Idaho cyclists have lost a great friend.

I recently learned that Brian Grieger, a good friend to the Idaho cycling community, has passed away. This is a tremendous loss for his family and for the cycling community.

For those who did not know Brian, he was the mechanic extraordinaire for Treasure Valley bicyclists.  For the last few years Brian ran a bike shop (Brian's Pro Bike) in his garage on the outskirts of Eagle. His house was on a backroad with no advertising or any indication that there was a shop there.  If you didn't know where you were going, you probably wouldn't be able to find the place.  Yet every time I went out there I would see at least two other bicyclists having their bikes worked on.  Brian's advertising was entirely by word-of-mouth, and because of Brian's skills, the technique worked very well.

Brian didn't just fix your bike.  If something had broken on your bike, instead of just replacing the part he would look into why it broke in the first place.  Brian knew how a bike was supposed to work, regardless of design, and was willing to help you understand what the problem was and make recommendation on how to fix it.  He wouldn't try to sell you the latest high-zoot ultra-lightweight gizmo when the basic off-the-shelf version (or even your own home-made version) would do the job (unless of course you really wanted that high-zoot thing).

Brian was a truely honest man.  Even though he did custom work, he didn't overcharge for it.  My son and I used to joke with Brian that he only knew one price.  For a long time whenever we went out to Brian's to have some work done, when we asked him how much we owed, the response always seemed to be "Oh.... 20 bucks".

Brian will truely be missed.