The West Hill Alumni Association

To see shop history and more from former, current, and sometime West Hill employees, go here.

Neil Quinn[emeritus 1971-2004]left, on the phone as he often was] founded the shop and ran it until selling it in 2004. He's a lot grayer than he was in 1971, but he still rides, on his Trek OCLV 5500 (the custom Ron Cooper with Hetchins-style curly lugs is retired now, and his almost antique [1983] Richard Sachs time trial bike languishes), and he's been demoing an S-Works FSR full suspension ride, and he gets around on X-C skis when snow permits. Watch it or he'll tell another story about the old days! Built a computer (Heathkit H-89) in '82 which he still has! Converted by Scott and Charley to badmintonism. HTMLer. Webmaster. Now he spends his time doing other things. We'll put his website here when he launches it.

Betsy Bates[emeritus] (wife to Neil), long-time tour leader with Vermont Bicycle Touring doing trips in Vermont, of course, but also in England, Austria, Montana, California; the official West Hill greeter, Martha Stewartian presenter, ski instructor in both cross-country and downhill. Avid snowshoer. Rec kayaker.

Bevan Quinn[emeritus] (1979-2007) (son to Neil),back-office guru, mountain bike expert, road race sprinter, cyclocrosser, any-weather commuter, cross country skier, snowboarder (since 1981), trials rider from way back, time-trialer, computer-brained, humorist, newsletter editor, wrench, former (and reformed) BMX freestyler, Scoutmaster, volunteer firefighter and First Responder. His bike stable includes a Specialized S-Works M4 road bike, a Trek 8900 mountain bike, a Specialized S-Works M4 'cross bike, A Redline cyclocross/commuter bike, a 1989 Haro Master freestyle bike, a Redline RL 640 freestyle BMX bike and an old Monty trials bike.

Jim Langley, [emeritus] (1978-1980) national-class mechanic, cycling writer, bike rider, collector of bicycles and bicycle headbadges, bicycle memorabilia, table tennis expert, tells great stories. Jim is now content manager for Smart Etailing, a Web-site business specializing in bicycle shops.

Dondo[emeritus] (1982-1986 & 2000-2001) akaCaptain Dondo, the then West Hill Man. He and Carlotta have three (count 'em, 3) kids! In addition to doing the Dad-thing, he rides, skis, lifts, and continues with his freelance writing, all while holding down a real job as a communications director at a private school.

Brian Stickel, [emeritus] (1986-1989) Iowan ("need a sack?"), mechanic, race promoter, former director of competitions for NORBA, former NHRA event promoter, current chamber of commerce bigwig.

Scott Wade, [emeritus, 1989-2007] curmudgeon, hot cat 2/Master 45+ road racer (yes, there are still road racers around), cyclocrosser, pioneer mountain bike racer (in Montana), trained by Brian Stickel when he was number 1 wrencher at West Hill, and by John & Calvin of Barnett's, wheel builder, frame alignment guy, etc. X-C skier and coach. Ski trail groomer. Skilled rock climber.

Chris Northcott[left], [emeritus] mechanic, skilled canoe repairer and ski guy, X-C ski coach, climbing enthusiast (don't get him started), single-speeder, Appalachian Trail End-to-Ender, timber-framer, Eagle Scout.

Charley Blust[right], [emeritus] The Shock Doctor, California, Ernie's, roadie, mtn rider, time trialist, track aficionado, coach, spin course teacher, badminton enthusiast, volleyball ditto, former school board member, x-c skier, ski trail groomer, sailboat racing again ditto, HTMLer, Mr Fabrication, twelve-year wrench. He's done with his PT Associate studies after two years of school, and he's moving along in his chosen field.

Alan Marx[right], [emeritus] [summer part-timer] Barnett bike mechanics' school graduate, former BMX racer, bike shop mechanic, mountain biker, VW aficionado, Stratton snow-cat driver, former Alta snow-cat driver, Eagle Scout. He may ski some too.

Sarah Parrott, [emeritus] extraordinarily capable summer and weekend helper, graduated from Wellesley College, worked at Tune in Cambridge, interests in lacrosse, soccer, cycling, x-c skiing, and more.

Danny Sullivan, [emeritus] although just here for the Spring of '96, fit the mold well as mechanic, rider (look at his Route 30 TT time! And he just rode it once), and nice guy.

Kari Lyons, [emeritus] part-timer while studying at SIT in 2002-2003. An import from Oregon, with years of bike shop experience. She rides a Serotta on the road, and a Gary Fisher off-road. She says "my natural hair color is blonde." She worked hard on her snowshoeing, X-C skiing, and winter camping skills. However, she often said, "Is it always this cold?" An organizer, she worked on women's group rides, classes, and general advocacy stuff.

Sara J. Henry[right], [emeritus] a former Rodale editor, has road raced (Tennessee state champ), triathloned, toured, and commuted. An alumni of Barnett's, she worked the summers of 2003-2004 in Neil's shop, summer 2007 in the new shop and another year as webmaster. She is particularly fond of her Merlin and her Cannondale R1000.

Daq Woods, [emeritus] Started working at WHS at age 14 in 1984. He spent a few years snowboarding and working in Oregon but has been back in this area since he started working for the shop full-time in July 1998 and worked through the spring of 2010. A talented artist, mountain bike rider, snowboarder, veteran BMX bike park rider, cross country skier, he was the West Hill head mechanic/and occasional sales guy. He created many of the illustrations in our ads, on our site and in the store. He's been married to his lovely wife Jaime for several years now.

Rob Westover,[emeritus] Rob graduated from UNH as a Nordic ski team member. He lives in Walpole with his wife Heidi, (a nationally ranked marathon runner). A previous Sinister Bikes staffer, Rob joined the WHS team in May 2007 to March 2010. His quiver of bikes have included a Sinister R-9 downhill bike, Specialized Enduro SL, Sinister DNA, Giant TCR Advanced and Jamis Supernova . He likes downhill biking, cross country biking, dirt jumping, road biking and nordic and tele skiing.

Rob getting Rad and whipping it flat in the northeast kingdom jumps.

 

We would like to keep working on the West Hill Alumni/ae Association....Chris Osgood, Bruce Hitchcock, Todd Ellis, Ann Hathaway, Betsy Whitaker, Sally Burrell, John Stouffer, Ron Dewdney, Doug Hayward, Bjarne Rostaing, Johs Huseby, John Funk, Joe Fletcher, John Meehan, Leah Toffolon, John Buser, Nick Bestul. Bit by bit, maybe we'll add 'em.