History

Sitting here in my new store, I can see the Stop and Shop supermarket from my window. Way back in 1978,I had my first job there stocking shelves at age 16.

I got fired for leaving a shopping cart full of frozen dinners out to spoil overnight. Later that day, I got a job building bikes in the basement of Buzzs Cycle in Old

Greenwich. I was offered the job only because I was racing BMX and knew all about this new thing that was "the next big thing" I quickly learned how to fix  all

bikes, and my boss Tony pulled me from the basement. I learned from the master all about racing bikes, components, and most importantly the way to keep customers

coming back. I worked after school, and weekends for almost 4 years. School was not my strong point to say the least. My parents sent me off to college, where  I just dreamed of

having my own bikes shop.In 1983 At age 20, I dropped out of college, and opened my own bike shop in Westport CT. Years later i opened a 2nd location here in Greenwich in 1993.

Everyone told me that a second location was going to be a pain, I did not listen. I should have! I got an offer to sell the Westport shop, and I took it. It was a difficult decision, but the right

one.

      My customers have kept me going 28 years.. not in the way of money , but in the way that all of you are  friends. I only state this because it is true. I am blessed to have this life 

I have dreamed of at 16,stocking shelves at the supermarket just 10 yards away.

     So, that is my history, and t

hank you all for being the biggest part of it..

 

                                                  Ken Alder