Who am I?

My name is Brian Rose, aka B Rose and I fix bikes, especially suspension and disc brakes. I grew up in Pittsburgh, the home of Dirt Rag magazine and awesome trails. Since 1989 I have worked in bike shops, been a bike messenger, a cook, back to the bike shops, a barrista, back to the bike shops,a meat cutter, again a bicycle mechanic, more bike mechanic stuff then I moved to Minneapolis to work at Quality Bicycle Products.
I worked in the warehouse at QBP then moved to the customer service department, soon after that I started the "Shock Treatment Center" and ran it and the "Bike Builder" program for a few years.
Now I am on my own, and I am hungry to fix things. I have spent years fixing things and managing things and now I am putting my money where my mouth is and getting out on my own.
I have worked with Cannondale, Hayes, SRAM, RockShox, Manitou, Shimano and Progressive. I have been trained by PACE and Formula as well as all the other companies I mentioned. I attended Barnett Bicycle Institute in 1997 and I have worked at almost every NORBA national location and I know how to make all of the mother sauces.
I take being a bicycle mechanic very seriously, I see no more noble profession, that's why I want to work for you. I am tired of seeing you riding a fork that is broken and no one is fixing it!
I also work for Hurl at the CRC Coffee Bar, my shop is right across the street from his, I love working in the coffee shop. So if there is one thing you need to know about me; I am happy doing what I do. My goal is to fix your fork, serve coffee, ride my bike and pay the bills.

There will be lots about me on the real web page when it is up. In a few weeks when you go to Shockspital.com you will see something totally different than what you see now. There will be an online store system that will make sending product in for repair easy-as-pie, this blog will still be available, repair tracking for you, lots of tech information and lots of other stuff.