Wilmette

Brandon Olson

I have been working in bike shops for 13 years. I started racing BMX bikes at age seven and switched over to cross-country mountain biking in high school. Today, I race downhill and on cross-country mountain bikes and have turned my passion for cycling into a career I love. When I am not riding or getting others to ride, I enjoy downhill skiing, waterskiing, and motocross.

Fredo

I have been fixing bikes for 19 years. Currently, I’m riding a Seven Tsunami and Colnago CLS, both of which are available at Higher Gear. My favorite type of riding is cyclocross, and the most common repair I do is the tune-up. I can do the most basic repair to the most complex — just don’t bring me any electric scooters! Like Todd and Brendan, the owners, I am from Omaha, Nebraska.

Joy Sherrick

From my first experience as a spectator at a crit in 1983′s Coors Classic (where both a young Chris Carmichael and Bob Roll were racing), I was hooked on the atmosphere and thrill of road racing. It just took a few years and some cycling friends to pull me back into it. Now I’m an avid spectator and cycling/multisport enthusiast.

After testing the waters of the corporate world, I became a personal trainer in 2003. With a group of elite fitness coaches at a high-end health club, I helped a range of clients from busy business travelers to athletes, from prenatal and postnatal moms to those recovering from surgery. Understanding biomechanics gives me insight to how someone should fit on a bike, as well as what one can be doing off the bike to become a more efficient cyclist.