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The Winner Is...
From time to time, an unbiased third party will evaluate one product versus another. Here is an example where Mountain Bike Action (with whom we do not advertise) has chosen our IB-3 I-Beam Mini Fold-Up tool as the best of the lot they tested.
Park Tool Adds to Engineering and Graphic Design Teams
Park Tool Adds to Engineering and Graphic Design Teams
European Fastest Wrench. Czech it out.
The biggest trade show in central Europe is held in the Czech Republic and is called Bike BRNO. This year, some of the most entertaining action was taking place under a trio of Park Tool tents. For the second year, Pedalsport, Park Tool’s distributor to the Czech Republic has conducted a ...
Access parktool.com From Your Smart Phone
Recently, more and more of our customers are accessing our web site via smart phones and tablets. So, in order to improve their browsing experience, Park Tool is introducing a mobile version of this web site.
“The difference between our mobile site and our regular site is that the ...
Park Tool is Working With the World's Best Cycling Teams Again in 2012
In the fall, professional cycling teams put the finishing touches on their roster for the next year. This roster is not confined to the athletes. They must also decide on the support staff, sponsors and suppliers. There is a lot of negotiating going on.
Each year, we at Park Tool look to work wi...
Interbike 2011
Dealers and professionals headed to Interbike and the Outdoor Demo? Visit us at the Dirt Demo Monday and Tuesday, and then at the show, booth 19017. We are just inside the main doors, look for where there's lots of blue. Check our new product for 2012.
Ride 2 Recovery
Park Tool is a supplier to Ride 2 Recovery, a national program that helps injured veterans overcome obstacles they face. Cycling is their core activity, and they partner with the Fitness Challenge Foundation to support Spinning® Recovery labs and outdoor cycling programs at Military and Vent...
UCI World Cup in the Czech Republic
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup for cross country was recently at Nove Mesto Na Morave in the Czech Republic (southeast of Prague). Our distributor, Pedal Sport, was on site to keep all the two wheelers rolling. Congratulations to Czech rider, Jaroslav Kulhavy, winning the Elite Men XC.
The Racing...
Cities Visit Minneapolis to Learn Best Practices
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Park Tool was one of the companies who played host to nine senior transportation leaders and policy makers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbus, Ohio, who visited Minneapolis to tour the city’s vast bicycling network last week.
The Bikes Belong Foundation hosted ...
Congressman Oberstar Tours Park Tool Factory
June 4, 2011 – St. Paul, MN – Former Congressman James Oberstar paid a visit to Park Tool’s Saint Paul, MN headquarters on Friday.
“I have been giving Park Tools to my kids as Christmas gifts for years.” Oberstar said. “I have wanted to come by here for some...
Mechanics Speak
We recently went out west to follow the Tour of California. It was a great chance to talk to many of our friends who ill the ranks of professional team mechanics. Here's what it looked like.
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE- Stories from Car 2
SPECIAL REPORT BY ERIC JELLUM, KELLY BENEFITS
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE
May 21, 2011 Amgen Tour of California
Stories from Car 2
As I talked about in the last story, there are 2 team cars that drive in the caravan as support. For stage 4 of the Amgen Tour of California I ...
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE- Stories from Car 1
SPECIAL REPORT BY ERIC JELLUM, KELLY BENEFITS
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE
May 19, 2011 Amgen Tour of California
Here at the Amgen Tour of California The Kelly Benefit Strategies -Optum Health team will have 2 cars in the race caravan. Only UCI stage races of this caliber will allow this. Ea...
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE- stage 2
SPECIAL REPORT BY ERIC JELLUM, KELLY BENEFITS
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE
Stage 2 2011 Amgen Tour of California
The Race within the Race.
It's easy to see what makes a bike race a bike race. It's very simple, who ever crosses the finish line first is the winner. Well, within ...
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE- stage 1
SPECIAL REPORT BY ERIC JELLUM, KELLY BENEFITS
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE - FROM THE MECHANIC'S PERSPECTIVE
Stage 1 2011 Amgen Tour of California
Today was a day I may never forget.
The Tour of California is scheduled to start today in Lake Tahoe. It is very strange to wake up the day ...
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE- stage "none"
SPECIAL REPORT BY ERIC JELLUM, KELLY BENEFITS
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA UPDATE - FROM THE MECHANIC'S PERSPECTIVE
I arrived in South Lake Tahoe, NV almost a full 72 hours before the
start of the 2011 "Amen" Tour of California. It took me 2 days to drive from my new home in Colorado. I...
Pro Mechanic Eric Jellum reports from Asia
A dispatch from Eric Jellum, team mechanic Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health Cycling Team
One of the most enjoyable experiences of my job as the head mechanic of the Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health Cycling Team is when the team travels to new exotic international races. For the fir...
Eric Hawkins named Small Business Executive of the Year
Park Tool’s President, Eric Hawkins received a BRAINy award at the recent Bicycle Leadership Conference. Hawkins was chosen by the staff of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News as the Executive of the Year for small businesses in the cycling industry.
Bicycle Retailer publisher, Marc Sani sa...
Park Tool in Roubaix
Some good shots on velonews.com of Park Tool equipment being used in Roubaix, France after the big Paris-Roubaix race April 10, 2011.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/04/bikes-and-tech/paris-roubaix-tech-a-round-up-gallery_168645/attachment/bmc-mechanics-cleaned-up-bikes-while-a-soigneur-wa...
Follow Park Tool on Twitter
If you would like a more casual view of the day to day occurrences at Park Tool, you can follow us on Twitter. Most of the tweets will be penned by our own Calvin Jones, but don't be surprised if the Big Boss, Eric Hawkins wades in from time to time. You can find us on Twitter by searching fo...
Park Tool Company announces Tool Sharpening Service to the bicycle industry
Park Tool now offers a sharpening service for cutting and machining tools. The facers, reamers and taps are the expensive part of the cutting tool system so extra care needs to be taken to ensure smooth cuts and long life. Dull cutters can produce poor results and waste time. Cutters that ar...
Ice Bike Open House 2011
Pictured here is our European Show Display. This booth features almost our entire product product line, and travels all over Europe attending consumer and trade shows in several different countries.
This photo was taken last week at Icebike, the annual Dealer Show for Madison Cycles, was held 22...
Erik Jellum and the Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optum Health Early Season Work
I have spent the past 2 weeks in Minneapolis, building bikes, organizing parts and working on the trailer. It has been a cold couple of days with the temperature never getting warmer than 10 below zero. Any work that needs to be done outside is done with haste as I'm afraid to lose a limb to fros...
Park Tool Named QBP Vendor of the Year
February 10, 2011 – St. Paul, MN Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) announced that Park Tool Company has been chosen as their Vendor of the Year for 2010. The award presentation was made during QBP’s Frostbike open house.
Park Tool was selected from among 400...
Park Tool in Roatan
While Park Tool's own Don Schoff was vacationing on the tiny island of Roatan, he wandered into Native Sons Dive Shop and found himself face to face with one of our PRS-4W-2 repair stands. Known for his TS-2.2 work, he also likely assembled this PRS-4W-2!
Don Schoff in his diving apparel...
