Well, as promised... Here is the first newspaper article about Bike Hutt. The shop opens this weekend and mike and his staff have been working their tails off to make sure everything's in order. Excuse the few grammatical errors and typos. All have been fixed for final printing.
I can't get the darn picture to load, which is a great one. Will try and attach that later this week when this week's paper goes online.

The cycle revolution has arrived in Upper
Hutt with the opening of the Bike Hutt.
The former Repco building at 808
Fergusson Drive is now home to an
impressive range of high-quality cycles,
clothing and accessories.
Behind the store is managing director
and cycling advocate Mike Anderson.
Supporting him is a team of cycling
industry experts hand-picked for their
experience and passion for bicycles.
“Our specialist mechanic Ben
Stephens and customer service staff Katie
Morgan and Nick Byrne are cyclists. They
know the machines and have practical
experience with them,” Mike says.
“They also understand that a bicycle
is not a commodity like a microwave. It
provides a lifestyle.”
If you had come across American born
Mike 20-years ago you would have
found him on a very different path. He had
been destined for a career as a university
professor. But he just couldn’t deny his
love of cycling and his career took a very
different direction.
He has worked in New Zealand’s
cycle industry for the past two years but
his career has taken him around the world.
Mike has over 20 years experience in
the bicycle industry, 2 of which he spent
working exclusively for Lance Armstrong,
7 time Tour de France Champion.
This experience set Mike up perfectly
to take on his latest cycling adventure, and
he’s spent considerable time selecting the
very best bikes to range at Bike Hutt,
including an outstanding range of children's
and family bikes. As a father of two Mike
knows how important it is to have children
on a safe and reliable bike.
Bike Hutt's range includes Trek and Giant
road and mountain bikes, Gary Fisher and
Diamondback mountain bikes, Masi road
bikes and Mirraco BMX cycles.
808 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt (04) 527-8715