RIP George Garner Sr.

[ricobike]

Seeing the picture of George Garner's shop in Van Nuys in the original photos thread made me think of him. He had the Schwinn shop in the town next to ours and years ago I was surprised to find out what a big influence he had on bicycle marketing. He certainly had a huge influence on bicycling in my area.

I was surprised to see that he recently passed away. Here's an article about him and his contributions to cycling.

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/retail-news/2016/10/05/pioneering-retailer-george-garner-sr-dies-93

 

[RedRider48]

Thanks for the interesting article.

 

[bricycle]

RIP George!

 

[kos22us]

wow that is cool, make sure you read the comments below the article as well

 

[keith kodish]

Oh my God! The 2 new Schwinn's i received as a kid cames from his shop,in 1970,&76,respectively. I visited his shop fairly often, I'm sure his staff followed me with a drool rag. R.I.P.,George.

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[ricobike]

Oh my God! The 2 new Schwinn's i received as a kid cames from his shop,in 1970,&76,respectively. I visited his shop fairly often, I'm sure his staff followed me with a drool rag. R.I.P.,George.

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I never bought a bike from his store, our new Schwinns came from the Mount Prospect Schwinn store since my parents were friends with the owners. But I bought a lot of parts from George Garners store and spent some drooling time there . And over the years I've bought many bikes with the George Garner store label on them. He sold a ton of bikes in this area.

 

[bikewhorder]

Here's another article written before he died. https://cyclingindustry.news/celebr...ke-shop-retailing-that-george-garner-created/

 

[mrg]

Sorry to hear,does anyone know what other LA ares Schwinn shops he had?