Moo 2 Photos and Event Magazine June 2014 Issue 2 | Page 30

Blue Ribbon Cycles

F

alling Into Place

Sitting at Buds Sports Bar with Chuck, discussing our first released issued of Moo2 Magazine and the daunting task of what
to do for our second issue. Chuck speaks up, “I wanna do an
article on these guys Blue Ribbon Cycles. They are great people
and they have a really cool shop.” “Sounds good to me Chuck.”,
little did I know I was going to meet them that afternoon. As we
finished our burgers and jumped back in the Gus truck, Chuck
was set on introducing me to the owners then and there.. so we
drove a short way up Brainerd road and
pulled into the parking lot of Blue Ribbon
Cycles.
From the outside, it looks like a normal
shop, concrete building, White Aluminum roof, all pretty Standard. However
when you walk inside, this Shop is anything but normal. We were greated by a
Kary King (part owner of Blue Ribbon
Cycles) sitting behind the counter. The
atmosphere and warmth when you step
inside the door is incredible. I immediatley felt welcomed and knew this was
going to be a great interview! we introduced ourselves and told them what we
would like to do.
I could hear, who I would later be introduced to, (Pete Woodward), in the
shop, Music blasting, and tools flying.
Finishing a project. Kary took us into the
shop, introduced us, and explained what
we wanted to do. He seemed genuinely
excited to do the interview. a few weeks
later I was sitting at their counter documenting their story. With everything
Falling into place.

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“Pieced together our
Shop..and made a go of it.
Everything just kind of fell
into place.”

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