CitizenChain

1966
• Dad taught me how to fix my own bike at 8 and said never to call and asked to be "picked up" if said bike broke down.
70's
• Grew up in Santa Clara Valley and road my bike everywhere. My bike was my best friend and fixing bikes made me allot of new best friends.
• Went to college and bought Campy parts out of the back of a VW van from a cool guy. Named Mike. Mike Sinyard.
80's
• Got hit by a car the summer before I was to start Law School, Could not ride for 2 years.
• Took job contracted to Uncle Sam managing Missile Motors and Warhead Cans.
• Bought new 1983 Colnago Mexico using my Bike Accident lawsuit money. My Rosebud
• RODE. Built Bombs. RODE.
• Saw HS Classmate Jim Gentes wearing BULLET SHAPED HELMET @ Hike & Bike. "Yeah Jim, that'll sell."
• Saw LeMond in said helmet a year later win on the last day of the tour by 8 seconds.
90's
• Iraq War 1.
• Start thinking Bombs are bad.
• Moved to Hawaii to work with Handicapped and At-Risk-Youth. Rode less.
2000
• Moved back to CA.
• Semiconductor's better than bombs.
• Got married. Needed hobby. Took over basement.
• Started "flipping"
• Red Cross Working Katrina.
2007
• Respond to Craigslist Ad about "288 Old but New Bikes".
• Tell 96 year old Dad about bikes. He Said, "Son, I would buy those bikes"
• Dad dies two weeks later.
• Bought the Bikes.
• Epic 3 day Journey with 288 bikes includes, Death, Destruction, Tornado’s and we hadn’t left Illinois!
• Hobby is over.
• Use half of wife's Art Studio and open small Bike Shop in North Beach.
2008
• Use Dads famous line "It's a $100 if I do it and $200 if you watch." Collect $200
• Find. People like bikes. Shop is too small. Sound travels through walls.
• Email from B. Bayliss. "You have my Rosebud"
• Find. $ is not as important as finding the right bike for the right rider and sharing the experience.
• Find. Wife wants Peace, Quiet and Studio back or it’s just me and my bikes.
• Find. I need a young partner and more old steel bikes.
• Promise wife her studio back for New Years.
2009
• Move across the street taking a little longer than thought.
• Wife begins art piece consisting of Vintage Steel KNIVES.
• Create 'Declaration of Principles'

NOW
• Heading out on a short ride to the Golden Gate on my Pashley Guv'Nor
• Working all day on shop.
• Small group of friends form "The Chain Gang"
• Hope to still be married next week.

Love working one bikes.
Lot better than building bombs.

DA. San Francisco, CA

P.S.
Thanks Dad