The Bike Stand's Hours of Operation and a little History
by Steven Willis
The Bike Stand was started in November of 1982. With 10,000.00 in my pocket and nothing else
but the love of cycling I set out to open up a bike shop. I picked the quite little town of Scotch Plains because they had
no paid parking and the shop that was in town looked like it was going under at the time. I was right it closed it's doors
a few days after I opened mine. I never had much head for business, I still don't. But I am a pretty good mechanic and I
love bikes.
I would love to say how a great success I have made of The Bike Stand, but I can't.
I have a great time and I am glad of all the people I have met and the friends I have made in all those years.
So, I come to work every day and fix the bikes and try and figure out how to make ends meet. But there is not many other
things that could get me out of bed for that many years. I have had some high points like two bicycle frames I built
were ridden in NJ and got first place in both men and women that were ranked number one for the year. And, a low of finding
out the owner's son, of the building I first open my shop in, was taking bikes out of the basement with a key I did not
know he had.
When I get some free time I will try and add to this page.
Now that you know who we are come on down for a visit and lets see if we can help you in any way and yes that
is Steven Willis of The Bike Stand. The art work for this picture was done by Dave Neuhaus
of
Neustudio.
Go back to our home page any time.