Our Story

 

Wheelhouse bike Co. LLC is owned and operated by the Bergquist family.

Dan was born and raised in Chatham and has spent most of his life in the fishing industry, shellfishing and lobstering. He spent his college years working on ski mountains in Colorado and Vermont, and in outdoor sporting goods shops building and selling bikes.

photo credit David Hill Photography

photo credit David Hill Photography


Dan has passed his love of bicycles down to our son Jakob who loves riding with Cape Cod BMX and downhill mountain biking in Vermont.

Jakob flying on the Cape Cod Rail Trail

Jakob flying on the Cape Cod Rail Trail


photo credit Cape Cod Life Magazine

photo credit Cape Cod Life Magazine

Sarah has a Fine Arts degree in Metal Sculpture and has been working as a professional goldsmith on Cape Cod since 2002. Electric bikes are more her speed and she has fun picking out the colorful bike accessories we sell in the shop. Her favorite bike embellishments are Nantucket Lightship Bike Baskets (for picnics), silly bells, and rainbow wheel lights.





A long time member of NEMBA (New England Mountain Bike Association), Dan spends most of his free time hiking and riding mountain bike trails in the woods of New England. He has been a public advocate for the responsible use of fat bikes on the Cape Cod National Seashore. Dan was a lobsterman for 15 years on the f/v SAGA out of the Chatham Fish pier. All that time spent in the wheelhouse of a fishing vessel gives special meaning to the name of the shop and our logo combining a ship's wheel and bicycle wheel. Getting his mechanic certification at Barnett Bicycle Institute in Colorado gave him the confidence to follow through on his long time dream of opening Wheelhouse Bike Co. LLC, and in 2016 we renovated the old pharmacy on Crowell Rd in Chatham Village by the bike path and made it a reality!

We are so excited to share our local knowledge and love of family and bicycles with you!

The original sculpture made by Sarah that inspired our logo and launched our brand

The original sculpture made by Sarah that inspired our logo and launched our brand