O'Connor Bike Shop

Meet The Team

Name: Danny Van der Veer
Role: Team Leader
Customer Service Experience: 8 years of retail experience. Having cycled for most of my childhood, I got into triathlons and obstacle racing 8 years ago and have been riding ever since.
Expertise: Having done one full ironman, 5 halves and countless sprint distance triathlons, my expertise is definitely road bikes, but getting into adventure racing, and have signed up for Cape to Cape for the end of 2019.
What do you love about bikes?: I love how you can just get on a bike and just get away from the world for a few hours and focus on just riding. The freedom of being outside in the elements always makes me want to ride more.
Current Bikes: 2017 Merida Scultura Neon Green Special Edition. 2018 Norco Revolver 3 Hardtail.
Favourite Ride: Love doing the freeway ride and also riding up the hills on the roadie. For mountain biking, spend most of my time up in Kalamunda, favourite track would be Horny Devil for sure, love how it flows.
Email: danny.vanderveer@99bikes.com.au

Name: Philip Mileham
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: I have been riding bikes for many years. Whilst I have done some mountain bike riding (on trails, not up and down mountains!) most of it has been on the road. This is my first role in retail. My previous career was working on projects for financial services companies in the UK and internationally.
Expertise: Road bikes, triathlon bikes.
What do you love about bikes?: I love the freedom and variety of riding. I can just get out on a bike and explore, or go for a training ride, or ride to the shops, or to work. You see more on a bike and are so much closer to the world around you. It helps keep me fit and can be a great social experience too.
Current Bikes: Boardman SLS 9.0 and Boardman Air 9.8.
Favourite Ride: I've only recently moved to Perth so am still exploring. So far they are all great! The river loop is always cool as I love being near the water. In Europe the ride down to and then up from Sa Calobra in Majorca is just spectacular, terrifying and exhausting in equal measure.
Email: philip.mileham@99bikes.com.au

Name: Aaron Irvine
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: I have a racing history which started with swimming which then grew to bikes competing road racing, triathlon and mountain bike races enjoying adventure endurance based events the most. I have spent a long amount of time riding almost all disciplines of bikes and enjoy them all equally. I have a degree in Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation and have spent over 10 years in sporting performance and injury rehabilitation. Whilst I do not race anymore I do enjoy riding my bike on a regular basis to keep fit.
Expertise: I have ridden all kind of bikes from mountain bikes, road bikes and time trial bikes. Have and a strong knowledge of how they all behave under various conditions.
What do you love about bikes?: My passion for bikes comes from the freedom to go anyway you want without the need of dealing with traffic.
Current Bikes: Merida Scultura 6000.
Favourite Ride: Perth hills loop.
Email: aaron.irvine@99bikes.com.au

Name: Matthew Wherry
Role: Sales Consultant
Experience: With nearly 20 years in the retail industry, I am excited to bring that experience and customer service skills to 99 Bikes.
Expertise: I've been riding bikes since I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, USA. I was fortunate enough to live in a place that has an abundance of bike paths and trails for a kid to ride. While the majority of my riding was done on road bikes as I grew older, I have done some trail riding as well.
What do you love about bikes?: I love the freedom a bike gives you. As a kid it was a way to go places without mom or dad, and now being on a bike it is a way to just get away from the world for a while. Nothing better than the wind in your face and watching the road go by as you pedal to whatever your destination may be.
Current Bikes: Looking to upgrade to a Merida Scultura 4000.
Favourite Ride: Best ride I've been on was when I did RAGBRAI in America, which is a week long road ride across the state of Iowa.
Email: matthew.wherry@99bikes.com.au