Shop tools define the attitude.

At Long Beach Cyclery you’ll find a modified Campagnolo frame pump head on the end of the air compressor hose; now that’s bad ass.  Gian Simonetti himself fashioned up this concockery.  Simôn-Esé was the main personality (not to mention the “Hair Bandit”) behind Medici Bikes and started his own line of frames after its demise; Simonetti Bikes.  Gian likes to spend time in his favorite bike shop (Long Beach Cyclery) wrenching machines to maintain his deep connection with the community.  He speaks with an accent heavier than if he just stepped off the boat from Sicily and he’s been here for more than 40 years.  Gian and Tortuga (Long Beach Cyclery Proprietor) are great friends.  I’m honored to have ridden El Dorado Park on the wheel of Gian Simonetti and to have been cursed fervently for not pulling through to his likes.  That was many years ago.  The respect is deep.

Long Beach Cyclery
3756 Long Beach Blvd
(562) 427-9900

mUCho AnIMAux’z Tonto!