{"id":10265,"date":"2015-12-13T21:10:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=10265"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:43","slug":"jonathan-garcia-bike-industry-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/13\/jonathan-garcia-bike-industry-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Garcia &#8211; Bike Industry Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-13-at-9.02.18-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/13\/jonathan-garcia-bike-industry-giant\/screen-shot-2015-12-13-at-9-02-18-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-13-at-9.02.18-PM.png?fit=432%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"432,521\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen shot 2015-12-13 at 9.02.18 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-13-at-9.02.18-PM.png?fit=432%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10268 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-shot-2015-12-13-at-9.02.18-PM.png?resize=432%2C521\" alt=\"Screen shot 2015-12-13 at 9.02.18 PM\" width=\"432\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a>After I <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/30\/the-powerful-chemistry-behind-portlands-new-recumbent-specific-bike-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed Rose City Recumbent Cycles<\/a>, I absolutely had to spend more time with <strong>Jonathan Garcia<\/strong> possibly the most versatile, well rounded and experienced bike shop front men on the planet. Over his 40 years in the bike industry, Jonathan enjoyed a 15 year career as a celebrated, professional freestyle bike rider on bikes he personally re-configured (<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/more-on-renaissance-man-jonathan-garcia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photos<\/a>), he has co-owned two bike manufacturing companies, apprenticed as a welder with one of the best in the business and even has the scrap book from when he started designing bikes when he was 10 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/JonathanGarcia\" width=\"579\" height=\"579\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I interviewed Rose City Recumbent Cycles, I absolutely had to spend more time with Jonathan Garcia possibly the most&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/12\/13\/jonathan-garcia-bike-industry-giant\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,6,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-portland","category-recumbent","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2Fz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9597,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/30\/the-powerful-chemistry-behind-portlands-new-recumbent-specific-bike-shop\/","url_meta":{"origin":10265,"position":0},"title":"The Powerful Chemistry Behind Portland&#8217;s New Recumbent Specific Bike Shop","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Besides the international and national big city Mayors we interview and top cycle athletes and paranormal bike activists that we engage with on our NBG Mountain Movers Podcast series, the recumbent bike industry is filled with individuals who embody the highest art from of what it is to be an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Portland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Portland","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/portland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10275929_10203839184530558_2214799492814130627_n.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9560,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/07\/24\/rose-city-recumbent-cycles-honoring-marilyn-hayward\/","url_meta":{"origin":10265,"position":1},"title":"Rose City Recumbent Cycles Honoring Marilyn Hayward","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Marilyn Hayward's legacy lives on! 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