HISTORY
Rob Reed, owner, circa 1978
Our Story
Quick Service was founded in 1973 by Rob and Kathy Reed, and Rob's younger brother, Andy Reed. After a 3 year stint in the US Army from 1969-1972, Rob returned from Vietnam to start civilian life, bought the building that still houses Quick Service and opened for business as an appliance repair and bike shop.
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During the 70’s and after the OPEC oil embargo, fuel prices started to soar and people were becoming more fitness conscious. There was a demand for high quality bicycles and bicycle repair, so we decided to fill that need. We started off selling Bridgestone Kabuki, Ross, Univega, and Specialized. We started to sell Trek bikes around 1978 when they were a new company. We’ve been selling Trek bikes for more than forty years and were one of their very first dealers! We have since added other brands of bicycles to our inventory. The Reed's used to host mountain and road bike races. One of them was even attended by Lance Armstrong!
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Dave Crow has been with us since about 1992. He has extensive experience working on and selling many brands of bicycles. We are honored to be the leading bicycle shop in the Ohio Valley and will continue to provide our area with quality bicycles and service.
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Quick Service is heavily involved in the cycling community today. Each year, we are one of the main sponsors/organizers of the Wheeling Heritage Trail Bicycle Tour, a road bike tour in Wheeling, WV that raises awareness of and money for the Wheeling trail system. Our eventual goal is to connect Wheeling to Pittsburgh via bike path. We are also affiliated with Bike Wheeling, a grassroots cycling advocacy group. Bike Wheeling is a non-profit that advocates for cycling infrastructure, holds group rides, and educates the community on bike safety. Quick Service also helps to organize and run the annual West Virginia Mountain Bike Association race at Grand Vue Park in Moundsville, WV. We also help coach the local youth mountain bike team. Kids of all ages ride and race mountain bikes all over the state of WV. Learn more here.
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