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Waltham Auto and Tire Service
Distance: 4.7 Mi924 Main St
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Seacoast Motors Of Salisbury
Distance: 39.0 Mi158 Elm Street
1952 Salisbury
Joe Young Custom Wheels
- 210 Herrick Rd
- Newton Center, Massachusetts
- 02459-2248
- Phone: 830.997.6376
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Description
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.