StudioCycles

We are going to Chicago for Club Industry 2012

2011-10-02T12:32:00.000-07:00

Studiocycles and Jeff Wimmer will be in Chicago to represent the technical interests of Mad Dogg Athletcs/Spinning & Star Trac for the official release of the 2012 Star Trac Spinner bike line. This includes the all new Spinner NXT and the exciting new Spinner BLADE.We've waited to get our hooks on the new BLADE, now we have one to test, just one week out from the show in Chicago.We have already torn apart, analyzed and built up 16 of the 2012 Spinner NXT's for The Biggest Loser earlier this month, so we are fairly well versed in the peculiarities of the 2012 NXT. This will be a busy week of riding, shredding and interpreting the inner workings of the new 2012 Spinner BLADE. Josh Taylor and I both have BLADE models, so we've been comparing notes. He and I will also be doing Tech seminars to the show attendees in the Star Trac Spinning Studio(R) show booth.

Same Crap, Different day

2011-09-07T21:59:00.000-07:00

You wanna know why we are in business? Why we are so successful? Not like millionaire successful, but reputation and integrity successful. Because we do things different. Some days I truly feel like chef Ramsey on Hells Kitchen.When I see my team make simple mistakes, I take it personally. and my team KNOWS what I expect.I go on Craigslist, and there are the same snake oil salesmen, copying pictures of giant warehouses they slither around, picking over bikes that still look good, even though they've been in play for years and years in clubs. Using terminology like "Cleaned and serviced", selling the bikes without in depth refurbishing and representing them to unsuspecting consumers as the deal of the century. That kind of crap has always pissed me off.I've NEVER done anything other than optimize the bikes I sell, whether they are new and out of tune, or used ,beat up and crying out for a healthy,REAL refurbishing. We do it RIGHT. We get the same used bikes the big boys get, after the 4 year lease is up, and no matter how good they look, we TEAR THEM apart and go through them in good faith and good conscience. Because people have always deserved to get their monies worth.Its why we offer a REAL measurable warranty, because we work hard on our product, we deliver the best, and our bikes DESERVE to have a REAL warranty. On the other hand, the snakes that post online representing themselves as above board, with a solid product, they don't offer a warranty because they in all likelyhood, not capable of delivering a solid " We stand behind it" type of product. Studiocycles has grown EVERY year for the last 10 years,our customer base increases, and we gain more respect from the BIG companies, to the point that we are the go to guys when the engineers need outside help, they call Studiocycles. We have always done one thing, worked in one arena, and excelled, for our valued clients, one bike at a time.

In talks to do consulting with Michael Bruno

2011-08-20T23:50:00.000-07:00

This is about as high up the ladder one can get. I'm in direct talks with Michael Bruno about coming on board as a dual consultant to both Star Trac and Schwinn. Thanks to John Bauduin, the CEO and one of the founders of Mad Dogg Athletics and the Spinning program, for getting me through to Michael. Michael owns both Star Trac and Schwinn, and collectively, he operates the biggest company that produces the lions share of indoor group cycles.I've had the privledge over the years to work with the biggest names in the indoor cycling arena, ans the potential of working directly with Mr. Bruno is a potentially exciting opportunity.

IDEA 2011 is history

2011-08-14T21:25:00.000-07:00

I attended IDEA 2011 here in LA LA land and its now a memory.I expected more from the show.The big companies had small representation, insofar as actual booth space on the floor, and Laurel Mylin from Foundation Fitness pointed out to me that"this is more of a show for instructors, not big ticket buyers. I sometimes get that confused. Caught with Johnny G and the whole G unit at the Kranking Booth. I'm suppliying bikes to Johnny for his master instructor camp in Santa Barbara later this year, in September.If I were an owner of a hip ,hardcore studio; Kranking would be in my house for sure.I recently added a Krankcycle to my home arsenal, ands its an asskicker for sure.There was also a bunch of Zumba copycats at IDEA, but hey, it seems really popular, and if its cutting edge, tyhey will stand in line to knock it off. We built the bikes for Schwinn for this show and I stopped by the Star Trac/Spinning booth and dialed in the new Spinner Blade for them. Rela Ryder had my buddy Adam at the helm, if you've never taken a class with Adam, give it a try, he's a great guy and really loves his job. Cammy, Eric and the newly married Michelle (Mrs. Mills : ) were TCB at the FreeMotion booth, they had a great representation as well.

Our first install for FreeMotion plus my take on Foundation Fitness

2011-07-25T21:26:00.000-07:00

We just put in a group of bikes in Irvine at The Shady Canyon Golf Club today, out with the NXT's and in with FreeMotion 11.9's. Heres a little 411 on Foundation Fitness: This company is going places, FAST.If your not familiar with Foundation Fitness. its a fairly new company, but its STACKED with talent. The Liggett brothers started Foundation Fitness almost 2 years ago and they went right to the BIG companies to hire their talent pool. Start off with the man who designed and engineered the first Spinner(R) for Schwinn with the insight of Johnny G. That right, Johnny G, THE creator of Spinning went to Schwinn with his original Spinner bike design and Pat Warner was the brain that cleaned up and streamlined the bike for the masses. Pat was also the guy who put together the Triple Link pedal design, although Paul Swift aka Swifty, will debate that fact into the wee hours on any night or day.Soooooo, Pat Warner was later contracted as one of the key people behind the newest bike designs out of the Schwinn/Stairmaster stables, the AC series bikes. The AC series bikes have elevated Schwinn to new heights with the magnetic resistance, for-aft bars and sweeping new aesthetics. The Liggett brothers hired Pat Warner to migrate over to the newly formed Foundation Fitness for yet another new bike design. Pat went to work with Doug Crawford, another brainiac hired by the Liggetts, to bring what would become the FreeMotion bikes to fruition. The FreeMotion bikes share some strong characteristics of the Schwinn AC bikes, some might say an even cleaner ,more streamlined set of dynamics.One thing is for sure, everyone in the commercial indoor cycling arena is in for a new competitor and its safe to say the Freemotion bikes and Foundation Fitness will not be ignored.The talent pool goes beyond the bikes design team. The Liggetts have also hired Eric Jaworsky to head up the global sales team and he was ripped away from the suits at Stairmaster, Eric moved ALOT of product for Stairmaster and his skill set runs deep, plus they acquired Michelle Crumm, formerly of Les Mills AND Nautilus to assist Eric and run the West coast region.Other notables added to the FF camp are Alicia Howard and Laurel Mylin, both SUPER talented, top of their game, Nautilus veterans who are no doubt a valuable addition to the FF infrastructure. These guys are strapped with Talent and they are already kicking some serious ass and driving the numbers. By the way, Foundation Fitness also carries and reps the Johnny G KrankCycles, the Livstrong indoor bikes as well as ALL of the other hardcore Freemotion gear found inside pretty much EVERY top fitness club on the planet!

We are building 80 Schwinn AC Performance bikes for IDEA

2011-07-25T21:24:00.000-07:00

Studiocycles will be building 80 Schwinn AC Performance bikes for the upcoming monster fitness show; IDEA, here in L.A. in August. After the show we will be extracting the bikes, bringing them back to our warehouse, giving them a serious detail, and they will be for sale. Contact Jeff direct at 888-909-BIKE ,if interested.

2 Star Trac Spinner Pros to Jennifer Aniston

2011-07-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

Looks like we are supplying two hand built, pro-tuned 2011 Star Trac Spinner Pros to Jennifer Aniston.My buddy Ron from Customized Fitness is facilitating the deal, with bikes from StudioCycles.It doesn't matter if its Jennifer or Bill or Bob, we do the ultimate bike builds for EVERYBODY. The good news is we don't charge extra for our handy work! Call Jeff direct today for your very own Star Trac Spinner Pro. 888-909-BIKE ,10am-10pm ,7 days a week.

Our first round of FreeMotion Bikes Are Here!

2011-06-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

We just got our first shipment of Freemotion bikes in stock. We will be working hard like the pack mules we are to get these tested and optimized to our satisfaction, and once we get to that stage we will start with a soft roll out on the Studiocycles.com website! Stay tuned for more details. These bikes have a TON of potential in the industry, with some smokin hot,state of the art dynamics. We are excited to be involved with FreeMotion and are already in the midst of our first pro level install on behalf of the company!

We now carry the Johnny G KrankCycles!

2011-06-19T11:01:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce that we are carrying the Johnny G KrankCycles! This new machine from the mind of Johnny G, the creator of Spinning, is an AMAZING way to work the top half of the body,arms shoulders, core with the high intensity level your used to working the bottom half with the Spinner(R) series bikes. We will eventually have these in our retail stores, but initially we will carry them in our commercial client location in Hawthorne.The Johnny G KrankCycle is not associated with the Spinning program, but it most certainly compliments any other intense cardio workout! You can check out the Krank at KrankCycle.com

We have a shipment of the 2012 Spinner FITS ready for purchase

2011-06-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

We just got in a large quantity of the Spinner FIT home version bikes. These are home version models, they weigh in around 80 pounds, have the perimeter weighted flywheel, which produces the aggressive inertia, like their commercial bike brothers. We build them, do the QuieTune(R) build process and drive train treatment and we extend the warranty.These sell online at $599, we've got them for $400 locally in our 2 retail stores or we can ship for $500. This is a great bike for light duty home use, rehabbing or just to supplement your gym classes. Contact Jeff directly at 888-909-BIKE or shoot him an email at Spindoc111@gmail.com

Bike Delivery to Seattle Fitness – Seattle Washington

2011-04-27T17:16:00.001-07:00

As I type this latest blog entry my team is on its way to Seattle to deliver 20 of the Schwinn AC Performance bikes to Tija at Seattle Fitness. We’ve been paying thousands of dollars over the years to lease our trucks used to deliver and we’ve stuck primarily to the Southern California region for deliveries. Last year we struck a deal with Schwinn/Stairmaster to do the installs for them in California, Arizona and Nevada. So, we’ve had to “up” our game in terms of logistics as we’ve learned the hard way about putting logistics, or at least the final delivery stages in others hands, it can turn out less than optimal. We found that we can do everything related to the build on an optimal level, then put the final piece of the puzzle (The delivery) in someone else’s hands and it dilutes and potentially compromises everything we stand for. So our capabilities have expanded, and so does our customer base. We can now offer white glove personalized delivery to California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Montana. Now we’ve ALWAYS done professional level bike builds that are simply put; unparralled, in terms of the actual build process. While other fitness equipment companies “build” bikes like furniture from IKEA, we do the absolute best builds in the world on indoor bikes and have since the very beginning. When we say “white glove”, we mean your bikes will be delivered by our own personal staff members, people who actually work in my company and will deliver these bikes with the utmost care AND answer any questions you might have in terms of care and maintenance. So, Seattle Fitness is due to receive their bikes within a few hours of this post and we are excited to have them in our stable of satisfied customers!

The New Star Trac Bikes @ IHRSA 2011 -San Francisco

2011-04-14T21:24:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of going to IHRSA 2011, one of the premier tradeshows in the fitness industry, and this year was one IHRSA show I was particularly interested in going to because of the release of several new bike lines. Star Trac is now under a new command with Michael Bruno aquiring controlling interest after a tumultuous year last year at Star Land, and I was anxious to see what Star Trac had in strore, being THE representative company for Spinning(R) and their brand of indoor cycles.It is clear that Josh Taylor, a SERIOUS roadie,Catagory 1 professional cyclist and the shining star/faceman for Spinning has some major influence on the new rides that will be coming out of the Bruno/Star Trac factory for 2011. The obvious change, the new Star Trac models, namely the new flagship BLADE(R) has the Qfactor of a one off pro road bike, instead of the usual simalar Qfactor of an Apoloosa found on many indoor bikes produced in this day and age.Other notables include a Morris taper bombproof bottom bracket, exclusive to the Star Trac brand in addition to a long overdue fore and aft adjustment for the handlebars on all 2011 models. I'm not sure about the Morris Taper technology on the pedal spindles, but I've heard through the angry hound grapevine that a 3-Way pedal is on the way from ST and MDA, for those of you who cry foul about not being able to use the Triple Link pedals on future Star Trac models. Did I mention the Blade looks pretty BADASS, like something Mel Gibson would have use in his arsenal in his Mad Max days, long before the hole in his marble bag became too big to contain : )

A helpful list of our qualifications AND our strongest competitors for comparative analysis : )

2011-02-13T20:54:00.000-08:00

Jeff Wimmer and Studiocycles can say the following:

We have a combined 30 years’ experience in the bicycle and exercise bike industry

We sold Johnny G parts when he was creating the first Spinner models

We created the first comprehensive maintenance programs for commercial indoor cycles.

We were the first tech support providers to Schwinn and Johnny G

We have the only Tech manual library with 6 published manuals (with 7 & 8 on the way)

Our tech manuals are used and sold by the biggest names in the indoor cycling industry (Spinning®, Schwinn Fitness & Star Trac®)

We have over 50,000 manuals in circulation.

The only consecutive tech support and consultant to 1rst, 2nd AND current 3rd generation Schwinn Fitness®

We have the FIRST and only PPV tech support video library.

We have the FIRST and only Biker buyer aide video library.

We were the first company to offer lifetime warranties with our bikes.

We were the first company to offer lifetime parts replacement

We were the first company to offer lifetime email and phone tech support

We are the only company to offer online pre-built 7 pro-tuning before we ship our bikes.

We have taught more consecutive tech support seminars at The World Spinning conferences.

The only consultant and bike builder of preference to Josh Taylor (Pro cyclist and Everest Rides® creator).

We are the only simultaneous VIP tech support providers to Schwinn, Star Trac & Spinning.

We WERE tech support to Johnny G’s World headquarters and AM the current tech support to The Mad Dogg Athletics and Spinning World certification Headquarters.

The FIRST Indoor cycling specific retail stores in the world.

We are the only official tech support providers to the Spinning Program.

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Below is the list of companies that have HALF of our offerings or qualifications:

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Below is a list of companies that have 10% of our qualifications or offerings:

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Below is a list of companies that can say or offer ONE of our offerings or qualifications:

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WOW! Looks like we are the obvious choice for your next bike, bike service, tech manual, consultation, free helpful buyer aide video, tech support video or ANYTHING to do with indoor cycling!

Studiocycles.com * BikeTekUSA.org * 1-888-909-BIKE(2453) * Lets go for a ride!

The WOW! Button Rocks @ StudioCycles.com!

2011-01-24T19:18:00.000-08:00

If you click the WOW! button on Studiocycles.com, it will explain all about our 888-909-BIKE FREE consultation option with the owner, Jeff Wimmer. And it has been blowing up lately! This is another option you won’t find anywhere else. Are you kidding me?!? TRY to call ANY other website and talk to the owner. Ask them to compare the Schwinn AC Performance to the Star Trac Spinner NXT. Or compare the Lemond Revmaster Pro to the Keiser M3. Ask what the benefits of using cycling shoes are? Should you use Road shoes or mountain shoes? Ask about which bike will fit you, the wife, standing at 5 foot 2 inches AND your husband who’s 6 foot 3 inches tall. We could go on and on, but the point is, talking with Jeff about your budget, your needs and getting straight answers on EVERYTHING and EVEVERYTHING about which bike ir right for you is priceless! Oh, and did we mention its FREE : )

2011 AC Performance Models with FREE $500 mPower wattage based Computers!

2011-01-24T19:15:00.001-08:00

Studiocycles has the 2011 Schwinn AC Performance models in stock, we do our usual prebuild, pro-tuning with our exclusive QuietTune® build process, lifetime warranty and lifetime free parts replacement on the Studioycles.com website with FREE UPS 5-6 day, fully insured door to door shipping for $1695.00!! That’s a lot of coin, but hey this is the hottest bike in the industry AND we include stuff you cant get anywhere else! We also have these badass bikes in both of our retail stores in Venice and Orange County. Quantities are limited.

More Certified pre-owned NXT's on the way for Christmas!

2010-11-24T01:15:00.000-08:00

AS of November 23rd, we are installing 50 new Schwinn AC Perfromance models into a local Southern California club and taking out 50 Star Trac Spinner NXT's, 3rd generation, with Star Trac Spinning computers! The 3rd generation NXT's are the best, mst improved generation of the NXT, and these are in great aesthetic condition. We will still tear them all down to the frames and replace EVERYTHING internally, as always. Stay away from the giant used fitness equipment warehouses,with the usual fluff job and 90 day warranty. Buy your used Star Trac Spinner NXT from the spin bike experts! Remember, StudioCycles is the only official tech support to the Spinning program in the world!

Our 2nd retail store now open in Laguna Niguel!

2010-11-24T00:58:00.000-08:00

The StudioCycles.com stores are proud to announce our 2nd indoor cycling specific retail store is now open! 40-50 of the industries best commercial, professionally built new and certified pre-owned bikes to choose from.No other source offers commercial bikes from Keiser, Lemond, Schwinn and Star Trac under one roof!As always, most of our bikes, new and pre-owned, include our exclusive lifetime. warranty and lifetime free parts replacement policy. Looking for a new or used Star Trac Spinner NXT? How about a pristine original Schwinn Johnny G Spinner Pro? If a used spin bike is what your budget affords you, why not buy one from the Spin bike expert? We also have the new Schwinn AC perfromance, the Schwinn AC Sports and we have a smokin deal on the Schwinn AC Classic! Store hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm Location: 27601 Forbes Road Laguna Niguel,CA 92677 Store number: 949-581-BIKE(2453) You can always call Jeff directly at: 888-909-BIKE(2453) or 818-470-2204 for a free consultation . AMAZING deals for black Friday all the way through the holiday season.

Bike builds for The Spectrum Clubs right around the corner!

2010-08-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

StudioCycles is proud to announce we will be the official build team for The Spectrum Clubs. We’ve already built and tuned new Schwinn AC Performance bikes this year for the Equinox Clubs from San Francisco to San Diego, we’ve done the builds for The Sports Club LA locations, now we are privileged to work with the people at The Spectrum Clubs. How cool is that?! These are the best of the best of the best in terms of Southern California fitness locations and obviously having their bikes built professionally and with the exacting standards ONLY StudioCycles and its service division, BikeTekUSA can provide is important to these companies and their members. We salute you for choosing us to handle your professional level indoor cycling installs and needs!

Orange County/ San Diego –We want your business!

2010-08-15T23:10:00.000-07:00

StudioCycles next retail location is underway! We’ve been searching for the perfect locale to bring our own personal buying experience to the fine folks of Orange County and San Diego. Who wouldn’t want a store where you can shop EXCLUSIVELY for the best professionally built new bikes and certified pre owned bikes from Star Trac, Schwinn , Keiser and Lemond? Are you kidding me? We are also looking for a select few qualified individuals to manage and work in this very special edition to The Wimmer Group of stores and locations once its finished and underway! Stay tuned for more details and if you know of any VERY unique and qualified personnel that may be interested in joining our team, let them know who we are, what we do and where to find us!

We’ve got 140 used Star Trac Spinner NXT’s coming our way soon!

2010-08-15T23:08:00.001-07:00

Just a quick note to those of you holding out for a certified pre-owned Star Trac Spinner NXT. We have 140 Used Star Trac Spinner NXT models coming towards the end of August. We will do our usual tear down and rebuild, replacing EVERYTHING inside these bikes. They will go fast as the market is dry, in fact, used Star Trac Spinner NXT’s from our company have been almost non-existent this year. We are excited to get these in our inventory. We will have a strong stock of these bikes for the upcoming cool down weather wise, and we will be shipping these units across the country once we get the refurbished process under way. Stay tuned to hear more!

IDEA 2010 – The Schwinn AC experience

2010-08-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

I spent some time in the Schwinn Fitness AC booth and in Jay Blahnik’s cert room at the IDEA Fitness convention here in Los Angeles and the response was truly overwhelming. Everyone I talked to from the casual enthusiast to the serious club owners, managers and instructors simply LOVED the Schwinn AC series bikes. Of course we built the bikes for the show and our QuietTune® build technology really shined at this show. The personnel on site from Stairmaster / Schwinn absolutely raved about how good the bikes felt. These bikes are awesome without the golden touch of StudioCycles, but WITH our QuietTune build process, they are simply unbelievable! We practically begged Star Trac to build their bikes for the show, they passed, although they asked the day before the show if we could tune their bikes, we were fully booked at that stage so we couldn’t contribute to the quality of their potential customers experience and I heard through the grapevine that the ST bikes didn’t feel all that great and they actually had a pedal or two FALL OFF bikes during cert classes and rides. When you pay monkeys to build your bikes like furniture from IKEA, you get what you pay for!

July 2010

2010-07-24T23:36:00.001-07:00

The IDEA fitness convention is coming next month to the Los Angeles Convention Center. f I were one of the LEADING fitness equipment companies and I had bikes to display for potential customers to try and CONSIDER buying, especially in this economy, I believe I would want them built and tuned to absolute perfection. Year after year, trade show after trade show, I show up, hop on the bikes in the different booths, and SO many of them are CLEARLY thrown together but unskilled cheap labor, it is PAINFULLY obvious to me. But for whatever reason, these gazillion dollar industry giants are blind to the obvious. They spend serious money with engineers trying to build the better bike, they put together huge, gleaming tradeshow booths, with audio and video, the latest high end technology, and they cap it all off by putting the very end user experience in the hands of 10 dollar an hour drones that should be building furniture from IKEA, not building bikes like furniture from IKEA. This year Schwinn has put the potential customer experience in the hands of StudioCycles. WHY? Because they GET IT! They understand the IMMEASURABLE VALUE of “The first impression”. In this economy, buyers are shopping hard, and if your bikes feel shitty, because a simple adjustment or new bike testing was overlooked because your install team was overworked and underpaid, YOU MISS THE BRASS RING! We love what we do; no one comes close to what we do and what we offer.

July 2010

2010-07-24T23:35:00.003-07:00

We just did a FULL service on the Schwinn IC Evolution SR bikes used at the Jonathan Club in Santa Monica. This is about as high end of a facility as you will find ANYWHERE in the world. The most affluent human beings in Southern California mingle and get fit here on the beaches of Santa Monica and the Jonathan Club demands the BEST for their indoor cycling members. Naturally they choose BikeTekUSA and StudioCycles to keep the bikes optimal and the members safe!

July 2010

2010-07-24T23:35:00.001-07:00

Our Store in Venice is rockin, if your looking for a used spin bike, specifically a used Johnny G Spinner Pro, or a used Star Trac Spinner NXT, we have em’. And we give our residential customers a LIFETIME warranty on the used spin bikes we sell.

June 2010

2010-07-24T23:34:00.001-07:00

Back to Gold’s Gym in Venice to do monthly service. Gold’s Gym Venice is the #1 location in the world and they have a VERY aggressive, hard hitting, hammer down kind of Spinning® program. They use first generation Spinner NXT’s and quite frankly, they NEED new bikes. We keep them band-aided and safe, but these bikes are HAMMERED. These are used Star Trac Spinner NXT models, HEAVILY used and abused. But this keeps us busy, and busy is good!

June 2010

2010-07-24T23:33:00.003-07:00

WSSC Miami was an awesome show in terms of attendees and turnout. My classes were well attended. It is always an honor and privilege to be part of the WSSC presenter team. I myself struggled through the show, I felt like I was suffering from mild heat stroke, I even had to walk out of my first session and go lay down for almost an hour. The attendees were VERY gracious, when I came back they were really cool about my having to leave and cool down. I made it through on a wing and a prayer. I always feel so lucky to be part of the WSSC experience and my hat ALWAYS goes off to the entire MDA staff for doing such a wonderful job and year after year they show gets more polished and people seem so happy to be there. We also built and tuned the ANIMAL bike for Josh’s ride which again was a HUGE success. See you all next year!

June 2010

2010-07-24T23:33:00.001-07:00

I’m in Miami and it’s hot and muggy at 11pm. Feeling a little out of sorts. I’ve got a 4 hour pre-conference session tomorrow, so I NEED to get a good nights sleep. Spent a good 2 hours wrangling and tipping certain people to get me into certain places to get a head start for tomorrow and the upcoming days.

June 2010

2010-07-24T23:31:00.002-07:00

It’s been over a week since my last post, I’ve been busy wrapping up lose ends in preparation for the trip to Miami for The World Spinning and Sports Conference. Bikes to service, T-shirt artwork, packing up my pallet for the truck leaving LA for Miami. So much to do, time is flying. I leave tomorrow, feeling a little overwhelmed.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:31:00.000-07:00

On my way to South Pasadena, to service bikes at the San Marino YMCA. Once that is done its off to the warehouse to pick up bikes and fill in inventory gaps at the Venice retail store. The all stainless Schwinn Johnny G Spinner Special Editions are flying out of the store.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:30:00.001-07:00

The bikes for the New York Jets have been picked up and are on their way to The New York Jets Training Camp.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:27:00.001-07:00

I’m back in Los Angeles, plane just landed. I’m on my way to the office to start packing and prepping for Miami, for the World Spinning conference. We need to get Josh’s ANIMAL bike packed up with all care of the Tiara Diamond. I need to pack up hundreds of items for my sessions. Tonight we go to Toluca Lake Tennis Club and service bikes.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:25:00.001-07:00

It's 2pm and I've been at Schwinn’s corporate for 1/2 the day. We've torn into some material, I've found some nuggets and I'm taking a little break to collect my thoughts. Everyone here is super cool, I've been able to put faces with names, people I'm on the phones with on a regular basis.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:20:00.001-07:00

Now that we've figured out what’s wrong, we tear the 4 Jets NXT's apart and rebuild them, they are rebuilt, prepped, and tuned to perfection. My guys Pete and Sergio do the packing, and over packing and they pallet is ready, we make our deadline for Friday. Later that day, the director of operations for Schwinn's Indoor cycling program tells me he wants me in Vancouver Washington at corporate headquarters on Monday to consult on the IC pro. I make plans, book my flight.

May 2010

2010-07-24T23:17:00.001-07:00

We tear open 4 NXT in boxes sent to us from Mad Dogg, the owners of the Spinning brands. We've been contracted to do a prebuild and tune on these units that are going to the New York Jets training camp We start to do our prep work, our magic and find that the bikes have something SERIOUSLY wrong. I call JB, the owner at Spinning and he dispatches engineers from Star Trac to meet me at my warehouse. Later that day, I've got Star Trac engineering talent watching and working with me to diagnose the issues and the fix.