History

Pre-1988 Sunnyside Logo

1972  – Doors open at Sunnyside Touring on Irving Avenue. Jim Desmet and Gary Fowles were joined by a young Gary Bonacker, who worked at the shop for free and collected bottles for income.

1973  – Sunnyside moves to Greenwood Avenue. Selling Peugeot, Motobecane, and Raleigh.

1976 – Sunnyside moves to Bond Street. Picks up Univega Bicycles

1978 – Sunnyside Touring sells to an investment group and becomes Sunnyside Sports

1980 – The Cascade Cycling Classic begins with a small and dedicated group of volunteers including Gary and Don.  Sunnyside picks up Trek Bicycles

1982 – First mountain bike arrives –A Univega Alpina Pro

Pre-2005 Sunnyside logo

1983 – Don Leet purchases Sunnyside

1983 -  Don gets Trek’s first prototype mountain bike.  Now in Trek’s in-house museum

1984 – Store moves to Wall Street

1985 – Sunnyside picks up Bridgestone and had our first $1000 mountain bike on the floor–an MB0

1987 – Sunnyside/Bridgestone Mountain Bike Team takes life at the store. Includes Don, John Howcroft, Julie Willis, and the late Tom Pickett of Pickett’s Charge fame.

1990 -  Store moves to its current location on Newport Ave.  Don rides a suspension fork at World’s – Purchased from Rockshox Reps at World’s

1993 – Bonackers become partners in Sunnyside, Inc.

Current Sunnyside logo

2002 – Store remodels to double in size

2003 – Gary is diagnosed with brain cancer
2005 – 700 riders attend the first Tour des Chutes

2007  – Mike Schindler becomes a partner.