

A few months back a really good friend of mine told me he was going to open a bike shop in Montana. The shop is strictly dedicated to repairs and used bikes, a perfect fit with our current economic situation. They needed a logo and I volunteered. The shop is in Missoula not far from the mouth of the Hell Gate canyon. I did some research and found that the name Missoula is abbreviated form of a native american word, (Ne-missoolatakoo) meaning a place of fear next to the water. French fur traders called it Port d'Enfere, the gate of hell.