Harrisons' Cyclery


Harrisons' Cyclery's History

Carlos Harrison's father started repairing bicycles at home in the early 1940's. He opened a store in 1944, which he sold in 1952. He reopened a bicycle/furniture store in 1956, which Carlos and Bev bought in 1971. Carlos and Bev closed out the furniture part and built a new store on Lincoln Avenue in 1980. Carlos has sold and repaired chain saws, yard and garden equipment, and kerosene heaters in the last 20 years, but currently concentrate on sales and repairs of bicycles.

 

Nature of Business

Sales and repair of bicycles and sales of Magic: The Gathering (tm) collectible game cards.

 

Qualities & Skills Needed for Employment

Looking for a non-smoking, clean cut man/woman with mechanical skills for assembling and repairing bikes.

 

Impact of Changing Technologies

In the 50+ years, Carlos has been around the bicycle business, almost everything except the name and general configuration has changed. Modern materials (titanium, aluminum, cro-moly, carbon-fiber) and engineering have made more changes in the last 10 years than the previous 50.

 

Vision for 2020

Charleston will need a good bicycle store, but Carlos will be retired by 2020, so Carlos guesses this business would need a new owner.

 


Harrison Cyclery

303 Lincoln Avenue

Charleston, IL 61920

(217)345-4223

 


Special thanks to Carlos Harrison (owner) for supplying information to assist us with this project.

Team members: Andy Hunter and Drew Daly, or Drew Daly and Andy Hunter

Return to Charleston, IL: A 2020 Vision

 

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