Sunday, May 17, 2009

Another happy customer.....






This is from a few weeks ago. A customer dropped off his Nishiki road bike that he had bought but wanted to make sure that everything was in working order. So he asked me to give it a full tune up and cut down the handlebars into Bullhorn bars and retape them. The bike was in great shape but nonetheless, I checked all of the vital areas, put all new brake cables and housings on (as his were old and worn), cut down his bars and retaped them with nice new bar tape.
I was very pleased but more importantly he was VERY happy about how it turned out. Within 2 hours, he had his new bike back and was riding off. The pictures above are the before and after photos (the after is with the red bar tape on the bullhorns). Enjoy and I hope this makes you think about what can be done on yours!

Thanks and keep riding!!

Friday, May 15, 2009

BJ BIKES IS OFFICIALLY OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!

So here it is. BJ (by Jeff) Bikes is now up and running. After trying to get a job in one of the millions of bike shops in NYC, I finally decided to just do this on my own. There are way too many shops that charge you WAY to much and don't even really tell you what's going on with your bike. So my goal is to offer excellent service and actually tell you exactly what I'm doing so that you know your bike and don't feel stranded when something happens. My offer is this; you can come to my place and I'll fix it while you wait, you can drop it off with me or I can come to you and fix it.

I worked at a bike shop in Berlin, Germany for 3 years where I worked with a master mechanic and learned the ins and outs of maintainence. My speciallty is road bikes but for the most part bikes are bikes. I have also built many bikes as well and will have pictures of those on here as well.

Being an avid cyclist myself, I ride a fixed gear as my daily ride. I do own 2 fixed gears, a beach cruiser and a road bike. I'm proud of my work and think you'll be VERY pleased as well.

Keep checking back with me to see what projects have been done and what is in the works.

Thanks and keep on biking!!!!