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?
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.
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!
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