Rick Snyder - Owner

Email: rick@mikesbikeshop.ca

Who are you?  Rick Snyder

What is your role at MBS?  President/ CEO/ Chief Bottle Washer.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I am a workaholic, but when I’m not working my beautiful wife and I love to travel, and we love to ride our bikes. I try and commute to work most days year round.

What do you ride? 
I have a Trek Super Commuter, and a Rocky Mountain Powerplay Instinct C70 mountain bike. We love to do weekend trips to PEI for great riding at Brookvale and Bonshaw.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  My Garmin.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Laying around the pool at any Caribbean resort.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?  MBS (this may be over my head).

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
Anything from the 80’s!

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I have a set of drums in my office at work.

Geoff Gerhardt

Email: geoff@mikesbikeshop.ca  

Who are you?  Geoff Gerhardt 

What is your role at MBS?  General Manager 

What do you train/compete/participate in?  MTB, Road, Gravel, Hiking, DH and XC Skiing

What do you ride?  Currently I split my rides between a Trek Domane gravel bike and a Giant Trance X trail bike. The Domane and Trance are a great one two punch that allow me to ride on almost any terrain without holding back.  

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  Hydration. A calculated assortment of coffee/espresso, Skratch Labs Sport Hydaration Mix and Craft beer for post ride shenanigans.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?  A Gravel ride through the beautiful winding roads of the Belleisle Bay area, finished off with a dip in the bay and a beer on the beach.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?  Most of the content I follow and like has themes of adventure and respect for the natural world.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?  Personally I’m more of a podcast guy. Currently my go-to podcasts for riding are This American Life, Smartless and Reply-All

What is something that would surprise us about you?  In 2014 a friend and I road the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route from Banff to Mexico.

Mindy Liptay

Email: mindy@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  Mindy Liptay

What is your role at MBS? Sales/Office Manager.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I participate in mountain biking, fat biking, snowshoeing, downhill skiing, hiking.

What do you ride or what do you dream of riding? 
Current rides are: 2020 Trek Roscoe 7, 2020 Giant Yukon 1. Dream ride – Rocky Mountain electric mountain bike (to make those Hillsborough climbs a little easier) and a Quest carbon fatbike. 

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
SUUNTO watch and elbows pads!

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
I love to hike, bike or snowshoe around a great Albert County locale with my family, topped off with a 'No Boats on Sunday' cider around a campfire.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
Facebook, I'm a dinosaur, according to my kids.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
'Fly' by Sugar Ray (featuring Super Cat).

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I've been an equestrian my entire life and competed internationally in hunter/jumper. Still involved but now more helping my daughters and instructing/introducing other young riders to horses. 

Sarah Quintin

 Email: sarah@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  My name is Sarah Quintin. Originally from Kingston Ontario, I’ve been living in the Maritimes since I studied Fine Arts at Mt. Allison University in the late 80's. We moved to Dieppe from Sackville 5 years ago.

What is your role at MBS?  This is my fourth year as a sales representative at MBS, after being involved in the Liv Ambassador program.

What do you train/compete/participate in?  I love all the sports! Cycling, running, swimming, skate skiing. Endurance training has given me an outlet, and a sense of belonging. It's been my passion since I was 15 years old. In high school I would run to school or work when I could. I spent many hours riding to places like Gananoque and Westport, and swimming in the local lakes around Kingston. Growing up in an active community, I had many role models. Kingston has a great history of triathletes and open water swimmers like Mark Bates and Vicki Keith.  

What do you ride?  I ride a Trek Madone Speed for road/tri, A Liv Brava SLR for gravel and a Trek Farley 5 for Fat biking. My skate skis are Fischer Speedmax. My bike lust list includes a Trek Emonda, Liv Devote, and a Quest Fat bike!

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  My Garmins: watch and cycling computer and hopefully soon power meter pedals. I am a Stava junkie.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?  A great day would start with an early morning long run (or skate ski) in the woods listening to my fav playlists. Then a bike ride with my husband and friends, followed up by a swim in the ocean. Of course, lots to eat and drink to recharge.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?  @mikesbikeshop!

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?  Next to exercise I would say music gives me the most energy. I have many playlists for different types of training. For speed work I listen to heavy metal bands like Slipknot or Ozzy. For tempo some uplifting bands like The Good Lovelies or ELO. For long slow distance I listen to the Tragically Hip and Neil Young

What is something that would surprise us about you?  I have really big feet.

Clair Collins

Email: clair@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  Hi, I’m Clair 

What is your role at MBS?  Sales

What do you train/compete/participate in?  I train in my living room with our home workout gear for mom-life, and I love mountain biking

What do you ride?  I ride a 2020 Liv Intrigue 3… I love how forgiving this bike is – when I miss a line it manages to keep me upright! In a few years I’d love to have an e-mountain bike.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  I never ride without my protective gear: gloves, kneepads and helmet. We also have a portable gear bin that comes with us for every adventure: portable tire pump, shock pump, tools, an extra tube, and other goodies we might need.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?  Throwing the bikes on the 4Runner, riding the trails all day, cooking supper wherever we parked the truck and spending the night in our rooftop tent.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?  @ladiesallride has some cool content and great riding tips. I also follow @be.rad.adventures for local ladies’ mtb content.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?  Anything from the 90’s gets me fired up!

Where is your favourite place to ride?  Our go-to is White Rock, and we love heading up to Minto when we can!

Sebastien Cormier

Email: sebastien@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  I’m Sebastien Cormier. I graduated from Holland College with a fire fighting certification and I'm also a certified rescue diver. I've travelled the world for four years from Australia, New Zealand to Peru and more. 

What is your role at MBS?  I'm in the sales department helping people with their outdoors needs and sharing my passion for sports.

What do you train/compete/participate in?  I love anything outdoors especially endurance sports like trail running, cycling, hiking and cross country skiing. I'm currently studying personal trainer & nutrition and hopefully I will be able to help people achieve their personal goals. This summer I'm looking forward to do some ultra trail running and hopefully qualify for the Boston Marathon. Putting lots of miles on the bike is also on my to-do list.

What do you ride?  I can't wait to try my new Bianchi Aria instead of looking at it from my indoor trainer. hehe

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  A GPS and rear light. Safety first!

What's your favourite way to spend a day?  Nothing better than a long trail run in the forest or playing music!

What's your favourite Instagram account?  Killian Jornet: ultra sky runner who lives a simple life on a farm in the mountain of Norway with his family. He’s pretty inspiring - give him a follow.

What is something that would surprise us about you?  If you noticed that I have long nails on my right hand its not for fashion - they are my picking tools for the guitar and banjo.

David Marcoux

Email: dave@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  David

What is your role at MBS?  I help people get on the right bike at the right fit and get them outside and happy.

What do you train/compete in? I train on my road bike. I haven’t had the chance to compete yet but that’s the plan.

What do you ride? I have a Giant Defy Pro. And I dream of riding a Trek SLR Emonda.

What is your must-have cycling accessory?  Daytime running lights. 

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? Wake up early; go for a ride and just work on my bike.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? Sports Center

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? ‘Til I Collapse by Eminem

What is something that would surprise us about you? I’ve broken ten bones.

Jacob Gallant

Email: jacob.gallant@mikesbikeshop.ca 

What is your role at MBS? 
I’m part of the sales team. 

What do you participate in? 
I train at Good Life Fitness and I play hockey.  

What do you dream of riding? 
I’d love to ride a Giant Trance X2. 

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
I like going to the gym and in the summer I bike with my friends. 

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
Sportsnet. 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
At the moment my favourite song is Only Girl by Dionysus and Tevvez. 

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I am very short for a 16 year old. 

Luc Belliveau

Email: luc@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Émilie Chloé McIntyre

Email: emilie@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you? 
Émilie Chloé McIntyre

What is your role at MBS? 
I'm a Sales person at the Shop.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
Cross Country Biking

What do you ride? 
I ride the 2021 Giant anthem advanced pro 1. This bike is my race bike for the 2021 season. I will also be riding the new reign advanced pro 29 1. This bike is more of a fun bike to play around on, but I will hopefully be able to race some enduro on it.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
Saddle bag and flat kit

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Biking outside with some friends 

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
Pink bike

Bruce Collin

Email: bruce@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  Bruce Collin

What is your role at MBS?  I’m a Service Advisor.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I train to improve my endurance and fitness, to help me go farther and longer on bike. In the coming years, I plan on participating in ultra-cycling events.

What do you ride? 
I ride the Salsa Warroad. This endurance bike gives me the freedom of cycling pavement and gravel on the same ride.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
I don’t leave home without a Skratch Hydration drink, spare tubes and CO2 cartridges.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
bikepacking.com and thirdeyethoughts.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?
Iron Maiden Aces High would be one of many.

Keith Godfrey

Who are you?
My name is Keith and I like bikes.

What is your role at MBS?
I am a service advisor. People bring their malfunctioning bikes to me – and working with the skilled techs out back I return to the customers a perfectly working bicycle. Basically, I make people happy.

What do you train/compete/participate in?
Have done some 10k races, some trail running, some cross-country ski races, cycle cross racing, lots of road cycling events, ski patrol competitions, and some yoga to balance things out - but my favourite is always mountain bike events. Preferred the longer marathon style mountain bike races with multi day events being my fav. I was never fast but I could suffer….

What do you ride or what do you dream of riding?
Currently riding a nice road bike, a lightweight xc bike, a touring bike, and a BMW F800ST motorcycle - but I mostly ride my Fat bike year-round. Love riding my Fattie. Dreaming of a new down country mountain bike with 120-130mm of travel.

What is your must have training/cycling accessory?
My must have accessory is a sense of gratitude. Not everyone has the ability, resources, or access for outdoor recreation.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?
My dream day would be mountain biking - on the rare sunny day - on the amazing trails in the communities along the Sea to Sky Highway in British Columbia – pure Nirvana.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?
Mostly follow XC World Cup racers – always inspiring to see how they are training, riding, and racing in exotic locations around the world.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?
At the BC Bike Race every morning for 7 mornings in a row, the organizers would start the 600 plus tense and nervous racers with Welcome to the Jungle by Guns ‘n Roses. It took a fair bit of time to get everyone staged and started so the song was on a continuous loop on a very loud PA system – song can still give me chills to this day.

What is something that would surprise us about you?
No surprises about me – no superpowers or special/talents – what you see is what you get - I do make a pretty good Belgian waffle though!

Connor Cyr

Who are you? I’m Connor 

What is your role at MBS? I am a service advisor

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I played hockey for 12 or so years but lately just intermural sports at university 

What do you ride? or What do you dream of riding? 
I have a few bikes, but my main ride is a 2013 Trek Madone 

What is your must have training/cycling accessory? 
Definitely my Garmin Computer

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Either rockin’ out on a guitar, listening to records, or out sailing 

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
Depends on the day 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
For sure Tumblin’ Dice by the Rolling Stones or pretty much anything by Fleetwood Mac

Félix Haché

What is your role at MBS? I’m a Service Advisor

What do you participate in? 
I like to do some road biking and mountain biking on my free time. I also do Downhill skiing and volleyball.

What do you ride? 
I ride the Trek Domane 6 SLR and I am looking at getting a Giant Trance X or something of the same quality.

What is your must have cycling accessory? Glasses and hydration

What is your favorite way to spend a day? 
Going skiing in the winter and going biking in the summer with a couple friends.

What is your favorite song to listen to or to get you pumped? 
Anything from the 90s or the early 2000s.

Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of cycling? 
I am a sports fan. I love to watch Hockey, Basketball, and other sports.

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I love travelling and I’ve been to 5 different countries.

Aaron Beckman

Email: aaron@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you, what is your story?
I started working with bikes at 13 after a trip to Toronto because I was really impressed by how cool the bikes there looked. When I got back home to Chilliwack, BC I bought a folding bike and immediately ripped it apart and put it together again. Following that I immediately started getting all sorts of antique bikes, folding, and a few tricycles until I finally got into mountain bikes. My wife and I have been married for 5 years and are both from Chilliwack. We honeymooned in PEI and fell in love with the east coast, so we've come to live here.

What is your role at MBS?
I am a mechanic at MBS.

What do you train/compete/participate in?
I just like to ride. On occasion I'll use Strava to see how I'm doing, but just getting out and having a good time is all I'm looking for. Aside from biking I'm also an equally casual kayaker.

What do you ride? or What do you dream of riding?
I particularly enjoy single speed, rigid mountain bikes. Something about getting absolutely rocked by the trail and the added danger without added speed is very appealing.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?
All that I need for a good time is a helmet and a bike. A basic set of allen keys is usually all I carry along. 

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?
With my beautiful wife, thrifting and generally going around town.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?
No insta for Aaron

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?
I really like The White Stripes, and The Hardest Button to Button is the most pump-up for me.

What is something that would surprise us about you?
I moved to New Brunswick without ever having been in the province before. Loving it!

Mark Oulton

Who are you? 
I’m Mark. I am a father of two amazing kids, as well as a husband to an excellent wife. I am also a dedicated bicycle mechanic, and enthusiast!

What is your role at MBS? 
I am a service technician – ready to take care of any of your service needs.

What do you participate in? 
I participate as well as organize group rides out of E.C.W.T Bicycle Club and Slackers bike rides on Facebook. I also continuously train in bicycle maintenance to keep up-to-date.

What do you ride? 
I ride anything with two wheels and a crank! I especially love the vintage banana seat bikes, and custom creations. 

What is your must-have cycling accessory? 
Definitely a good set of lights, full fingers gloves, and a cell phone mount.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Most assuredly riding bikes with my son.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
@ride_obc and @parktoolblue

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
Same Old Story - Pennywise

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I play PokemonGo! LOL

Ken Harper

Who are you? 
Ken Harper. Originally from the Toronto area.

What is your role at MBS? 
I work as a mechanic at Mike’s Bike Shop. Every day is an opportunity to learn and improve upon my work while making people’s bikes safe and fun to ride.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I love riding on gravel or dirt trails. I don’t compete, touring and exploring is what I’m into.

What do you ride? 
I’ve had many bikes. Right now I have a SRAM Rival equipped bike packing ride as well as a Trek Roscoe 6 for riding through the woods.

What is your must have cycling accessory? 
High quality wheels and tires. They make all the difference.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Exploring quiet backroads, trails, or forestry roads on any of my bikes.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
I love black and white photography. My favourite Instagram page is that of one of my favourite photographers: fanhophotography 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
Until age 30 I spent my life playing and studying music. I have an Hon. BFA in jazz studies.

Aimee Jorgensen

Email: aimee@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  I'm Aimee.

What is your role at MBS? 
I occasionally hit the sales floor but daily oversee social media and MBS communications.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I love all the biking seasons, hiking, walking, downhill and cross-country skiing. 

What do you ride? 
My main ride is a Trek Fuel and my winter ride is a Trek Farley. I cannot wait for my new bike the Liv Intrigue XE+ 2 to arrive.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
A helmet, clear glasses, water and my riding buddy Cody. 

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
I try to get into the woods every day with my dog and whoever will come with me. It feeds my soul.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
My own. I could look at my babies all day. 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
Radiohead – Karma Police.

What is something that would surprise us about you?
I’m not a dog person but spend most of my days with two that I love-ish. 

Tristen Jonah

Email: tristen@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you? Tristen Jonah

What is your role at MBS? 
I’m the shipper/receiver and overseer of MBS online.

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
I love golf, basketball, biking and hiking.

What do you ride? 
I love the plus sized tires of my Salsa Timberjack.

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
Hydroflask bottles

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
On the golf course or hitting the trails!

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
PGA Tour and anything sports related. 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
The Show Goes On by Lupe Fiasco 

What is something that would surprise us about you?
Hockey is one of my favourite sports, but I can’t skate!

Lisa Burt

Email: lisa@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you? 
I’m Lisa! I’m a mother of 2 amazing and charismatic kids!

What is your role at MBS? 
I manage our Marketplace / Amazon orders

What do you compete/participate in? 
I used to compete in cheerleading and gymnastics. Now that I’m older, I’m training hard at being a mom (the toughest thing I’ve done yet). I also plan to take dance lessons again (jive, cha-cha, tango, line dancing, etc.).

What do you ride? 
I ride occasionally with my kids (groomed trails/road). I just love the Rocky Mountain Blizzard Carbon 30. My son bought his first Rocky Mountain (Soul 20) and is anxious to get out on the trails in Rotary Park to test it out!

What is your must have cycling accessory? 
My helmet. Never go without it.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
With my kids doing something fun and outdoorsy. I also love to dance.  When I have a few spare minutes, I like to sit with my Starbucks Mint Mocha while reading a book, the perfect way to relax.

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
I don’t have one. I’m old-school Facebook. 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
I LOVE New Kids on the Block (remix, any of their songs really), Knockin’ Boots by Luc Bryan, or a recent favourite: Shivers by Ed Sheeran. It’s so hard to choose! I love a lot of different music - old school 80’s & 90’s, too. All different genres.

What is something that would surprise us about you? 
I love “fun” socks of different designs or colours. I try to match my socks to my shirt (same as my earrings). I also am a “handy -woman”. I have all sorts of different tools/saws and would absolutely LOVE to have my own little workshop/shed someday!

Bonnie Yonash

Email: accounting@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you?  Bonnie Yonash

What is your role at MBS?  Bookkeeper extraordinaire; I also work the farthest from the bike shop

What do you train/compete/participate in?  I am a very leisure rider, but I do sometimes do some longer distance rides in the summer.  

What do you ride?  I ride a 2016 Trek Lexa road bike – I got it from a coworker when I first started, as she did not use it enough.  But I really want to get a Verve + ebike, so I can ride the trails even farther from my house and get out and explore my city (Madison, WI).

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory?  I collect t-shirts from bike shops!  So, for sure, a Mike’s Bike Shop t-shirt.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day?  I love just relaxing with my husband, Aaron, and my old man cat, Gonzo, with a book and a nice cup of tea.

What’s your favourite Instagram account?  @herman_sheep always posts things that make me smile.

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped?  I am big into 90s and 2000s British Pop/Rock so anything from Take That, Robbie Williams, or Keane is currently on my play list.

What is something that would surprise us about you?  I got bit by the travel bug very young, so I have been to 11 countries thus far.

Kyle Hebb

Email: kyle@mikesbikeshop.ca 

Who are you? Kyle Hebb, works remotely based from Parrsboro [Nova Scotia]

What is your role at MBS? 
IT / Website Services Manager; Keeper of the Passwords

What do you train/compete/participate in? 
Cycling (primarily road riding) and more recently, hiking (preferably exploring local beaches with my wife). My 'competitive' racing days are behind me but will never tire of the feel of the ride.  

What do you ride? 
Trek Madone is my go-to speed machine; my bike stable is Trek dominant - Farley Fatbike, our Trek T900 Tandem is a favorite. Still have (and love) my original training bike - a Trek 1200 (aluminum frame). 

What is your must-have training/cycling accessory? 
Bontrager Flare-R...with so many distracted drivers, it is so important to be seen! Also, love my GoPro and bag full of accessories.

What’s your favourite way to spend a day? 
Family and fun is what matters most...bike rides, beach walks with my wife (and grown children when they are home), taking some great photographs; prepping a great dinner together with of course, wine (chardonnay is the best). 

What’s your favourite Instagram account? 
Family accounts are my favorite...the beauty of the world as captured by my 'favourite' creative minds. Of course, cycling sites and local photographers - love the the landscapes of the Bay of Fundy. 

What is your favourite song to listen to – to get you pumped? 
Anything Tom Cochrane, but 'Life is a Highway' is tops!