Legends of the Fall

After three and half years we bid farewell to Ian who makes the fourth member of our team to fall foul of Cape Cycle Systems head hunting policy - I bet no one else can boast that feat. I'm kinda flattered by that in a way but at the same time I consider the personal investment (& otherwise) that I've made in many ways and I wonder in my quieter moments if it was all worth it. I don't like it when staff leave - I consider them far more than that. I guess I take these things too personally but then again I can't see myself being any other way. It's good to know that our skills are recognised elsewhere in the industry.

I once heard that the way you leave is the way you'll enter. Stickability seems to be a dying trait nowadays and I congratulate Ian on demonstrating that at least. I hope CSS get's the same kind of loyalty from him - RockShox could sure do with the help...

Without a beat Mike has stepped up to the plate - a great show of enthusiasm, willingness and intuition from our young mechanic whose training at Westlake College is proving that he's a thinking man with a maturing head on his young shoulders. (I hope CSS aren't reading my blog!)

BikeHut is a living organism - change is inevitable and there are great things on the horizon. I'm boyed by the move forward and I'm proud to say that BikeHut is becoming all that I planned it to be. Well, I have been working on it since 2003!