Airport West Bike Shop

Meet The Team

Name: Andrew Sammut
Role: Team Leader
Riding Experience: Been riding bikes for as long as I can remember. Started mountain biking at the age of 13 when I went on a school excursion to the You Yangs, been hooked ever since.
What do you love about bikes?: The whole freedom of being on a bike. I find that being on my bike is a great way to just get away from all the hectic rush and stress of everyday life, as well as providing a mental challenge of push yourself beyond what you thought you were capable of.
Expertise: All things Mountain Bikes
Current Bikes: 2016 Lapierre Spicy 527, 2017 Norco Torrent 7.1, 2018 Norco Threshold A Apex, 2018 Norco Search Steel XR-Rival and 2013 Scott Scale 960.
Favourite Ride: You Yangs Bike Park
Email: andrew.sammut@99bikes.com.au

Name: Jess Willox
Role: Future Team Leader
Experience: I have been working in customer service and retail for approximately 5 years. I started at 99Bikes Airport West early 2019 and have since learnt how to incorporate my retail experience with the bike industry.
Expertise: Kids bikes, hybrids and cruisers.
What do you love about bikes?: I associate bikes with holiday and relaxation. Absolutely love a chill bike ride around the beach. Give me a bike, brunch and a warm day and I’m happy.
Current Bikes: I have just become the proud owner of an 80s vintage Apollo cruiser.
Favourite Ride: A trail near the beach is great for me; Great Ocean Road, Ocean Grove, Torquay.
Email: jess.willox@99bikes.com.au

Name: Jake Mitchell
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: After many years working at my local bikes shop casually in Northern N.S.W. as a mechanic and sales consultant, I moved to Melbourne and started my journey with 99bikes at Airport West.
Expertise: Road Bikes and Indoor training equipment.
What do you love about bikes?: Training and racing my bike indoor, outdoor, mountain or road and just escaping to the outdoors for an awesome ride with my friends.
Current Bikes: TCR Advanced SL Raw Carbon in color and a Trek Fuel EX7 Red and Black.
Favourite Ride: My all time favourite would be the Gibraltar Range Climb that features in the Grafton to Inverell its 16km of awesome up and down, But since moving to Melbourne I have found that I am loving riding Kinglake and Humevale.
Email: jake.mitchell@99bikes.com.au

Name: Liam Barron
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: First time working in retail but have 15 years experience on a bike. Been with 99 since April.
Expertise: Road Bikes.
What do you love about bikes?: Speeding past cars stuck in traffic and getting lost on neglected country roads.
Current Bikes: Old Miyata 110.
Favourite Ride: King Lake (mainly the hill back home).
Email: liam.barron@99bikes.com.au

Name: Howard Ho
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: Was in the Army for 5 years as an Infantry soldier, Studied Medicine at University and worked at Melbourne International Airport for 2 years in Customer Service/Retail.
Expertise: Mountain Bikes and Hybrids, Mainly for Leisure, Commuting and Physical Training.
What do you love about bikes?: The Freedom of Movement on any Terrain. I love, the reliability of the vehicle, doesn't need fuel, just it's rider. I love feeling the wind, I love going down on a decline at speed and I love the physical training element of it, increasing muscle mass and keeping it's rider physically fit.
Current Bikes: GT Avalanche 2016.
Favourite Ride: Rides that offer long comfortable rides, with long declines and then balances out by a long straight ride and once again long declines (for cruising / leisure). For Physical Excercise, Tough gradiant inclines, minimal declines, tough and exhausting for the Quads, followed by a long straight back home..
Email: howard.ho@99bikes.com.au

Name: Celeste Petersen
Role: Mechanic
Experience: After completing Year 12 in Mareeba QLD, I traveled to Brisbane to complete a Diploma of Sport Development. I then started with 99 Bikes North Lakes not long after completing the diploma, I was there for over 20 months learning the range of customers needs and getting my hands on the tools when I can. After completing the Bike Building course offered at 99 Bikes at that time I immediately loved what I was doing from the very first day. Then moving to Chermside 99 Bikes I had the opportunity to start my Bicycle Mechanic Apprenticeship. I have now made a big move to Victoria and continuing with the mechanic role.
Expertise: Gravel, Mountain bikes and BMX.
What do you love about bikes?: Pushing myself on each ride and getting my hands dirty fixing and adjusting my bikes.
Current Bikes: Norco Search, Cube Stereo 140 Race, DK Cygnus.
Favourite Ride: Too many to choose from! Bunya and Ironbark Trails and Gap Creek in Brisbane.
Email: celeste.petersen@99bikes.com.au