
Shawn Tevendale
Lead Tire CHanger
Opened Blue Ridge Cyclery in 2010.
Favorite kind of riding: Long mountain rides in the woods
Fun facts: Lifelong fisherman; hates kangaroos

Jaruchan "Jip" Palakawongs
General Manager
Favorite kind of riding: Bike park and cross country
Fun fact: Climbed Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia.

Kristin "KK" Kesecker
Marketing & Outreach Manager
Favorite kind of riding: Fun riding. If it's fun, she's in! Mostly mountain and gravel.
Fun Fact: Loves all things magical, especially Harry Potter and Unicorns.

B.O.B. Leftwich
Mechanic - Warrenton, Richmond, & Downtown
Technical certifications: If it's bike related tecnhology, he's either been trained in it or helped develop it
Fun Facts: Regular Ironman event pit crew volunteer; owned and operated Bike Stop Warrenton for 38 years!

John Stott
Store Manager, Downtown
Favorite kind of riding: Singletrack
Technical certifications: Master Technician, DT Swiss certified wheel builder, RockShox certified suspension/brake technician
Fun Fact: Once fell down a well. (He made it out.)

Shaina Rhodes
Asst. Manager, hollymead
Favorite kind of riding: Trail
Fun Fact: Did a K9 biathlon with her dog, Gypsy

Curtis Shaver
Service Manager
Favorite kind of riding: Mountain Biking - shredding all things gnar
Fun Fact: Will be reporting back as soon as he thinks of something

Jonas Collins
Sales & Service
Favorite kind of riding: Technical & Cross Country
Fun Fact: He can tell you the head angle of any bike sold at BRC.

Nathan Masters
SALES
Favorite kind of riding: Downhill
Fun facts: Dislocated his shoulder 6 times in one year and earned the nickname "LEGO"; completed the One Chip Challenge (look it up)

Matt Dalton
Bike Fitter, Sales, Downtown
Favorite kind of riding: Bikes
Technical certifications: Trek Precision Fit Certified
Fun Fact: Is a shameless nerd

Tim Chambers
Mechanic, Downtown
Favorite kind of riding: Urban/Mountain
Technical Certifications: UBI suspension, wheel building, master technician
Fun Fact: can tell you the horse power of any car ever

Victor Hengarter
PRODUCTION TECH
Favorite kind of riding: Trails
Technical certifications: Robot builder (that counts, right?)
Fun fact: Built a robot that participated in an international tournament

Matt Taylor
Sales
Favorite type of riding: Group road rides
Fun Facts: Will eat anything pickled, is mildly addicted to audio books, and once beat Lance Armstrong in a time trial

Will Tilman
Sales
Favorite kind of riding: Enduro, park, backcountry
Fun Fact: Owns 5 pairs of Vans

Dale Walker
Mechanic, hollymead
Favorite kind of riding: Shenandoah National Park on a road bike
Technical certifications: Nope. Years of experience
Fun fact: Speaks German

Justin Matijasic A.K.A. "Kreegee"
Mechanic, Downtown
Favorite kind of riding: Cyclocross
Technical Certifications: Certified Spin Doctor
Fun Facts: Is the son of a preacher man, practices siddha yoga

Steve Wells
Mechanic, hollymead
Favorite kind of riding: The kind of trail riding that makes the inside of a car smell like a horse
Fun Facts: Hates neighborhood yard sales; used to be on an inline skating team

Mitch Slaymaker
mechanic, downtown
Technical Certifications: A lifetime of bikes
Fun Fact: Used to be a hardcore road racer in the 70s

Nate Paolella
Check-in tech & sales
Favorite kind of riding: Road
Fun Fact: LOVES Wawa

Chris Philips
store manager
Favorite kind of riding: Gravel
Fun Fact: Visited and toured all of Rome in 36 hours

Jules Reid
Sales
Favorite kind of riding: Leisure
Fun Facts: Has over 30 pairs of sunglasses; loves roller coasters

Carl Turner
MECHANIC
Favorite type of riding: Mountain
Fun fact: He was born 1500 feet from our Warrenton store

Matt Ralph
SALES
Favorite kind of riding: Backcountry MTB
Fun fact: Scared of bees... which makes the backcountry riding interesting

Bryan Oprel
Store Manager - Richmond
Favorite kind of riding: Gravel
Fun Fact: Loves kangaroo facts. Especially red kangaroos and their excellent thermoregulatory abilities.

Jeff Patrick
Mechanic
Favorite kind of riding: MTB
Fun Fact: Wrote his senior thesis on Mini Golf

Erin Shahan
Service Manager
Favorite kind of riding: Finds personal value in commuting by bike
Fun Fact: Rode by bike with their wife from Arizona to Richmond

Andrew Taylor
Sales
Favorite kind of riding: Gravel Riding
Fun Fact: Plays the banjo

Bobby Micalizzi
sales
Favorite kind of riding: Enduro
Fun Fact: Has had 9 concussions

Shaine Smith
Web Consultant
Favorite kind of riding: Rocky, techy singletrack in the desert
Fun Fact: Terrified of roller coasters

Reese
Head of puplick relations
Full name: Reese Witherspoon Plott
Favorite kind of riding: Cross Country
Fun Fact: Loves chasing bears, remote controlled cars; will do anything for crab meat
Wanna join our crew?



