{"id":24958,"date":"2018-04-03T14:56:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T21:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=24958"},"modified":"2020-07-17T15:09:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T22:09:20","slug":"take-it-from-gregory-crichlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow","title":{"rendered":"Take It From Gregory Crichlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/60b42ac6-7dde-433f-ab75-34e68b88bbef?dark=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gregory didn\u2019t always dream of owning a bike shop. But when he lost his job as an architect, he combined his passion for design and his love of bicycles. The outcome was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatespokes.com\/\">Chocolate Spokes<\/a>, a bike shop in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Not only does Gregory run a small business, he designs and builds beautiful, custom bicycles. And yes, he also sells a wide range of chocolate from small, artisan chocolate makers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/take-it-from-me-podcast\">Take It From Me<\/a>, Mo, the adaptive climber you met in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/social\/take-it-from-mo-beck\">episode six<\/a>, joins Gregory (and his cats) in his bike shop. They talk about how he ended up choosing Five Points as the location for his shop and what it took to open a successful business after making a career change.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24960\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24960\" class=\"size-article_body wp-image-24960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Take-it-From-Me-0023.jpg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"One of the Chocolate Spokes shop cats\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Chocolate Spokes shop cats.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-size: 16px;\">Connect with Gregory and Chocolate Spokes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chocolatespokes.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chocolatespokes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Learn more about bicycling<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/semi-rad.com\/2017\/10\/chocolate-spokes-a-film-about-bicycles\/\">Chocolate Spokes: a film about bicycles<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/cycle\/14-tips-for-road-riding-in-the-dark\">14 tips for road riding in the dark<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/learn\/expert-advice\/bike-maintenance.html\">Bike maintenance basics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory didn\u2019t always dream of owning a bike shop. But when he lost his job as an architect, he combined his passion for design and his love of bicycles. The outcome was Chocolate Spokes, a bike shop in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver. Not only does Gregory run a small business, he designs and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":24959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,242,1728],"tags":[1455],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-24958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-social","category-take-it-from-me","tag-take-it-from-me"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Take It From Gregory Crichlow","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Take-it-From-Me-0024.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Take-it-From-Me-0024.jpg?fit=5468%2C3645"},"articleSection":"Social","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea Davis"}],"creator":["Chelsea Davis"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["take it from me"],"dateCreated":"2018-04-03T21:56:38Z","datePublished":"2018-04-03T21:56:38Z","dateModified":"2020-07-17T22:09:20Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Take It From Gregory Crichlow\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/take-it-from-gregory-crichlow\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Take-it-From-Me-0024.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Take-it-From-Me-0024.jpg?fit=5468%2C3645\"},\"articleSection\":\"Social\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Davis\"}],\"creator\":[\"Chelsea Davis\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"take it from me\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2018-04-03T21:56:38Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-03T21:56:38Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-17T22:09:20Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/Take-it-From-Me-0024.jpg?fit=5468%2C3645","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24958"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161437,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24958\/revisions\/161437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24958"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=24958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}