Tuesday, December 13, 2011

"I'm Erik"

In 1977 at age 13, Erik Saltvold started repairing bikes in his parents' barn in Richfield. Today, he owns 18 bike shops and has 200 employees. "Erik the Bike Man" posed with a 40 pound Surly snow riding bike outside of his shop in Town Centre in Eagan.

10 comments:

Kate said...

Good for him. Love entrepreneur stories!

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Good for him to have built a childhood pursuit into a successful business.

Jack said...

I add my applause to that of your first two visitors. We all like success stories.

Unknown said...

If you can make a living doing what you love you are a lucky guy.

Anonymous said...

What a hero for those 200 families. May time and life continue to treat him kind.

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Randy said...

Excellent shot Leif!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Now that's what I call enterprising Leif! Good on him, hard work definitely pays off!

Pat said...

Nice looking guy, and definitely a good businessman. I like the bike, too! Snow bike...never heard of those, but why not?!

Stefan Jansson said...

That is a clever man.

becky said...

A snow bike?! How cool is that!
Thanks for stopping by my blog & leaving your kind comment about my pottery.... I have a weakness for it too! I think I am clay addicted :)
It's snowing here now in Santa Fe, though we don't get the snow that you do in Minnesota! Happy Holidays!