Bicycle authority aka big Dans bikes

Bicycle authority aka big Dans bikes I do it all. You won't get some high school kid working on your bike.I have attended the Barrnett Bicycle Institute. I work on your bike no one else.

So you need a shop with a mechanic you can trust with your baby? I"m the guy. No stoned high school kid working on your bike here.I have attended the Barnett Bicycle Institute and learned my wheel building skills from DT Swiss. I have built touring bikes the have been used all over the world,downhill bikes that have won world championships,bmx bikes that have won world and national titles and bik

es that have won crank works.My personal cycling skills and achievements include winning the Kamikaze downhill,Nevada state bmx champion,district #1 bmx champion. I have raced xc mountain,downhill,road,dual slalom,bmx and even indoor roller racing and started carson city's bike polo league(sadly that died). Warning this not the standard bike shop(sbs). Like all SBS’s they are salesman. They got to sales seminars…I don’t. The SBS world is now flooded with concepts on branding, store design…all concepts to make you buy more(to manipulate you). The second you walk into my shop you’ll understand it’s a SHOP not a specialty BOUTIQUE.

Sad news a shop friend passed away…Kevin Shumaker. From what little I knew of him he was a fellow bmxer. Kevin always ha...
05/28/2026

Sad news a shop friend passed away…Kevin Shumaker. From what little I knew of him he was a fellow bmxer. Kevin always had interesting comments here on the shop page. Once I posted about 2 books about wheel building. I said how one was interesting and the other one sold by wheelsmith was boring. Well Kevin had to tell me he read the boring book and it taught him how to build wheels. To this day he’s the only person I knew other than my self to ever read a wheel building book. Funny thing I remember most of the vintage stuff he would post photos of used tuff wheels. Odd thing I love tuff wheels but hate to use them. I think they are one of the most iconic symbols in Bmx. Kevin could leave a good comment about this….

Today in passing while getting breakfast at McDonald’s I saw “bleed my brakes for a burrito” guy. Now this guy was the ...
05/20/2026

Today in passing while getting breakfast at McDonald’s I saw “bleed my brakes for a burrito” guy. Now this guy was the definition of the “cycling weasel” all ways wanting something below market value…that means just wanting to screw me over. My interaction with him was use a tool,use the pump,want free technical advice and the always popular one “could you look at this”….thats code for fix something for free. Now none of this would be a problem if the weasel actually bought something,he never did. Now if this was someone with a real personality things would have been different. Maybe a person with a real racing background or someone else with a real love of cycling, just some good conversation about anything cycling. Come in the shop offer up a Red Bull or a coffee….but nothing from the weasel. Most of the time they don’t have a spouse…male or female…because the spouse would do all the work. The “cycling weasel” is smart it’s money is plentiful and well protected. If you do get them to open their wallet the president’s actually start rubbing their eyes because they haven’t seen daylight in so long but when I saw “the weasel” he walked in didn’t order anything and went over with a large bottle and started to load up on free soda…warning “the weasel “ never changes.

Ok I did it again I made a low ball offer on this “vintage road bike”. Now I don’t know what a persons life is like hell...
05/14/2026

Ok I did it again I made a low ball offer on this “vintage road bike”. Now I don’t know what a persons life is like hell the guy could be a gambling addict and he needs money to pay off his bookie…but the guy responded about how he has had a 500 offer so should I offer $501? Plus he told me he’s not in a rush to sell it. Whatever I don’t care just say no thank you or give me a counter offer. So I did go off a little and in a nice way I said….”thats a DELLA SANTA MADE BY ROLAND DELLA SANTA one of the best frame builders on the west coast he built bikes for Greg Lemond the only AMERICAN to win the tour…his frames won WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS with Lemond that bike should be hanging in a shop where people can enjoy a true piece of local history….you say nothing I the add about it being a DELL SANTA.” This guys an idiot it says DELLA SANTA on it. People sell bikes at deal prices all the time…my DELLA SANTA is beautiful with a spare set of wheels was $500…my LITE SPEED was also an amazing beautiful bike I paid $150 for it. The people I got them from probably didn’t need the money they just didn’t want them anymore. So used bikes don’t sell well right now unless they’re cheap. Tuff economy right now…good luck on the sale George but it’s a DELLA SANTA LEAD WITH THAT….

Strava…is a simple app I can easily say F**K YOU too. Strava says you have 9 seconds to get the code so you can have the...
05/12/2026

Strava…is a simple app I can easily say F**K YOU too. Strava says you have 9 seconds to get the code so you can have the app…F**K YOU Strava I tried 6 times…smart move…app deleted.

So Tinker is looking for a shoe sponsor and he is a little picky he wants Gearne carbon or SIDI…he says his hook up a Ge...
05/06/2026

So Tinker is looking for a shoe sponsor and he is a little picky he wants Gearne carbon or SIDI…he says his hook up a Gearne never got back to him…oops. Come on probably the longest pro cycling career of any living human at 65 years old still racing and a 1994 mountain bike sliver medal world champion. He was the only American man to place that year alongside 3 American women. Seriously the guy is on Facebook asking for help. Funny thing is most companies hand out bro deals and back door discounts like Halloween candy…..give this legend some shoes and maybe some travel cash. S**t Tony Hawk is selling vitamins on NewsMax…Tinker at 65 should be doing commercials on NewsMax or Rumble or something just give the guy some shoes. At wholesale the most expensive SIDI’s are about $380…

Oh here it comes…32 inch wheels. Ok I’ll say it…this is fu***ng stupid. Ok 26” worked…then a new scam 27.5/650b….dumb b...
04/21/2026

Oh here it comes…32 inch wheels. Ok I’ll say it…this is fu***ng stupid. Ok 26” worked…then a new scam 27.5/650b….dumb but fools bought them…oh wait a new industry standard 29” now at least this was just fat 700c so if you had to add something this was ok I guess but 32”….this is just stupid. Time to start a protest…bring back 26”.

Most people should read any book on sales and negotiation…seriously. Dude wants way too much for a 26” wheel bike with f...
04/17/2026

Most people should read any book on sales and negotiation…seriously. Dude wants way too much for a 26” wheel bike with fair to good components. Problem its freaking 26” dude….its a looser. Tires are going away rims hardly anyone makes replacements and forks they don’t make them in 26 inch anymore…so $1400 way to much so I made you an offer then you get all butt hurt…just say no thanks or give me a counter offer…but no you need to tell me this is not the bike you dump…yes you do cause it’s a looser. People don’t want 26inch wheels anymore…

Sad times…the people’s champ Denzel Stein passed away. I did enjoy watching him race. I remember watching one year at th...
04/03/2026

Sad times…the people’s champ Denzel Stein passed away. I did enjoy watching him race. I remember watching one year at the grands in the pro section he snapped a set of Answer forks off. Nasty crash. He was a smooth rider. RIP

Working on restoring old Phil Wood hubs before and about half way done with one flange…
03/28/2026

Working on restoring old Phil Wood hubs before and about half way done with one flange…

So today we say good bye to Chuck Norris…please post you favorite Chuck Norris joke…”Chuck Norris can ride a wheelie on ...
03/20/2026

So today we say good bye to Chuck Norris…please post you favorite Chuck Norris joke…”Chuck Norris can ride a wheelie on a unicycle” “when Chuck Norris goes into a room he doesn’t turn on the lights he turns off the dark”

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