Joe Young Wheels

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Production Manager/Framebuilder Sales/Wheelbuilder (2 years) Ritchey Design, Redwood City, CA
Three years ago I began working with Tom Ritchey and Team Ritchey in San Francisco. As Production Manager, I built and tested prototype wheels, and was responsible for tracking the frames through production, quality control, paint to shipping. I coordinated the work efforts of outside framebuilders and oversaw outside wheel production.
As head of Framebuilder Sales, I sold Ritchey components to framebuilders in the U.S. and Canada.
As Wheelbuilder, I built the first OCR (off-center) rim ridden and tested by Thomas Frischknecht in the 1996 World Cup.
I built all the wheels for Team Ritchey, for other teams Ritchey supported, and for Silver Medalist Frischknecht and fellow Olympian Andres Brenes.
Custom Bike Manufacturing/Mechanic/Sales (2 years) Banke Racing, Dallas, TX
In concert with George Banke, I fit custom bikes and component groups for road racers, tri-athletes and high end road bike enthusiasts.
My company, "Joe Young Performance Tuning," worked with top OEM suppliers and distributors to package specialized component sets for custom bikes. I also built high-performance wheels for highly demanding riders and have been chief mechanic for national teams.
Manager/Owner of Bicycle Shop (16 years) Ft. Worth, Texas
Owned and managed 3 bicycle shops in Ft. Worth, Texas.
In addition to being owner, I managed Velosports Bicycle Shop, University Cycle, and Wandering Hill shops in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area since l966. These shops focused on sales of high end bicycles, components and service.
Sales and Distribution (7 years) Curry Distribution and Bicycle Imports and Professional Bicycle Imports, Houston, TX
This experience included all areas of distribution and sales, including inside and outside sales to dealers, outside telephone sales, sales management, warehouse management, buyer, both foreign and domestic, import procedures.