Congratulations! It is always nice to combine something you enjoy with earning a living.
On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 11:28:36 AM UTC-5, Tim Gavin wrote: > > Last week, I received an email from a local bike shop regarding hiring for > new positions. I let them know that my plate was full (I work a full-time > job, as well as part-time/seasonally at another bike shop in town), but I > forwarded it to my girlfriend. > > She interviewed yesterday, and they offered her a full-time sales job! > Decent pay, benefit options, and working for some nice folks that are > 4th-generation owners. I think they were happy to hire a woman cyclist to > join their otherwise-male team. > > She loves to ride, but never paid much attention to bikes themselves > (except for style; she's very appreciative of what I've learned from the > Riv style). I'm excited that she will now become even more knowledgeable > about bikes themselves; I'm happy to help her nerd up on bikes. > > Plus, she'll have access to their demo fleet and will probably be able to > order stuff at a discount. The shop is ~80% Trek/Bontrager, so their > offerings aren't really my style, but I'm sure I'll find some stuff to buy > (they do carry Surly, and of course anything QBP). > > In the last couple years, I've built/bought her a Soma San Marcos, a > gravel/dirt bike made from a 90s Univega MTB and drop bars, and a Fisher > Mamba 29er MTB. I think a Trek or Surly fat bike may make it into her > collection for next winter. > > In addition to the new job, she just bought a house that makes both our > commutes a lot shorter. Mine is currently 9 miles, and will be 3 miles > after the move. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Cheers, > Tim Gavin > Cedar Rapids, IA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
