Joe Traill

I'm Joe, yes there is a Joe, and on the following pages I'll introduce you to some of our most important staff. But first a little about myself.

It all started for me when I first started working in a bike shop. Almost from my first day I was thinking about how I'd do it differently. It could be a real pain to work with me. The most important difference I came up with, and something I still firmly believe, was that if you take care of your customers, they'll take care of you. So far this has worked well for us. I worked there for about 4 years, starting as a mechanic, working my way up to manager, and then back down to salesperson (creative differences).

My next job was for 2 years as a mechanic. No working up or down, no creative differences. I started working in bike shops as a way to support my bike racing habit. I had started racing while working as a bike messenger. My bike racing career was never that accomplished, I should have stuck to messengering. I did manage to become a fairly competitive sport class racer, and won the Druid hill training race a couple times (albeit the B race). However, I knew all too well I'd never be fast enough to hang with the expert/pro. I'm afraid I haven't raced since taking over The Mt. Washington Bike Shop, but I still hold out hope of giving it another try. I think that pretty much brings us up to date.

I'm married to Katie and have two sons, Patrick and Max. None of this would be possible without their support. I'm a Gemini and I ride a Trek OCLV, a Lemond Titanium, a Colnago Dream Plus, a Trek STP400, a Klein Mantra pro, a Trek 9.8, a Lemond Poprad, a Giordana track bike, a Bianchi B.O.S.S. single speed, and an S&M bmx bike. Katie has a Merckx teamSC, a Klein attitude, and a Ritchey swisscross. Patrick has a Trek Fuel and an S&M SD-4. Max has a Trek Mt. Cub, but he's ready to upgrade. I think that covers our basement. Thanks and read on!

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