Hometown Madison - July & August 2017

A Bicycle Revolution
Susan Marquez
Jeremy and Paula Polk have created
a bit of a revolution in Gluckstadt.
They’ve been running their
Gluckstadt-based business, Bicycle
Revolution, for ten years out of a large
panel truck, picking up, fixing, and
dropping off bicycles. “We were the
first mobile service in Mississippi, and
when we started, we were one of just
five in the country,” said Polk. “And we
were certainly the first in the South. Now
they are more common and you’ll see
franchises of them.”
The company now has a storefront in
Gluckstadt, which opened March 1st.
“Paula and I work together in this
business,” said Jeremy, “along with
our business partner, Jayce Powell.
We all live in Gluckstadt. I have lived
here since 1998, so it makes sense to
locate our business here. Besides, there
was a wide-open market for this here.”
The mobile repair business initially
started in 2007 in a truck parked outside
of the Storage Max. Jayce had worked
at a bike store in Ridgeland for ten
years, and he liked the idea of being
closer to home. “I liked the idea of being
out here, and I liked the idea of a café.
It was something new and fresh.”
Bicycle Revolution not only repairs
bikes but sells them. “We literally
started out as a rolling bike shop,” said
Paula. “Convenience was our niche.
We would go into someone’s home or
office, showing up like little elves, do
the repair work and leave, sending
them an invoice through Quick Books
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