It’s a New Day – We have a bike store!

Dude, it’s a great day in Manassas.  There is a bike store over on Liberia Avenue that is IN THE CITY.  It’s run by a dude named Danny who seems to be pretty good at what he does and is easy to work with.

He’s still getting started so he’s busy building bikes and hanging rims but he is open for business.  He’s currently selling Haro and KHS bikes and has a pretty complete inventory.  I’ve talked to him at some length and he’s trying to get access to other manufacturers but he’s got a lot of balls in the air.

In the wake of my hybrid bike getting ripped off I was starting to look for a new one.  I was eyeing a Trek but when I was tipped off (thanks moonie!) that there was a bike store in Manassas I resolved to find it (he’s in the same center as Noodles) and buy my bike there.  It was difficult for me as I had my heart set on a Specialized but Danny made it pretty easy to buy a Haro.  He had a 17″ and a 19″ model of the bike I liked but neither frame fit right: the 17 was too short and the 19 too tall.  Danny dragged a different model 18″ out of the back and put it together for me.

I liked that bike, cool paint job and it had the features I wanted but it needed a fair amount of modification.  See, buying a bike when you don’t know anything about it is a lot easier than after you have some experience.  I wanted the handlebars higher and wider, different tires (it had knobbies) and a couple of other changes.  Danny put some different handlebars on, cut them down and put different grips on.  He made it happen in pretty short order….

Overall, I’m a happy customer and hope that Bullrun Bicycles makes it.