Jim Hopperstad& Bikesmiths History
Two Ironman World Records
Two Ironman World Records have been broken on bikes built by Bikesmiths. US Championships have been won on Bikesmith built bikes. Historic Holdsworth and Paramount racing machines adorn the Salesfloor. Bikesmiths provides some of the Best Prices on the World's Finest Bicycles. Just about anything you can dream of can be hand made and installed.
A Boy and His Bird
Jim on a dailywalk thru, 175 feet underground with his hand on a Titan II missle engine.
A rebodied 330
TR59 #2 from Norwood Autocraft.
Ferrari 330 P4
Jim is an experienced Ferrari Technician. While at Norwood Autocraft in Dallas, Jim & 2 others fabricated and built 4 Ferrari TR59s (Enzo only made 2) and 3 prototypical Ferrari 330 P4s from the ground up - each fully operational, complete and very correct.
P4 #1's birthday debut.
Fresh out of Raymond Chauvenetz's Mastercraft Bodyworks.
Boyd Cottington wheels replaced later with authentic Campagnolo.
Tucson, Arizona 1975
From left: Ross Skaugh, Rollie Fergusen, Jim, Joe Schmitz.
Ed Brandenburg
Jim and the most important man in his life, Ed Brandenburg, without whom Bikesmiths would not exist. Ed started Jim in the bike business in Tucson, AZ back in 1969, and mentored Jim thru out his life.
c. 1994
Adam Duvendeck
Adam at the World's in Greece.
Adam Duvendeck
Adam Duvendeck winning the California State Championship on Bikesmiths built and supplied machinery.
Anthony "Tony" D'Angelo
Michelangelo and Da Vinci reincarnated in the person of Anthony "Tony" D'Angelo.
c. 1975
Duncan Thomas
Duncan Thomas breaking the world record in the Hawaiian Ironman for the second time on a Bikesmiths built bicycle.
Echelon Cycling Club
1999-2000
Special thanks to Tom Stone, Tom Figge, Rory O'Reily, Jack Bianchi and many others...
Echelon Juniors Team
Rory O'Reily, coach
(Tanqueverde in the background)
Revolution Racing
California State Champs, Bud Lite Mountain Bike Series.
Underfunded the entire year they baet out all the teams in California including the heavily favored Paul Mitchell Systems.
Cielo Velo Mountain Bike Team
That's Don Longstreet with the Bikesmiths/Marin sponsored Cielo Velo Mountain Bike Team.
There's too much to say about all they acheived. Looking at the medals hanging from their necks you can see how much butt they kicked.
State Champs.
"Marin full suspension bikes DO make a difference."
Zero Weight Juniors
Team sponsored by Bikesmiths and Litespeed Bicycles.
Hour Record
Eddy says, "If you gotta da leg you no needa derrail."
Jim and Radames Edoli with Francesco Moser's "Hour Record" breaking Big Wheel.
$300 Down...
63 MPH
Bikesmiths UCSB Project.
Philippe Petit
One of Bikesmiths first customers.
Caroline Deloretto
Tucson, AZ 1975
Jim with Hal Cole & children. Center is Chris Gonda and right of Chris is Jef Perscale.
Matt Hopperstad
Matt Hopperstad winning another race, 1976.
Bikesmiths at the Arizona State Championships.
Bikesmiths at Randolf Park.
with John Howard
1981 Ironman World Champion, 3-time Olympian, 4-time U.S. National Road Cycling champ, and someone who thinks 152.2 mph on a bike is fast...
with Valentino Campagnolo
with Ernesto Colnago
Ernesto Colnago with his singing partner, JIM.
with Eddy Merckx
Fausto Pinnerello and Legitimate "5 Time winner of the Tour De France", Eddy Merckx hanging out with The BIKESMITH in Las Vegas.
the J-BOGs
In honor of the J-BOGs, bicycle tourists of a royal sort, and in memory of Brian Little. The J-BOGs were just a bunch of guys that Bikesmiths Supported in their world touring endeavors in Norway, France and Spain.
Pictured: Brian Little, Andy Sabin, Jack Lowe, Beau Bianchi and Paul McCaskill. Seated: Chris Anderson.
Camera shy are Dan Emmett, Chris Lambert, John Beaupre and Jim Hopperstad.
