Back in 2004, Niner co-founder Steve Domahidy never thought that he would find himself on a mountain bike ride with a former President of the United States, but that is just what happened last week after Steve and Chris Sugai, Niner's other founder, received an interesting call from Kennebunkport Bicycle Company, a Niner Dealer in Maine.
"It turns out that Former President Bush is intrigued by 29ers, so he asked Brandon at Kennebunkport Bike Company about Niner" said Steve. Chris and Steve spent Thursday and Friday last week with Mr. Bush, fitting a new Niner Jet 9 full suspension bike in Black Anodized.
"We are glad that Mr. Bush wanted to ride a Niner. He has been an avid rider for years and helping him to make the leap to 29 inch mountain bike wheels is a privilege." said Chris. "We had the opportunity to discuss trails and trailbuilding after the ride. No matter how you weigh in politically, this is good for mountain biking," Steve added.
In addition to delivering the new bikes, the group spent two days mountain biking on the trails around Kennebunkport. Said Chris, "Mr. Bush is a very good rider, fast and with good technical skills. He certainly knew the local trails really well, and Steve and I had to work pretty hard. It was a lot of fun."
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