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Seller of the Week: Michael Blackshaw
This week’s seller of the week is Michael Blackshaw (AKA ace_metric). Michael is a former bike shop owner in Orlando, Florida who has listed some super cool stuff with us, including this polished silver build kit!
How did you get into bikes?
Born in ‘81 and it probably started with Big Wheels--aka fixed gear trikes! ;) I’d hit the hills and skid holes through the plastic front wheel!
What is your favorite bike ride?
BMX was the theme of childhood, growing up on Long Island, where the older teenagers dug pretty amazing dirt jumps in the woods between my house and elementary school as well as a couple other wooded areas around town. As long as I was home by dark, it was full on open shredding and exploration.
What bike do you ride the most?
I just finished a Soma Valhallen 27+ hard tail so that’s getting the most love at the moment, although my Bombtrack Hook ETC is getting jealous.
Campy or Shimano?
C A M P Y !
Any big plans for the next year?
Possibly before the end of the year I’ll be renting my house in Florida to travel nurses and looking for an industry job that’s fully remote or on the West coast.
Seller of the Week: Kurt Boone
This week’s seller of the week is Kurt Boone (AKA 85messlife). I first met Kurt at the Philly Bike Expo–he was my neighbor! We got to know each other over the weekend and I learned about his love for the New York bike messenger scene. Kurt has listed several of his books for sale on BikeList, along with the Giordana cycling caps he designed. But my favorite item is the custom Ortlieb messenger bag collaboration he did with illustrator Roloworld @roloworldnyc. Ortlieb bags were my go-to as a commuter in Seattle and this one is one-of-a-kind!
How did you get into bikes?
I started riding bicycles when I was 5 years old when my father put me on training wheels. I felt in love with bicycles from that point on. Riding bicycles almost every day all through high school. Having all kind of bikes from 5 speed to 10 speeds. I was a paperboy on bicycle too for a short time. I was also a fan of tour deFrance. Watching the race on American TV Wide World of Sports in 1970’s. After graduating from high school in Queens New York I stop riding bicycles. I didn’t get back into cycling until in my late forties and I started hanging out with co-workers who were bicycle messengers. My job in the courier industry was as a foot messenger. But instead of hopping back on a bicycle I became a documentarian of urban cycling culture. Writing books, working for Urban Velo magazine and designing t-shirts and cycling caps. I trademark my brand Messenger 841. In which I still sell merchandise. My next book will be drawn on my collection of urban cycling memorabilia. Tentatively titled “Urban Bike Culture” by Kurt Boone. You are hearing it first on Bike List.
What bike do you ride the most?
I don’t ride much these days and don’t even own a bicycle at the moment
What is your favorite bike ride?
As in question two I am not riding bicycles at the moment. But I do have sales rep job with Ortlieb selling messenger bags to bicycle messenger themselves and to messenger companies
Campy or Shimano?
I can’t answer that one. I am not a bicycle parts guy. But Shimano NYC did sponsor one of my bicycle messenger events in the past.
Any big plans for the next year?
I am currently working on cycling cap design collaboration with Ortlieb that will be released so time next year.
Seller of the Week: Kristina Ehlers
Welcome back to another edition of Seller of the Week: the blog series where we ask our favorite sellers five easy questions!
Kristina Ehlers (AKA kzombified on BikeList) is a bike mechanic living in Des Moines, Iowa. We love her cool custom bicycle component clocks (I already bought one for my office). And this Liv Beliv low step road bike is super cool, too!
How did you get into bikes? I started commuting to work by bike about a decade ago to save money. It slowly turned into working on my own bikes, friends' bikes, getting a job at a bike shop, and eventually getting a full time gig there. My interest only grew from there, getting into mountain biking, cyclocross, and finding out what fixed gears are all about. I even tried out a 100k gravel race, and survived. I now ride more days than not, for business and pleasure around town. Each biking style has their own perks and qualities, I love a bit of all of it.
Seller of the Week: Kirk Pacenti
Welcome to another edition of Seller of the Week! The blog series where we ask our favorite sellers five easy questions!
Kirk Pacenti was another early supporter of BikeList, listing both his fine art prints and Rivendell lug sets. Recently he listed the first production 650B mountain bike, which he designed and then displayed at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show back in 2007. We are truly grateful to have the founding father of the 27.5 mtb involved with BikeList!
Seller of the Week: Nate Zukas
Introducing Seller of the Week! The new blog series where we ask our favorite sellers five easy questions!
Nate Zukas was an early adopter of BikeList! In fact he had our first major sale, with this awesome custom Zukas Cycles gravel frameset. So we thought it made sense to ask Nate to be our first Seller of the Week! And if you don't know his work, Nate builds titanium, steel and aluminum frames (and paints them too) in Augusta, Georgia. Check out ZukasCycles.com for more info!