Meet Our Staff
Our Staff
Our team, versed in all things cycling, is here to assist you in making the perfect choice for your cycling lifestyle. Our Mechanics are here to ensure your bike is always in top condition.
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Brad White
Owner / Retired Pro Cyclist for UnitedHealthcare
Favorite food: hamburger
Favorite beverage: Americano
Favorite bike I've ever owned: Schwinn Le Tour
When I'm not working at VCC, you can find me riding my bike around West Michigan or building tree forts in the woods with our kids.
Brent Groenewoud
Master Mechanic
Favorite food: yogurt
Favorite beverage: Maker's Mark
Favorite music: Jeffrey Foucault
Favorite bike I've owned: Seven Sola custom and steel
When I'm not working at VCC, you can most likely find me at home doing Sudoku or watching movies by the campfire with my wife.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would be Ireland.
Sandy Brewer
Sales / Web Sales
Favorite food: Rosie's Taco de Pollo
Favorite beverage: sweet tea
Favorite music: Country/Bluegrass
Favorite bike I ever owned: BMC Gran Fondo 105
When I'm not working at VCC or riding, you can most likely find me playing my flute with the Holland American Legion Band and the Hope College Concert Band.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would be in Hawaii. It's very busy, but the weather is always nice.
Noah Wolthuis
Mechanic
Favorite food: Big Juicy burger with all the toppings and lots of sauce.
Favorite music: Something with good rhythm, because I'm a drummer.
Favorite beverage: Kombucha
Favorite bike I ever owned: My Salsa Rangfinder deore 10, or my custom 1800w electric scooter (it sounds sketchy and that's because it is).
When I'm not working at Velo, you can find me in my shop (covered in grease) restoring my 1986 Toyota Pickup 4x4, or slamming out beats on my drum kit.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would probably be Whistler or another sweet downhill park.
Matt Swier
Mechanic
Favorite food: Thin crust pizza with BBQ chicken, red onion and tomatoes.
Favorite music: Anything with driving electric guitars.
Favorite beverage: Diet Mountain Dew
Favorite bike I ever owned: Salsa Journeyman
When I'm not working at Velo, you can find me teaching middle school outdoor education and high school woodshop for a local school district.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would be a circle tour around Lake Superior.
Kara Jasper
Sales
Favorite food: Any type of poke bowls
Favorite beverage: Flat white
Favorite music: Give me a ballad to belt any day of the week with a good orchestral background.
Favorite bike I ever owned: Giant MTX 225--I did a lot of riding on this beautiful blue bike as a kid. I loved going on long rides with my family and zipping around.
When I'm not working at VCC you can find me running around my neighborhood, swimming in Lake Michigan, or getting coffee and reading with a friend.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would be in Patagonia.
I recently got back to the US after nine months backpacking and working in New Zealand, and I am excited about the opportunity to be a part of this community! Growing up in Minnesota made me love being outdoors, and I am looking forward to this new adventure.
John Akers
Mechanic
Favorite food: Seafood
Favorite beverage: Coffee
Favorite music: Jazz
Favorite bike I've owned: Customized GT Commuter Bike
When I'm not working at Velo City Cycles, you can find me playing ultimtae frisbee or playing trumpet in Big Timmy and the Heavy Chevys Band
If I could ride anywhere I’d ride New Zealand's old goast road
Tucker Supplee
Mechanic
Favorite food: Jerk Chicken
Favorite beverage: Rear sugar Pepsi
Favorite music: Classic, especially romantic period orchestra
Favorite bike I've owned: 2001 Foundriest with Campagnolo, soon to be upset by Cannondale Evo CX gravel bike.
When I'm not working at Velo City Cycles, you can find me playing my French horn for fun or with Holland Symphony or Holland American Legion Band.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, Rural roads in the third world part of Jamaica, or anywhere with my grandkids.
Martin Harris
Social Media
Favorite food: Bulgogi. Preferably with rice and veggies :)
Favorite beverage: Water. This is lame, but true. I wasn't a fan of water as a kid (shocker...) but I've come around in my adulthood and I will forever be trying to make up for all the water I didn't drink in middle school.
Favorite music: My listening comes and goes in phases, but Jim Croce is always a favorite.
Favorite bike I've owned: My Salsa Warroad. I've put almost 20,000 miles on this bike in the nearly 4 years I've owned it, and every one of them has been great. From TNR to Coast to Coast to towing kids around town, it never lets me down.
When I'm not working at Velo City Cycles, you can find me biking or running around West Michigan, often to or from my engineering day job.
If I could ride anywhere in the world, it would be the Carretera Austral through southern Chile. I've read a couple memoirs about bikepacking this route through the Patagonian Andes, and it sounds breathtaking, both literally and metaphorically.