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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...
Park Tool Recognized with Two 2011 ADDY® Awards
Park Tool, the bicycling industry’s most revered tool brand, earned "Judge’s Choice" and "Gold" at the ADDY® Advertising Awards competition held Saturday
Wind Tunnel Time for the Kelly Benefit Strategies – OptumHealth Pro Cycling
Submitted by ERIC JELLUM – HEAD MECHANIC, KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES-OPTUMHEALTH PRO CYCLING
It’s that time of year when Pro teams are sending the TT specialist to the wind tunnel to tweak their positions. Nowadays though, not only do the fast time trialist visit the wind tun...
Park Tool Named Official Tool Supplier of Garmin-Cervelo Professional Racing Team
Slipstream Sports announced today that they have chosen Park Tool Co. of Saint Paul, Minnesota to be the Official Tool Supplier of the Garmin-Cervélo Professional Racing Team.
"Our Head Mechanic has expressed a strong preference for Park Tool products and we felt it was important...
Park Tool Tech Summit in Chicago
The latest to join our Park Tool tattoo gallery is Esteban Luis Avila from Kozy's Cyclery in Chicago. As you can see Esteban is a fan of the famous Park Tool AWS-1 three-way hex. He has customized his wrench with his lucky number 13 on the base. Wear it in good health Esteban.
EUROPACUP
The EUROPACUP is a competition between some of the best mechanics who study bike mechanics schools in Germany, Swiss, Austria and the Czech Republic.
Park Tool Product in Ghana
Hello Park Tool,
Just thought that I would check in and inform you of how your donation has been helping school children in Northern Ghana. For the past two months I have been staying in the rural villages and fixing bicycles that are daily ridden up to 10 miles one way to school.
So far I ha...
The Life of a Pro Mechanic When His Team Is Not Racing
Submitted by ERIC JELLUM – HEAD MECHANIC, KELLY BENEFITS RACING TEAM
It’s hard to imagine that the bike racing season will ever end, especially when you roll up to a hotel in the team rig after driving for the past 3 days straight, at which this evening could easily be the 200th ni...
Santa Story
In the frozen plains of Saint Paul, Minnesota, each December heralds the annual emergence of the famous Park Tool Santa. This venerable, bearded elf first appeared during the bike boom of the early 70's, greeting customers at Park Schwinn. Over the years, he has demonstrated various bikes and exe...
USA Cycling Race Mechanic Clinic
Every year USA Cycling, the National governing body for bike racing in the USA, hosts the Bill Woodul Race Mechanic Clinic. The first clinic, held in 1988, was created by USA Cycling Head Equipment Manager, the late Bill Woodul. The clinic offers a unique venue for the education of the race mecha...
PARK TOOL PRODUCTS IN HAITI
After the earthquake in Haiti, January 2010, it has become a challenge for people just to get around. Bicycles have become more important as a means of transportation. There are many bicycles in Haiti that are in need of repair. So when Mica Stumpf of the Doroteia Pathways Foundation asked for ou...
Park Tool Receives “Bicycle Friendly Business” Designation
ST. PAUL, MN – The League of American Bicyclists has named Park Tool as a Bicycle Friendly Business. The League’s Allison Dewey told Park Tool, “Your business is doing amazing things for its employees and the greater bicycling community! We are very impressed to say the le...
MarathonMan - Europe 2010 in the Czech Republic
More racing in the Czech Republic and that means more work for PedalSport. The event is a series of races for the general sporting public, and licensed and amateur racers, as well as handicapped sportsmen's class. Also held was UCI CN - Czech Championship in 2010 in XCM, the MarathonMan - E...
Inside Minnesota's Booming Bike Economy
When your state lays claim to having the No. 1 biking city in the nation, it’s good for more than just cyclists; it’s good for the whole economy—here’s how.
Surely you've noticed them. The urban hipsters on their retro steel frames. Commuters lugging backpacks and panni...
Park Tool adds to Engineering Team
Jon Rosemeier is the newest member of our Design and Engineering Team. He comes to Park Tool from an industrial machinery company in Southern Minnesota. Jon earned his mechanical engineering degree from North Dakota State University where he raced for the NDSU Cycling Club.
“Jon is a gi...
Miller School adds Cycling Program
We received this picture from Peter Hufnagel of the Miller School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Peter has started a high school cycling program which includes extensive instruction in bicycle mechanics.
A well equipped bench
They renovated an historic building on campus and created ...
How About Those Minnesotans?
Park Tool's home state of Minnesota introduces the nation's largest bike sharing program.
Nice Ride Minnesota's Phase 1 Plan calls for 1,000 bikes in 75 kiosks in downtown Minneapolis, on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus, and in surrounding commercial areas, including Uptown, Lyn...
