\n Ascend Cycle Workshop, located on Christchurch Road, Pokesdown Hill, officially opened on Monday, October 26, following a launch party held two days earlier.\n<\/p>\n
\n The opening event on Saturday, October 24, featured a DJ and beer supplied by Outback Brewing Company, giving cyclists and residents the chance to take a look inside the new business and meet its owner.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jo Sinclair, owner of Ascend Cycle Workshop (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n Jo Sinclair, who is currently running the shop on his own, has spent more than 20 years working in the cycling industry and is a fully qualified Cytech mechanic.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cI have always been in the cycle trade. I have been doing it for just about 20 years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A keen cyclist himself, Jo has taken part in mountain biking events and trips across the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n Last year he completed a cycle tour of Japan and has previously spent three months cycling around Europe.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ascend Cycle Workshop (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n The new workshop offers a range of services from minor repairs to full bike servicing, as well as a selection of modern cycling accessories.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jo said he chose the Christchurch Road location after noticing a lack of bike repair shops in the area.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cThere appeared to be a gap in bike shops in that area.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He added that there has been some form of bicycle shop operating on Pokesdown Hill for around 30 years and felt the area was in need of another dedicated cycle business.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ascend Cycle Workshop (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n Before opening Ascend Cycle Workshop, Jo ran a business in New Milton and also spent time working in London.\n<\/p>\n
\n His latest venture has been designed with what he describes as a modern style, blending ‘rustic meets industrial’ influences.\n<\/p>\n
\n Jo said he was particularly looking forward to the launch event as an opportunity to meet local residents, cyclists and neighbouring businesses.\n<\/p>\n
\n His interest in bike maintenance began as a teenager when he’d need repairs, but only had money from his paper round.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “It came from necessity, taking my bike into bike shops on paper round money.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLearning to fix your own bike was important to me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Looking ahead, Jo hopes to build a loyal customer base while becoming part of the local community.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said he is excited to meet customers and other businesses in the area as Ascend Cycle Workshop begins its journey in Pokesdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ascend Cycle Workshop, located on Christchurch Road, Pokesdown Hill, officially opened on Monday, October 26, following a launch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}