05.07.09
A Stable of Steeds
Another from the now ongoing Work & Tools photo documentation I’m doing.
If you didn’t already know, I’m into bikes quite a bit. I race them (and during race season, write about that) but have for a long time now, been completely enamoured with the culture and lifestyle. The above photo is the mechanics’ workspace from The Pony Shop, an excellent bike shop in Evanston, the closest suburb north of Chicago, just past city limits. Lou Kuhn is the proprietor there and a stand-up guy who loves cyclocross, which has been my primary racing focus for the past two years. The shop is laid out well: the mechanics pit takes up 1/3 of the shop, all along the right hand side spanning the entire length of the shop. It’s remarkably laid out, giving them space to work in and room to maneuver unlike some of the typical cramped quarters that mechanics work in.
More photos from this shoot (originally taken in October 2008) accompany an article by a friend and teammate of mine, Zach Thomas, that appeared in Gapers Block in January 2009.
