Banjo Blog

  • FIVE THINGS WITH ELDEN NELSON  A.K.A. FAT CYCLIST

    FIVE THINGS WITH ELDEN NELSON A.K.A. FAT CYCLIST

    Nelson is a gifted writer and storyteller. He's funny, self-deprecating and captured in a fun way the obsessive nature of the typical bike nerd. It didn't matter if he was writing about his "grazing instinct"publishing fake news,  bike porn, funny ride stories, open letters, or recaps of the Leadville 100, his blog became a must-read for cyclists of all stripes.
  • FIVE THINGS ROBERTA AND KEN AVIDOR

    FIVE THINGS WITH THE MOST ARTISTIC COUPLE IN CYCLING KEN AND ROBERTA AVIDOR

    FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person or persons. This week’s FIVE THINGS is with the car-free, professional artist, urban-sketching  duo Ken and Roberta Avidor.
  • Luke Breen Perennial Cycle Five Things

    FIVE THINGS WITH LUKE BREEN OWNER PERENNIAL CYCLE MPLS

    FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week’s FIVE THINGS is with Perennial Cycle owner Luke Breen.

    Luke and the Banjo Brothers' relationship goes back all the way to Banjo Brothers' inception in 2003. Breen attracted attention to his store in 2016 when he dumped the name of his shop (Calhoun Cycle) over the controversial history of John C. Calhoun, described as one of the most aggressive segregationists and proponents of slavery in U.S. History. It was a risky move considering the brand equity Breen built over the past 20 years. 

  • Dann Zinke Recovery Bike Shop

    FIVE THINGS WITH DANN ZINKE MANAGER RECOVERY BIKE SHOP NE MPLS

    By some standards, Dann's newbie to the "bike shop life" getting his first bike shop gig in 2010. A missionary's kid, he grew up around Tokyo and speaks Japanese. A man of adventure, he took a break from the bikes for a few years to attend Bible and for an internship  at a church in England. He's living  the good life these days wrenching bikes, wearing lots of wool and trying not o.d. on Grant Peterson. We think you'll enjoy this week's FIVE THINGS.
  • FIVE THINGS WITH JUDI LOPRESTI CO-OWNER SPUN BICYCLES

    FIVE THINGS WITH JUDI LOPRESTI CO-OWNER SPUN BICYCLES

    FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week’s FIVE THINGS is with Judi LoPresti, Co-Owner of Spun Cycles in Banjo Eric's hometown of Cincinnati. LoPresti and her husband Dominic opened Spun in February 2013, three years after getting married at the Interbike, the cycling industry's largest trade show, in Las Vegas and seven years after meeting at Bicycles and More in Cheviot.  LoPresti is a former bicycle messenger who didn't get a driver's license until she was thirty. 
  • FIVE THINGS WITH PHOTOGRAPHER AND CYCLIST TOD SEELIE

    FIVE THINGS WITH PHOTOGRAPHER AND CYCLIST TOD SEELIE

    FIVE THINGS is a weekly feature on the Banjo Brothers Blog. It’s a short interview about life and bicycles with a notable person. This week’s FIVE THINGS is with travel photographer/photojournalist/artist and avid city cyclist, Tod Seelie. Seelie has photographed in 25 countries on five different continents. His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Stern Magazine, TIME, Wired, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, Juxtapoz, Thrasher, Vice, Der Speigel and Mass Appeal among others. Enjoy this week's Five Things.