Tim Richardson

Tim Richardson’s cycling passion began early with mom’s nurturing laugh. Tim’s mechanical training started by coming home from the landfill with project bikes. The bikes were dismantled then resurrected as cycle monsters and the occasional lawn sculpture. Growing up in a rural area forced Tim to develop creative means of keeping the bikes rolling along with a mother that supported his odd desire to have all his bikes live in his room.

In 1987 Tim convinced a local bike shop owner in Dale City that hiring him was the thing to do, and bike shops have been his home ever since. Although he avoids using Tri-flow as a lube, Tim still revels in the smell as a benchmark bike shop aroma along with the scent of fresh rubber.

Tim moved to Harrisonburg in 1992 to attend JMU where he was trained to be a fence-rider via the Philosophy and Anthropology department. He is developing a website dedicated to drift-racing inside bike shops and is pushing hard to have the spec-class bike of choice be a 24″ Trek 200. Cycling favorites include touring in various countries around the world while singing Black Sabbath tunes in the highest voice possible, as well as mountain biking on awkwardly-technical terrain. Tim can often be found in his service bay talking to whatever bike is in his stand and loves packing Acai bowls.