some of Park City, which is just around the corner. Demand for that kind of service stretched all the way into Salt Lake City and across eastern Utah.

Have a Chris King rear hub that doesn't work anymore? I've fixed those. You really want a custom wheel built. I've done that.

I don't have all the answers. No one person in this industry does. Every time I talk with someone new, I find out something different, something I haven't tried or heard of. Through the network of amazing folks I've met in the industry and in and out of shops, I feel like finding an answer for a question I have no answer to wouldn't take more than a few phone calls.

My passion for working on bikes is huge. Today, I rather spend my energy helping people understand them.

Other Stuff

As time has gone on, I've developed a slew of hobbies but two of my favorites include Ham Radio and Hunting. I'm an avid backcountry skier and avalanche enthousiast, which is to say I spend about 2 month per year digesting everything avalanche. I like to mix my hobbies and add a bike when I can.

Please consider learning about bikes with me.