Maybe his wife was a teacher. Two other things 1) he ran a great bike store, for many years. He may have made money doing that. The custom bikes were something that added to the shop, and to the whole scene in Toronto at the time. Keeping in mind that at that time, lugged racing and touring machines were state of the art. 2) while I have no knowledge of his situation, BS was located on King street east of the core, and that whole block had many industrial shops on it. There was a 6 story machine supply store there. If you owned your place, you were able to sell out for millions when they assembled the properties on that block. The machine shop moved to north toronto where it is almost impossible to do a deal, because the guy who owns it enjoys talking, and negotiating... Bs also moved out of town at the time, but whether it was due to a pay-out or displacement, I have no knowledge. I'm just sorry it is all over. Barry's son (and daughter in law) is a distinguised pro cyclist, so that is how deep the cycling runs in that family. It is easier to draw customers to a guy who has that kind of position in the comunity. Not the only way at all, but it is that extra thing that lends credibility.