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Coach Chrissy

Coach Crissy

Train like a pro. Ask Coach Chrissy, she’ll help maximize your workout for a fitter, stronger and healthier you.

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Shop Girl

Shop Girl

From simple maintenance to fast fix-it tips, Shop Girl will guide you through the nuts and bolts of cycling.

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Coach Chrissy

Coach Chrissy

Age: 31
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Married (to Judd) with one cyclist-to-be ripper (Benjamin) with 2 dogs (Lincoln and Lilly)

Favorite Foods: Apples in September, corn done perfectly, cherries in June, and coffee everyday.

Favorite places to ride: Victoria Hartland Bike Park and Mt. St. Anne for cross-country; Guelph, Ontario and Europe for road; and Whistler, BC for Down Hill.

Spare time activities: When not looking after Benjamin - playing outside on my bikes, gardening, playing with facebook or hanging at the lake in summer.

Experience: Chrissy started racing pro in 1994. 4 Time Canadian National Champion with wins in Cross-Country and Cycle Cross. She raced with the Subaru/Gary Fisher Pro Mountain Bike Team from 2000 to 2004. Chrissy is an Olympic athlete and a Canadian National Champion. She also earned a Gold Medal in the 2001 World Championship Relay, a Bronze Medal in the 2003 World Championship Relay, and a Gold Medal in 2002 Commonwealth Games. She is also well rounded enough to compete in the Women's Giro d'Italia road stage race, Women's Hewlett Packard road stage and the Women's Redland's Challenge.

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Shop Girl

Shop Girl

Hometown: Ocean City, NJ

Favorite Bike: Either any one of my Bontrager hardtails or my Gary Fisher Rig. I have had many, many great rides on my Trek Fuel EX9 WSD though.

Favorite Place to Ride: Oxenhope, England, Fruita, CO, Santa Cruz, CA on the road, and any place that's inappropriate for singlespeeds

When you are not on tour what are you doing?: I'm riding bikes, riding snowboards, or riding the couch. I also spend more time on my second favorite hobby: photography

Experience as Shop Girl: As a Wall Street girl who figured out that wearing Vans was better than stilettos and stockings and riding bikes was more fun than riding in airplanes, Chris Garrison joined the WSD demo program as a mechanic in 2005 with a glowing referral from Keith Bontrager. Chris was Keith's personal mechanic for many of his 24hr races. Chris is Barnett's certified and has a passion for working on bikes and answering questions about maintenance.

So from Wall Street girl to demo gal to Shop Girl, feel free to ask Chris any question you have about bike repair and maintenance, she has a plethora of experience to share.