Josh Reger

Josh considers himself a life time rider. Growing up he never really stopped riding like some others do, riding on the family farm, street riding, & riding the skinnies at Unami Park. As he got more interested in mountain biking and in repairs he started working at Saucon Valley Bikes in 2004. After graduating from Quakertown High School, Josh attended United Bicycle Institute in Oregon.

Out at UBI Josh was trained in professional mechanics, becoming an authorized Fork Technician, Wheel Builder and Frame Builder. One of his favorite bikes, still to this day, is his hand built frame he made while he was out at UBI. As well Josh has attended STU, the Sram Technical Institute, & Shimano clinics; constantly expanding his bike mechanic knowledge.

While heading out to UBI, Josh got to ride all over the country including Moab Utah, Fraiser Valley Colorado, Downieville and Mount Shasta in California. Since coming back he has gotten to ride all the local trails as well and help build some as well.  You can spot Josh at Diablo Free Ride Park in Vernon NJ, still riding Unami, the many trails around the Lehigh Valley, Central PA, or leading shop rides at Jacobsburg State Park.

Josh was recently asked to help out as a mechanic for Giant Team riders Adam Craig & Kelly Emmit at a cyclocross race in Mercer County NJ. If he can wrench for the Team riders, imagine what he can do for you.

Josh continues to expand his knowledge by training with top companys every winter.  In 2009 he went to Park Tool Summit for 2 days of training with Fox Shox, Sram, Rock Shox, Avid, Hayes, Campagnolo, and Shimano.  In 2010 Josh returned to STU for an update on the new Sram products including the new XX drivetrain and all the new damping technologies.

So how this story looks is that he is a lifer, I mean, at what point does a person like this stop caring about bikes?

Year Born: 1986

Hair Color: Red

Eye Color: Blue

Type of riding: Freeride, Dirt Jump, Downhill, Mountain XC, Road

Favorite Place I’ve Ridden: Downieville CA

Why? Seven Mile long Downhill and riding a short bus to the top

Favorite Beverage: The local Favorie, Yuengling

Favorite Customer: The Evil Black Bean

Why? He’s our UPS guy and brings us all our goodies

Pet Peeve: Handlebar Rotation, Manitou and Hayes (now the same company)

Tunes: Dave Matthews, Bush, Dispatch, Modest Mouse, Rage

Perfect Pizza: Anything round without fish, fungus or onions

Best Physical Feature: The large gap in my attempt of a beard

Current Bikes:

Frame: Regerfab Custom Hardtail

Wheels: Sun Race Juju/ Sun Rhyno Lite

HBar: Easton EA 50

Stem: Truvativ AKA

Seatpost: SDG I-Beam

Saddle: SDG Bell Air I-Beam

Cranks: Shimano XTR M950

Brakes: Avid Juicy 7

Shifters: N/A

Ft Der: N/A

Rr Der: N/A

Grips: Lizard Skin North shore Lock on

Rr shock: N/A

Ft Shock: Fox TALAS RLC

Pedals: Shimano 646

Headset: FSA Pig DH

Wheels: Mavic D321 CD w/ Saint Rr and White Ind Fr hubs

Giant TCX 2 Cyclocross

Giant Bowery Road Bike

Single/ Fixed

Giant Carbon Fork

Look PP206 Pedals