by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 26, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Ariel received me and the NOPAL mountain bike group that biked 90 km’s with me to Vicente Guerrero. Ariel owns the local bike shop in town and also sells the Sunpeed brand of bikes hence the relationship with Sunpeed Durango. Ariel arranged pizza dinner and a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 25, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Thanks to meeting Adrian Ibarra & his girlfriend Dalia Aguirre in Durango and discovering a shifting cable on the verge of snapping Adrian made arrangements to have my bike fixed at Sunpeed. Sunpeed instantly agreed to look at my bike and repair and replace...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 25, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
I met Dalia and Adrian because Dalia spotted me biking into Durango and waved me down. I would never have guessed such a random meeting would lead to so much excitement. Because of a bike issue they brought me to Sunpeed Bike shop that would lead to a complimentary...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 25, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Thanks to my chance meeting of Adrian Ibarra & his girlfriend Dalia Aguirre who also happened to be members of the NOPAL Mountain Bike Club in Durango. After Adrian making arrangements to have my bike looked at by Sunpeed Bike shop we proceeded to the downtown of...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 24, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
With Ali & Diego (Monica was unavailable) The day before arriving in Durango I reached out to a Mexican bike group on WhatsApp called RACmex General. I asked if there was anyone out there that could host me in Durango. Someone in the group put me in touch with...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 20, 2021 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride
Roger is the brother of my Torreon host – Ricardo. I would end up spending a lot of time with Roger most afternoons during my 9 days in Torreon. Roger has a coffee roasting company with ambitions of being one of the ten richest Mexicans in Mexico someday. ...