Olympic Supply Company

We’ve got bikes incoming this week (more on what bikes when we actually receive them)!

Before we order more pallets from a vendor - if any shops in the Milwaukee area has pallets they need out of store and can drop off before Thursday - feel free to just leave them on our dock!

We appreciate you!

***No guarantee that delivery drivers can grab them Friday due to delivery volume!

Thanks!

POV: You’re the warehouse dog and you’ve learned that every workplace has a Steve.

You know the one.

Bike broken? Steve.

Can’t find something in the warehouse? Steve.

Need to climb into the rafters to find something in storage? Also Steve.

Part doesn’t fit even though everyone says it should? Steve.

Something making a noise that definitely wasn’t making that noise yesterday? Steve.

Someone says, “Hey Steve, quick question?”

Steve’s day is over.

At Olympic, our Steve is conveniently actually named Steve.

He fixes things. Orders things. Finds things. Climbs things. Knows things. And gets called whenever the rest of the humans have officially run out of ideas. And a LOT of other things too!

I have a similar role.

Except I mostly find food people have dropped on the floor and take naps.

Every workplace has a Steve.

Ours just happens to have a Laney, too. 🐾🚲

Protect them both at all costs.

The 5th generation is putting some pedal to the metal. 🚲

Their latest project? Handmade signs for our brands, our team, and their favorite people around Olympic Supply and Mom. Obviously.

We’re pretty sure encouragement is the best kind of accessory — and these kids are making sure everyone gets a little extra.

Looks like the next generation is already finding their spokes. 😂

We'll be closed Friday, July 3 so our warehouse crew can trade packing bikes for backyard barbecues.

Local deliveries are still rolling Thursday this week (INSTEAD of Friday), but head's up - Friday is pretty quiet around the shipping world—Spee-Dee and most freight carriers are closed, leaving UPS to do the heavy lifting.

And yes... the July 4th Sale is happening.

Before you ask...
No, we won't tell you what time.

It goes live when it goes live.

Just keep checking. 😉

Another Olympic Supply History Lesson for today!

Remember when we said baseball played a role in Olympic Supply's history?

We weren't kidding.

One of the more interesting branches of the OSCO family tree leads directly to Ken Keltner, the All-Star third baseman for the Cleveland Indians who is forever linked to ending Joe DiMaggio's famous 56-game hitting streak.

But to the Goniu family, Ken was more than a baseball player.

After marrying Evelyn Goniu, sister of founder Alphonse Goniu, Ken became part of the family and later partnered with Al through Ken Keltner Sales during Olympic Supply's early years - building partnerships and the developing what's known today as the Olympic Supply Standard.

The decades have passed. Families have grown. Generations have come and gone. While the direct connection between the Goniu and Keltner families has naturally become more distant, the story remains part of Olympic Supply's history.

In fact, one piece of that history still survives today. The original Olympic Supply sign bearing the Ken Keltner Sales name still hangs in the northern Wisconsin home of one of Alphonse Goniu's granddaughters—a small reminder of the partnership and family ties that helped shape the company in its earliest days.

And perhaps history has a way of repeating itself.

Today, Cassidy Goniu—the 5th generation of the Goniu family connected to Olympic Supply and daughter of Brian and Jess—loves two things: softball and bicycles.

Maybe that's no coincidence.

After all, baseball and bicycles are two of America's great traditions. For nearly 80 years, both have had a place in the story of Olympic Supply.

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Some connections fade with time. Others just find new ways to continue.

Everybody knows the company. Few know the man behind it.

This is Alphonse Goniu.

Not in a warehouse.
Not making deliveries.
Not talking bikes.

Just enjoying a swing in the backyard.

When people talk about a company that's been around for nearly eight decades, they usually talk about buildings, inventory, and years in business.

What they don't always talk about are the people who made it possible.

Before Olympic Supply was a bicycle distributor, it was a family taking a chance, working hard, and building something they hoped would last.

Thanks, Al.

Still family-owned. Still moving forward. Since 1948.

***Photo found in our things around the warehouse. Location: Don's backyard, date unknown.***

With shifting responsibilities here in-house and increasing demand, we're once again growing our Warehouse Team!

We're looking for dependable, hardworking individuals to help pick, pack, and ship bicycle products. This is a hands-on position that requires standing, walking, and lifting throughout the day.

Pay range is $16-18/hour

Immediate openings available.

Interested? Send your resume to - [email protected]

🌷🚲 Happy Mother’s Day from Olympic Supply 🚲🌷

Piper (you met her in the last video) recently completed a very official “All About Mom” questionnaire.

When asked what Mom does at work, her answer was simple:“Putting stickers on boxes.” 📦😂

And honestly, when you ask a 5-year-old who occasionally hangs out at the warehouse after school… that probably does seem like the entire job description. Especially since she also sees Mom spending a lot of time helping Dad.

The funny thing about small business life is that kids don’t see titles or job descriptions — they just see everyone jumping in wherever needed. One minute it’s labels on boxes, the next it’s answering phones, helping customers, solving problems, and somehow keeping the wheels turning. 🚴

Piper’s mom would also like everyone to know that she can, in fact, cook very well. She just happens to be negotiating daily with an extremely picky tiny food critic. 🍗😂

To all the moms and mother figures helping keep families, businesses, and everyday chaos rolling along — we appreciate you. ❤️

Happy Mother’s Day from the Olympic crew! 🌸