Business & Tech

Race Team Sponsored by First Street Business Gets Some Internet Time

A downtown Benicia business has sponsored a downhill race team.

The downhill racing team sponsored by Wheelz in Motion, a long-time fixture downtown, is in a video featured on PinkBike.com, a website devoted to mountain bikes. 

“We’ve been doing this for a long time- since 2004-2005.  We give them shop discounts,” said Greg Andrade, owner of Wheelz in Motion.  “That’s what we can afford as a small shop.”

“They can use our shop to work on their bikes too,” said Andrade

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The team of Matt Moore, Jonathon Simoneti and Wade Jarmel were filmed riding in Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland. 

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