ProMechanics

Professional race mechanic, Vince Gee, provides the folks from Belgium Knee Warmers with a tour of the BMC equipment truck at the Tour of California.

Here is a great collection of photos showing team cars, team trucks and race preparation from earlier this year.
Belgium Knee Warmers

Wondering what the teams use for support cars? How about the teams that fly over for races? Here’s a photo collection from this year’s time trial in Solvang, California. Photos courtesy of Trek’s Drew Axt.

Wow, what a way to start off the US racing season! Ten days touring California, loosing personal affects, driving way too much and dealing with crazed Lance fans. Though I am beat, I want to do it again.
This year yours truly was working the expo with Trek and thus part of the traveling circus entertaining [...]

BP Associates, a leading sales agency located in upper Midwest, is seeking a Technical Representative to support and promote the planet’s finest bicycle components and accessories from Shimano throughout our territory. The ideal candidate will combine experience as a shop mechanic, strong people skills and the ability to present and explain new products from [...]

There is an immediate opening in our Marketing Department’s Multi-Service program. This is a full time position and is based out of our Irvine, CA office with extensive travel by truck and plane.
Requirements for the position are as follows:
* Be eligible for a USA Cycling Mechanic’s License
* Have a driver’s license with a clean [...]

We have moved ProMechanics from California to Wisconsin which allows us to be more centrally located and cut down on most shipping periods. Due to this change some of our systems are a bit behind including our normal 2-4 day ship period and our fax service. We are working on getting these systems back up [...]

A common dilemma for teams and companies at events is determining the best method for displaying bikes. Some programs use single bike stands like the Ultimate Rakk while many others use a pipe strung from two a-frames. There are some stock a-frame designs and some programs have created elaborate a-frames in order to cut [...]

Yep, we are getting good at this last minute stuff. Don’t blame the teams as it is us dropping the ball.
So, interested in going to Quebec? There is a foreign team looking for some help at the Tour de Beauce during June 10-15.
Interested? If you have the time and some experience, send an email to [...]

Calling all experienced race mechanics!
We have received requests from a couple teams looking for help with the Nature Valley GP. Those interested should send an email to us at http://promechanics.com/contactus/ or contact Justin Koch at USA Cycling. The event dates are June 9th through 15th and occurs in Minneapolis. Yes, last minute, sorry about that…