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Devlin McDonough
I started with Ghisallo
in October of 2007 after joining the witness protection program. I used to go by
the name Nick Papagorgio, and had to leave Las Vegas after a career of counting
cards and making a fortune, but what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. As a child
I got into athletics very early and played pretty much every sport. I was a swimmer
growing up and had a good High School and Collegiate career but probably had the
most fun being a ball boy at the US Open and Wimbeldon for 4 years. Cycling is my
new passion and love being able to ride so many different types of bikes, whether
it is on the road, cyclecross or mountain bikes, there is always some fun to be
had. At Ghisallo I do the majority of the fittings to make sure people are comfortable
on their bikes and able to achieve the goals that they have, whether it is to race
an Ironman, criteriums, charity rides or just riding with friends. I get great satisfaction
when I see people that I have worked with on their fit, go out and do wonderful
things on their bikes, there are several pro teams that have called and asked me
to consult with them using my patented top secret fit method on several key riders
positions and have been known to make quick out of town trips just to make sure
a certain world class rider is comfortable on his new bikes. Due to contractual
obligations I can’t mention his name or that his initials are JV. I used to do a
little acting and singing, but my tryouts on American Idol didn’t go so well, guess
I was having an off day and it wasn’t meant to be. But now I have a home in St.
Louis and work with some really fun and great people, Until the Feds decide to move
me again and change my name to who knows what.
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Jim Valentine aka
JV
When you have your
car worked on you always want a Master ASE certified mechanic, well when it comes
to bikes, I have more training and expertise in my little finger than these guys
get in a career. There isn’t a bike I can’t fix, restore or make ride-able again,
some say that I taught world class and renowned Belgian mechanic for Team Astana,
Julien Devries everything he knows, well I’m here to tell you it’s true. I showed
him the proper way to glue on tubular tires that led to a certain team’s riders
winning 12 grand tours in the last decade and more wins to come. I love getting
out on the bike with my wife and friends, enjoying the fruits of my labor with a
well tuned machine. I’m relatively new to Ghisallo but have found to it to be experience
filled with chuckles.
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Olivia Beiltz
Olivia is affectionately
known as our little ball of hate. She held the world record for the wome’s marathon
for 4 yrs at the tender age of 12. She would have held the men’s record as well
if the Kenyans didn’t trip her. Disgruntled by this she took up cycling and turned
her focus to be a world class track sprinter. She turned down a full scholarship
to Harvard to work at Ghisallo and attend UMSL teaching half of her classes. In
her spare time I enjoy impersonating her good friend “The Shawner” with her friend
Bre
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Breanne Perdue
Bre (as she is more
commonly known) started as a part time employee with Ghisallo back in 2004 while
going to school. Some of you may recognize her as a little girl from her stint on
the Mickey Mouse show, yes our little Bre was a mouseketeer. She actually is the
one who taught Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake how to dance
and sing the Mickey Mouse song correctly. Rumor has it they were a bit tone deaf
back then and Bre had to teach them, which they then turned into musical careers.
You could say that if it wasn’t for Bre, the world would not know who these 3 superstars
of the recording industry are. This past year Bre was in the running to be the Sports
Illustrated swimsuit covergirl, until the dreaded Frisbee incident. She couldn’t
travel at the time of the photo shoot and that is the reason we won’t see her on
the cover in 2009. Since then she has devoted her time to running and is on retainer
as special advisor to several well known shoe companies in product development.
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