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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.
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| 1973 |
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Sunnyside moves to Greenwood Avenue
Selling Peugeot, Motobecane, and Raleigh.
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| 1976 |
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Sunnyside moves to Bond Street
Picks up Univega Bicycles
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| 1978 |
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Sunnyside Touring sells to an investment group
and becomes Sunnyside Sports
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| 1980 |
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The Cascade Cycling Classic Begins
with a small and dedicated group of volunteers including Gary and Don.
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Sunnyside picks up Trek Bicycles
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| 1982 |
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First mountain bike arrives
--A Univega Alpina Pro
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| 1983 |
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Don Leet Purchases Sunnyside
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| 1983 |
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Don gets Trek's first prototype mountain bike.
Now in Trek's in-house museum
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| 1984 |
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Store moves to Wall Street
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| 1985 |
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Sunnyside picks up Bridgestone
And had our first $1000 mountain bike on the floor--an MB0
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| 1987 |
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Sunnyside/Bridgestone Mountain Bike Team
takes life at the store. Includes Don, John Howcroft, Julie ?, and the late Tom Pickett of Pickett's Charge fame.
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| 1990 |
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Store moves to its current location on Newport Ave
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Don rides a suspension fork at World's
Purchased from Rockshox Reps at World's
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| 1993 |
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Bonackers become partners in Sunnyside, Inc.
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| 2002 |
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Store remodels to double in size
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| 2003 |
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Gary is diagnosed with brain cancer
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| 2005 |
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700 riders attend the first Tour des Chutes
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