https://www.gaansari.com/
Now where shall the Christian cyclists go to spend their money at a like-minded institution?

In the future cycling's first family of faith, instead of selling vintage-inspired steel, will be helping Rwandans find bike culture. They're moving to SF.

Seems now might be a good time to get a good deal on their goods. 35% off everything. Deals on Paul hubs, velocity/formula wheelsets, and lots of wooly goodness. Good luck.

theyre closed the 5th through the 12th...

No, they are not moving to SF, Gary, Jean and the kids are moving to SF and Gary will be opening a PR company with Tom Ritchey.

Easy on the Christian jokes, If you said the same things about a Jewish framebuilder who was active in her faith it wouldn't be, well, kosher.

According to BRAIN.

SPRINGBORO, OH (BRAIN)--Cycles Gaansari, the boutique brand and retail store owned by Gary and Jean Boulanger, is closing its doors April 29 and shelving its Gaansari and Fisso brands indefinitely.

There was a longer listing but It seems to have been cut down.

Too bad, one more family business bites the dust.

Cycles Gaansari Closing Doors, Shelving Brands

APRIL 04, 2006 -- SPRINGBORO, OH (BRAIN)--Cycles Gaansari, the boutique brand and retail store owned by Gary and Jean Boulanger, is closing its doors April 29 and shelving its Gaansari and Fisso brands indefinitely.

"We've given it our best, but realized the capital and resources needed to take our brands to the next level was out of reach for us at this time," said Jean Boulanger. "We've enjoyed making a difference in the lives of a few thousand bicyclists, both here in Ohio and abroad, since 2002."

In December 2005, Gary Boulanger traveled with Tom Ritchey to Rwanda, Africa, at the invitation of a humanitarian group. Boulanger and Ritchey chronicled their trip on their Servant Leaders Outreach blog, and have since created Wheels Of Mercy, a five-point plan to help redevelop Rwanda with bicycling. The Rwanda Project is one of the main reasons the Boulangers are turning their attention away from their own company, and toward Africa.

"As I saw in Rwanda, when there's a true need, all else pales in comparison," said Gary Boulanger. "I made the trek to QBP's 2006 Frostbike and the recent Taipei Bicycle Show to discuss our expansion plans with industry folks, but we couldn't make the numbers work. But the time spent in Minneapolis and Taipei was enlightening enough to prompt our decision to move forward with a better plan."

The Boulangers have sold their Springboro property and are moving to San Francisco in late May, where Gary Boulanger will base his public relations, marketing and sales consulting business. Boulanger will be handling all public relations for Ritchey Design and Syncros. He will also head up the marketing and public relation efforts for Wheels of Mercy

Cycles Gaansari Closing Doors, Shelving Brands

APRIL 04, 2006 -- SPRINGBORO, OH (BRAIN)--Cycles Gaansari, the boutique brand and retail store owned by Gary and Jean Boulanger, is closing its doors April 29 and shelving its Gaansari and Fisso brands indefinitely.

"We've given it our best, but realized the capital and resources needed to take our brands to the next level was out of reach for us at this time," said Jean Boulanger. "We've enjoyed making a difference in the lives of a few thousand bicyclists, both here in Ohio and abroad, since 2002."

In December 2005, Gary Boulanger traveled with Tom Ritchey to Rwanda, Africa, at the invitation of a humanitarian group. Boulanger and Ritchey chronicled their trip on their Servant Leaders Outreach blog, and have since created Wheels Of Mercy, a five-point plan to help redevelop Rwanda with bicycling. The Rwanda Project is one of the main reasons the Boulangers are turning their attention away from their own company, and toward Africa.

"As I saw in Rwanda, when there's a true need, all else pales in comparison," said Gary Boulanger. "I made the trek to QBP's 2006 Frostbike and the recent Taipei Bicycle Show to discuss our expansion plans with industry folks, but we couldn't make the numbers work. But the time spent in Minneapolis and Taipei was enlightening enough to prompt our decision to move forward with a better plan."

The Boulangers have sold their Springboro property and are moving to San Francisco in late May, where Gary Boulanger will base his public relations, marketing and sales consulting business. Boulanger will be handling all public relations for Ritchey Design and Syncros. He will also head up the marketing and public relation efforts for Wheels of Mercy

maybe you should read my post before responding. "Gaansari closes" does not mean i was saying they were moving, and i said the family was moving to SF, which is exactly what you said. but it is fun correcting people, isn't it?

fft.

also, if you hit the "edit" button in the lower right corner of your post, you can actually delete the duplicate messages you've been posting.

Gaansari-Paul GoldenBoy hubset - was $285 NOW $185.25
Made in Chico, CA. Gold anodized high-flange track 32H hubset. Flip-flop in 135mm rear spacing only - 1 pair left.

Fisso Trackie wheelset - was $375 NOW $256
Velocity Deep V (Lime Green) 32-hole rims laced to silver Formula flip-flop hubs. One pair left!

Velocity Synergy 650B rear 32H rim/Shimano Dura-Ace hi-flange track hub (120mm) - was $275 NOW $191
Only one left!

On-One Midge handlebars - was $65 NOW $42.25

On-One Mungo handlebars - was $50 NOW $32.50

Nitto Moustache bars - was $65 NOW $42.25

Cateye HL-EL400 3LED waterproof headlight - was $39 NOW $25.35

Planet Bike Roadie frame pumps - was $30 NOW $19.50

Planet Bike Clip-On fenders - was $15 NOW $9.75

Salsa Merino Wool arm warmers - was $45 NOW $29.25

Gaansari Leisure shirts - was $29 NOW $14.50

Cane Creek SCR-5 brake levers - was $45 NOW $29.25

Cane Creek SCX-5 cantilever brakes - was $35/ea NOW $22.75

Cane Creek SCR-3L long reach brakes - was $40/ea NOW $26

Cane Creek CrossTop levers 26.0 - was $25 NOW $16.25

Cane Creek 200TT levers - was $25 NOW $16.25

KoolStop salmon/black brake pads - was $18/pair NOW $11.70

Shimano BR-R550 cantilever brakes - was $38/ea NOW $24.70

Shimano A550 long reach brakes - was $35/ea NOW $22.75

Tektro Oryx cantilever brakes - was $27.50/ea NOW $17.88

Tektro 221A aero brake levers - was $16 NOW $10.40

Tektro RX 2.0 `cross levers - was $25/pair NOW $16.25

Shimano 3spd coaster hub/shifter set - was $75 NOW $48.75

MasterLock Python lock - 6' - was $30 NOW $19.50

Bianchi Classic wool jersey (SM) - was $105 NOW $68.25

Kucharik wool cap - was $32 NOW $20.80

Craft balaclava - was $20 NOW $13

Campy Knee warmers - was $32 NOW $20.80

Campy Arm warmers - was $32 NOW $20.80

Spot wool socks - was $15 NOW $9.75

Filson wool skull cap - was $28.75 NOW $18.69

Filson wool fingerless gloves - was $23.50 NOW $15.27

Filson Bush hat - was $45 NOW $29.25

Optic Nerve Membrane sunglasses - was $54 NOW $35.10

Park Tool toiletpaper holder - was $29 NOW $18.85

Selev leather hairnet - was $100 NOW $75
Never worn; size 7. Collector's item, really.

Duegi leather cycling shoes - were $150 NOW $85
Made in Italy. Wooden soles, never worn. Size 47 only; one pair left.

even with sale prices you can find some of this stuff cheaper elsewhere

Bittersweet.
I've only experienced this shop and it's bikes through the website which I did enjoy looking at. Those bikes were pretty freakin' cool.

I hope this new project of theirs pans out well.

for once i agree with red. hey chimbley, would ya indeed make fun of jews or blacks or asians? how come christians are fair game (albeit subtly, a little snarky even)?

am i making fun of Christians? or of people who choose to relate their relgion to their business? i could care less whether they're Christian. but when they bring it into a secular space - a business - where they're asking for my money, then it matters.

now, a Black owned and operated business is different. that's because Black people are, for the most part, economically disempowered in this country. that makes shopping at a Black O&O attractive.

but what makes a Christian O&O attractive or better? or a shop of any other faith, for that matter? particularly to an athiest?

i make fun of christians

I need some Midges. Anybody know of a better price than Gaansari's sale price?

Atheism is a statement of faith...

"One generations entitled oppresed become the next generations entitled oppressors"
-Vladimir Mitrotkin.

it is. but i'm not attempting to sell anyone anything. nor am i saying that my athiest-inspired business is somehow better or more worthy of people's money.

a lot of people have been hearing the compressed "they are moving to SF" and not getting the story.

Sad really, I remeber when this happened with Grant Petersen. He went on to create Rivendell, but at the cost of most of his power. As the head of Bridgestone USA he had the ability to deeply effect the bike market and the direction it was going in.
Rivendell, as nice as it is still only caters to a boutique market and consequently preaches largely to the converted.

So the field was left largely to Specialized, Giant, Trek.

Giant is a taiwanese frame maker that makes the frames for most of the worlds bikes and sells a few under its own brand. Some of them are exactly the same, a few years back there was a ginat brand and a trek brand that were indistinguishable under the paint.
Specialized is a mega corporation with their name on everything.
Trek is owned by a venture capital company, they are very much profit driven, which is why you hear so much of them.
But their marketing plan is to sell only through trek-only super stores.
Little support, one inconvenient location and only trek made products (WTB, Bontrager, LeMond, etc.).

I hope it's still okay to make fun of Tom Ritchey. That guy's a prick as well as a christian.

Making fun of Christians is far different than making fun people with brown skin. Christianity is learned and believing in it is a conscious decision. People with brown skin did not get to choose their skin tone before birth.

IMHO, people who advertise their Christianity are foolish and deserve to made fun of.

Those do look like good prices on those sale items though. Those Paul hubs sound nice.

alright! that's ok. we (christians) still rule the world (thank God). we're all about turnin' the other cheek! and we forgive you. for real!

I'm sorry to see them go...over the last few years I've purchased from them a swank Paul hubset, a set of gold torelli/ambrosio rims, some really great wool socks that actually fit size 13 feet, a coffee mug, and probably some other things I've forgotten about...service was always great and Gary never once mentioned religion nor did he try to convert me...wishing them the best.

Maybe I'm missing something, but why shouldn't someone relate a religion to their business? Circle A relates their political beliefs to their business. Eco companies relate their ecological beliefs to their businesses.

I believe in God. I'm glad he loves me and forgave me for being a ****-up. In what way does saying that make me deserve being made fun of?

mocking the "i am obsessed with gay people and abortions" christians is okay, but it's kind of tacky to make fun of the "i like to help genocide victims" ones.

yeah, organized religion is a very bad influence on politics these days - but don't forget that the abolitionist and civil rights movements (among other good things) were christian movements.

zach (not a christian, just open-minded)

What?

Dude may be a Bush-loving ******bag, but those prices look kinda good. And it's nice of him to help the Rwandans.

It doesn't. You're entitled to your opinion.