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Folks,

 

As a reference for the Chicago city guide I'm working on, and for future articles, which bike shops in the city of Chicago are owned or co-owned by women? If it's a husband-and-wife team, the wife should have an active role in running the shop.

 

Here's what I came up with:

Uptown Bikes

Blue City Cycles

Rapid Transit Cycle Shop

Roscoe Village Bikes

 

Am I missing any? For example, is there actually a Carmen at Carmen's?

 

I'd also be interested to hear about any woman-owned shops in the 'burbs. I believe the Zion Schwinn Cyclery is run by a husband-and-wife team.

 

Thanks!

 

John Greenfield

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On the Route/Trek Store?

 

OTR/Trek Store: JoAnne McSweeney

 

Also-- missed the suburbs comment (added later?)--


Lombard Cycle and Ski: Lorna Pecora.

 

H3N3 said:

On the Route/Trek Store?

 

Gary's Cycle Shop (Edgewater) - Gary's wife works on the bikes.
Zion Cyclery is run by Don and Mary Daisy. Mary has a very active roll in the shops operations. When I worked there, 8 years ago, she was there EVERY day.

 

Interesting article/bio, thanks for sharing.  Did Jan start these shops or invest in them?  It says in one of the questions  'Then, when I finished grad school, I bought two bikes shops in Elgin, Illinois with three other people.'


clp said:

Surprisingly many NW suburban bike shops were started by a woman.  Jan Guenther, a well-known local triathlete, opened Crystal Lake Bike and Ski with Jim Heil in 1983, and went on to operate several other bike stores in the NW suburbs. 

 

Jan eventually became more interested in XC skiing, moved to Minnesota, and opened GearWest, which she operates today.  But I remember her when she lived in the Brewster Building at Diversey and Pine Grove, and ran the LFP every morning before school.

I think Cycles N Sports in Worth is now owned by the original owner's daughter.
Ciclo Urbano is run by a woman, manager Mia Moore. Ciclo is a project of West Town Bikes, which is a 501c3 not for profit that is overseen by a Board of Directors, so it really doesn't have an owner. Half of the Board of Directors are women though, and all of WTB senior management are women!
Ah, good point Alex. Thanks!

Yeah, Joanne at On the Route, has been for like 20 years....

Yup!

h' 1.0 said:

OTR/Trek Store: JoAnne McSweeney

 

Also-- missed the suburbs comment (added later?)--


Lombard Cycle and Ski: Lorna Pecora.

 

H3N3 said:

On the Route/Trek Store?

 

Thanks, that was off my radar.

Joanne McSweeney said:

Yup!

Mox Multisport at Randolph and Halsted is owned by a very lively woman named Amy.

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