In establishing affiliate relationships, I’m pretty picky about working only with smaller and reputable companies, so establishing a relationship with Van Dessel was kind of an easy match. The New Jersey based company is widely recognized for making some of the highest quality bikes and offering them for the lowest possible prices. And as Edwin is an athlete-owner, he knows exactly what it takes to make his products, and company, stand out. Across the board, his bikes are all some of the best in their respective categories. You can come check out some of his bikes at our demos throughout the fall at select MAC, USGP, and Verge New England cyclocross races.  

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Others are lightning blue and covered in ink, one is lime green with simple stripes, and really all of them would be a lovely thing to ride around town looking at bikes on.         Let me explain: I was going from place to place on this sort of... It's greasy and busy, a concentrated mass of productivity and sweat and care, filling the tiny room and alley out back with upside down bikes and men and women with sweat on their brows and a wrench in their hand, toiling away on their joy or...        I drove around all day looking for bikes. So to see this all firsthand really put the bike art show in perspective. I don't own a bike, see. I drive up, park and go in and just stand there and stare at the bike on the wall. The co-op only wants to get people riding, and more importantly, to keep them riding, affordably.

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