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YOU NEED A GOOD BIKE TO GET
AROUND, AND FOR THIS WEEK'S BEST
OF MINNESOTA, YOUR VOTE SENT
KATE RADDATZ TO JOHNNY ROCK
BIKES IN HOPKINS WHERE THE KEY
TO A GOOD BIKE IS THE PEOPLE
SELLING IT.
Reporter: FOR A PLACE KNOWN
FOR BIKES, IT IS HARD TO MISS
WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING BY.
WE HAVE PEOPLE STAT STOP
EVERY DAY THAT SAY I HAVE BEEN
DRIVING BY FOR A YEAR, SIX
MONTHS, FINALLY STOPPED IN.
Reporter: THEY KEEP COMING
BACK TO JOHNNY ROCK BIKES RIGHT
OFF EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD, VOTED
BEST BIKE SHOP IN MINNESOTA.
I WOULDN'T SELECT ANYBODY
ELSE BUT JOHNNY ROCK.
Reporter: THE MAN BEHIND THE
WHEELICIZE JOHNNY ROCK,
HIMSELF-- WHEELS IS JOHNNY ROCK
SH, HIMSELF.
I USED TO WORK IN NIGHT CLUBS
A LONG TIME AGO AND ONE TIME I
MET KID ROCK AND GOT TO HANG
WITH HIM ALL NIGHT.
Reporter: THE NICKNAME JOHNNY
ROCK STUCK, BUT A BIKE SHOP
WASN'T ALWAYS A PART OF THE
PLAN.
HE WORKED IN SALES FOR 15 YEARS
AND LOST HIS JOB IN THE
RECEPTION.
HAD TO REINVENT MYSELF AND SO
I STARTED PICKING UP BIKES OUT
OF THE TRASH AND FIXING THEM IN
MY GARAGE.
Reporter: THE LIFE LONG
CYCLIST DECIDED TO OPEN HIS OWN
SHOP.
AND MAKE IT OR WASN'T GOING
TO MAKE IT.
Reporter: HE OPENED JOHNNY
ROCK BIKES IN 2011 WITH THE
PROMISE TO MAKE CUSTOMERS FEEL
AT HOME.
WHEN THEY GO OUT SHOPPING,
THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD
EXPERIENCE AT SOME SHOPS, NO ONE
SAYS HI, NO ONE DRESSES THEM.
Reporter: THE SHOP DRAWS
BICYCLISTS FROM ALL OVER THE
STATE TO SEE WHAT JOHNNY ROCK
HAS ON THE RACKS.
WE HAVE BIKES FROM $50 TO
$100 AND GO UP FROM THERE.
Reporter: $3,000, USED BIKES
TO BIKES THAT DO SOME WORK FOR
YOU.
PEDAL ASSIST BIKE, IT HAS A
BATTERY AND A MOTOR IN IT.
Reporter: I HAD TO GIVE IT A
TRY.
HERE WE GO.
YEP.
Reporter: FANCY GEAR ASIDE,
CUSTOMERS SAY IT IS THE SERVICE
THAT MAKES JOHNNY ROCK BIKES THE
BEST.
JOHN IS ALWAYS FRIENDLY,
ALWAYS KNOWS ME BY NAME AND HE
ALWAYS MAKES SURE I GET THE BES
CUSTOMER SERVICE I CAN.
WE ARE MORE OF A FAMILY BIKE
SHOP, SO WE ARE FAMILY FRIENDLY,
KID FRIENDLY.
Reporter: HIS WIFE AND TWO
SONS OFTEN HANG OUT AT THE SHOP,
2-YEAR-OLD CASH MIGHT EVEN CHAT
YOU UP.
HE WILL TALK YOUR HEAD OFF.
FUNNY.
Reporter: THEY DO REPAIRS
TOO, AFTER ALL, YOU VOTED THEM
BEST BIKE REPAIR SHOP IN 2015.
THEY WILL TAKE YOUR BIKE OR,
REALLY, ANYTHING WITH WHEELS.
PEOPLE BRING WALKERS, WE WILL
FIX WALKERS, STROLLERS.
Reporter: BIG NAME BIKES IN A
HOME TOWN BUSINESS.
I HAD A CUSTOMER BRING HIS
BIKE IN FOR REPAIR AND HE SAID I
COME BACK BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN I THINK THAT SAYS A
LOT, IF YOU PROVIDE A GOOD
ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME
AND DO BUSINESS, THEY WILL KEEP
COMING BACK.
Reporter: IF YOU ARE IN NEED
OF A BIKE, JUST ASK FOR JOHNNY.
JOHNNY ROCK!
I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
I AM JOHNNY ROCK FROM
JOHNNY ROCK BIKES, AND WE HAVE
THE BEST BIKE SHOP IN MINNESOTA.
THAT PEDAL ASSISTING BIKE IS
JUST SHY OF $1,000, JOHNNY SAID
HE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN ANOTHER
SHOP ONCE THEY FIND THE RIGHT
LOCATION.
IF YOU HAVE AN OLD BIKE, YOU CAN
BRING IT INTO THE SHOP, STILL,
EVEN IF IT IS BROKEN YOU CAN TRY
TO TRADE IT IN OR THEY CAN TRY
TO FIX IT OR THEY TAKE THE
PARTS, USE IT TO REPAIR OTHER
BIKES TOO.
THEY DO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
SOUNDS LIKE IT.
IT-- I THINK I WOULD GO FOR
THE MORE CLASSIC VERSION.
I TRIED THE PEDAL ASSISTING, IT
IS FAST.
BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF
SELECTION.
THEY WERE-- THEY KNOW ALL THE
CUSTOMERS' NAMES.
REALLY GOOD SHOP.
GOOD FOR THEM.
LOVE THE NAME.
JOHNNY ROCK.
ISN'T THAT GREAT?
THANKS, JOHNNY.
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