New Developments

Psalm 139:13-24

13 You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart. 15When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there - 16 you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began. 17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts; how many of them there are! 18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you. 19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked! How I wish violent people would leave me alone! 20 They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name. 21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you! 22 I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies. 23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts. 24 Find out if there is any evil in me and guide me in the everlasting way.

New Developments:

There have been numerous new developments at the shop and at home over the past few weeks. I now have my Van from Dish and am officially a "remote". I am going to do my best to be one of the best remotes that I can be. With that said I am still green and I know I am not as quick as many of the people out there that have been doing the same thing for years.  I am finishing 2 or 3 jobs a day and some of them are finishing 7 or 8. Some of my coworkers are selling hundreds of dollars in Home Services things like sound bars, TV Mounts and even screen cleaner while I am not really selling any at all.  These things will change with consistently applying myself, learning more and more about the products and services and with more and more customer contact. 

One thing however that has been constant is that the Bicycle Shop is just not cutting it. Unfortunately he cost of operations is far and away more than the income generated. Based on the performance of the shop and the financial situation which I find myself in at this time I see no reason to keep it open and many reasons to close the shop down.  The "rent" is paid until October 1, 2014. 

If anyone would like to buy out the inventory, I would be happy to discuss that possibility.. Jim Soos owns about 1/2 of the inventory and I own the other 1/2. . The specialized bicycle tools I will likely keep to work on my own bikes, so basically you would be buying the inventory which includes new and used bikes, lubes, cleaners, tires, tubes, various type of accessories. Bike storage racks and other bike related equipment is included.I also have several "boneyard" bikes I use to get parts from when someone wants to save on parts by using used parts. 

I am also fairly sure that Jim would give you a good deal on rent of the space if you would like to keep it right where it is at. Send me an email at bodymindgoals@hotmail.com or give me a call at 229-921-0072 if you are interested. 

I am going to try to get by the shop and post some photos of the stuff in the shop including the bikes in a blog post in the next few days. I work for Dish Saturday and have Sunday off, so maybe I can get some photos Sunday after the Couch to 40 K meeting.

Couch to 40K bicycle training program:

The Couch to 40K bicycle training program will start up again Sunday August 24, 2014. We will meet at the bicycle trail parking lot on Lower Meigs Road, just off South Main, here in Moultrie.  Everyone is welcome to join us for a ride each Sunday at 3:00 PM. 

The program is a ministry of Heritage Church here in Moultrie. This session will meet each Sunday until the weekend before Thanksgiving then  start up again after January 1, 2014. There will very likely be at the very least a prayer before each ride and someone may want to discuss some biblical or current event, or even how some current event could be linked to the bible. 

We will begin with a short ride and the ride will get longer each week. By the end of the "session" we will be riding approximately 26 miles or about 40 Kilometers. Routes will vary each week. Ther is no charge, but you must have your own bicycle and helmet. Everyone must wear a helmet. Children are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult ( over 18) . 

If you need repairs done on your bike or things such as tubes, tires etc, let me know a few days before the ride and we will do our best to get those issues taken care of forou. 

Come join us if you can.

Internet Marketing

I have pretty much at this point stopped doing any sort of Internet Marketing. I just do not have enough time to do that and get other work and family stuff done. 

Have a great day

Jerry Goodwin

Bike Shop News and More

June 12, 2014

Bible verse from devotional

1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert, 9 where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did. 10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways." 11 So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."   

Bike shop and personal news:

Worked today from 8-5 at Home Depot in Moultrie. I worked as a Plumbing Associate which is where I have been most since I started there. I actually like the job and the work, most of the associates are very friendly and helpful and want to do their best. The manager Scott is a really nice man, was really sorry to hear he was off today sick.

 

I turned my resignation in and my last day there will be the 24th, we have to take Chris to see the Neurologist on the 25th and I decided to take a couple days off before staring my training at the new job.

 

I also want to make sure the bike shop is all in order before I leave. I am a little behind on my paperwork there and I want to make sure if I hire someone to run it while I am gone that they are also "trained" well enough.

 

If the right person comes along, I may even be willing to either hire them permanently or sell them the shop altogether. I have heard from numerous people but have not made any sort of decision as yet. I have 2 people that stand out so far, 1 male and 1 female. I am hoping to actually meet with a few of those that contacted me by phone at the shop tomorrow. 

 

Selling the shop is something that I really just thought about. With me working 4 days a week at 10 hours plus per day I have been thinking about many different things and that is just one of them. Just the month I will be training I will be working a lot of hours and will likely be too tired to really do a good job with the bike shop.

 

If I were able to sell the shop I would then be able to concentrate more on training for the Golden Olympics, and I could still do things like have bicycle repair clinics and get some more rides in.  I may even be willing to finance the sale for the right person. and with a reasonable down payment.

 

I had a customer come in yesterday that needed a tube and had seen my ad on the Internet, found us by doing a google search, at least that ad is pulling some business. If someone would buy the shop they would also get the benefit of that ad until October.

 

This Photo was taken a few weeks back in my front yard

 

 

 

This picture was taken about 2002 or 2003 in Tifton Georgia

 

 

These photos are from the Wiregrass Bike to Farm Tour Bicycle ride on June 7, 2014 in Tifton Georgia

 

 

 

This is a Chinese 80CC Gasoline Powered Bicycle Engine that I put on a bicycle.

 

 

This is a huge Cow that advertises the Dairy Queen on I-75 at Ashburn Geaorgia

 

 

This is part of the Bicycle Shop Showroom

 

 

Here are some bikes in the showroom

 

This is the race/repair trailer that I take to events

 

This is a really nice bike we have for sale at the shop, come check it out if you can.

 

 

 

Internet Marketing;

 

 

Yes I am still doing some Internet Marketing, which will now include having a complete sporting goods store on the Internet. It is not up and running yet, but I expect it will be before I head off to Marietta on the 30th of June. When I get it set up the readers of my blog will be the first to hear about it. If all works right there will be reviews of many of the products and those will be listed here as well.

 

One thing some of you may not know is that I have been listed as an "Expert" allexperts.com in cycling and Weightlifting & Exercise . I have been listed as an expert in both categories for many years and have maintained very high ratings. If you do need questions asked about these things, do not hesitate to ask.

 

Have a great day

 

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Personal News and Animal Activism

May 28, 2014

Today I received some great news. I have been attempting to find a full time job for a while now, one with a benefit package and of course a full time income. I had a very good interview last week and have been very impatiently waiting for the call telling me to go get a drug screen. I received that call today.

Tomorrow after I finish work at Home Depot I will drive to Valdosta to have my tox screen done. I will have to put in a notice at Home Depot that I will be leaving there to take another position with full time hours and benefits. Ruth and I are going to have to decide what we are going to do with the bike shop also. Not only that but I have also been asked to interview with a hospital as a Medical Technolgist part time for the weekends.

I am leaning toward trying to find a more suitable location for the bike shop, hiring someone part time to run it while I am gone and keeping it open, but that comes with a pretty large initial investment of funds which I am not sure I can come up with at this point.  The current location is very low traffic, and really not a great location for that type of business. Some space closer to downtown or the bike trail would be more likely to draw more customers, also if I could find somewhere that was more open, like a garage, that also would be more beneficial. 

The next couple of weeks should be very interesting for our family. After I accept the position I will have to go to Atlanta for 5 days for classroom training. That should be fairly easy since I have a background in this type of work, but since I haven't worked in it for years I am not sure what to expect. Once I get back from Atlanta there will be 4 days with a field coach in Valdosta, then another week in Atlanta and another 4 days in Valdosta. Once the training is completed I should receive my van, tools, and a weeks worth of "product" . I should also after 30 days be able to have my cable at the house disconnected as I will be getting satellite TV as part of my package, not sure about Internet, may get that also. 

The company will be furnishing uniforms, a van, gas, PPE , tools and scheduling my appointments. 4 days on 3 days off actually sounds pretty good.  Not having to use my own Truck or Van sounds quite good also. I hope this will be my last full time job until I officially retire.

Bible Verse from Devotional:

 8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? "Selah" 11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ? 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. 17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. 18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend. 

Special note to animal acivists;

Let me first say that I do understand, I too enjoy the company of our pets and consider our dogs to be more than just furry little friends, they are part of the family. I would protect them with my life and I know they would do the same for me.

With that said though I have no problem downing a cheeseburger, eating a chicken sandwich or having ham and eggs or bacon and eggs for a meal.  I do enjoy going to the zoo, seeing and learning about animals, and I would never harm an animal unless there was simply no other choice.   I would not put my family in danger for an animal. By that I mean if a Deer, dog or a any other animal runs in front of my car, I won't swerve to miss it and lose control of my car or truck.

You may wonder why I am writing this and what difference it makes. It is sort of personal and I won't name any names but this recently became a big problem between two of my friends. I have known both of these people since High School, but have not seen either of them except for our 43rd High School Reunion back in October of 2013. 

So here is what I am told happened. One of these people posted something on Facebook about exotic foods and somehow the food "Blut" came up. If you are Asian or ever spent time in the Asian countries like Viet Nam you knw what a blut is, you may have even ate them, with or without knowing what they are. For those that don't know I am going to leave it to you to look up.

One of these friends posted something about exotic foods and mentioned blut. The other friend is married to a person a Asian Decent. One friend decided that they had a problem with exactly what a blut is, now I am sure this person has never eaten one but decided on only what it is that it was not good and felt that it was terrible to treat any animal that way.  

I am not saying it is right or wrong but I can say for sure that we don't exactly treat cattle kindly when we kill and butcher them, most people would throw up if they ever saw the way hot dogs or sausage is prepared, and my son who works in a chicken plant will tell you in a heartbeat that chickens ready to be processed are not exactly treated like pets. 

Anyway one of the 2 asked me for my opinion and I sent this email back to them. I know there are plenty of people that will disagree, but I am sure there are also plenty that will agree. 


My first taste (of Blut) was at Fort Campbell Kentucky. I was there with the Ohio National Guard 1/148th HHC which was at the time a "sister" company to the 101st Airborne (Screamin Eagles), since that was about 1978 there were many Viet Nam Vets there and some had brought back brides from that country that prepared bluts.

I did not like the taste, but then I don't care for the taste of lobster or squid either.

My friend that I worked with at Adel and at Tifton for the past several years is from the Philippines and she loves bluts.

If most people seen how Hot Dogs are made or sausage for that matter they would never eat it again, and what about caviar? Taking the eggs from a pregnant fish? Ever been to a slaughter house where they kill and butcher cows, not exactly Humane.

I love animals too, I very much enjoy our dogs, Peanut and Dixie, but I can't get up in arms about how any culture prepares animals they consider food. That is their culture.

When I lived in Tucson I was fortunate to have worked with the Papago , Now called the Tohono Odam. Once I remember one of the Chiefs telling me that all the "Indians" were getting fat and lazy because of the "Circle K Diet" that was common there. He went on to tell me how the forefathers would eat the bugs and insects and run miles at a time to take messages from tribe to tribe. many of these bugs and insects were eaten whole and alive.

Anyway I think he (one friend) is making a big deal out of nothing. If I got all upset every time someone does not like a post of mine, I would stay upset all the time. You may not be able to control what happens or how someone reacts to what you say or do, but you can control your own reaction in any situation.

Keep smiling, have a great day.

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin
BMG Cycles Plus
1612 1st Avenue SE
Moultrie, GA 31768
229-921-0072

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Tour de Tifton and other bike stuff

April 2, 2014

Today is World Autism Awareness Day.  Everyone wear blue or get a blue light to support the people with Autism.  If you are interested here is a link to Autism Awareness.  Many of the readers may not know that we are the proud parents of two children with Autism, Scot now 41 and Chris now 33, both will celebrate birthdays in August. 


1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinnersor sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Bike Shop Stuff.

I think I have the Gas Motor kit about finished, looks like just hooking up throttle and clutch and filling it up with gas. It would be a lot easier if the directions were reasonably decent but the directions are very poorly done, the company spent more money on printing the directions than they did on having them made so they could be understood. Since the people that make the engine are Chinese and English is their second language I am guessing that may be part of the problem. 

Today with any luck I will get that bike finished and delivered. Have another bike sold that I have to deliver, a package that I have to get in the mail today and a Next bike that came in last evening that needs cables and shifters. At 5 PM I have to be at my "regular" job at Home Depot, I am working in Plumbing this week. That is not bad at all, I have a pretty decent base knowledge of plumbing and am learning a lot more as a lot of contractors and other D.I.Y folks come by and tell me about their projects and stories. I listen and learn a lot.

Tour de Tifton/Isle Boyette Memorial Bicycle Ride

April 12th is just around the corner and will mark the 5th annual Tour de Tifton Bicycle Ride.If you are anywhere near Tifton, Georgia come by and ride with us. I will be providing on route SAG for the ride, which means I will take some tools and some tires, tubes etc and head out after the riders leave and make sure everyone finishes the ride by either helping them with repairs,, water or Gatorade, or even giving them a ride if the just wear out. The rides range from an short 11 mile ride to a Metric Century 100 KM and a Full Century 100 Miles.

Along the route you will see some absolutely beautiful countryside, so do come by if you can and ride with us, here are some pictures of he route, enjoy. 

Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing is something I have come to enjoy and have really began to develop in the last few months. I am planning to replace most of the income I had before and maybe even more with my participation in Internet Marketing and I believe I am on the right track. If you want to get out of  "dead end" job or you want some real security then Internet Marketing may very well be for you too. Here is a program that you can join and promote and test, it is inexpensive and it will also help you promote other programs, if interested just click this link

Have a great day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin

BMG Cycles Plus

1612 1st Ave. SE

Moultrie, GA 31768

229-921-0072

A little Motivation and some news

April 1, 2014

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; 2 my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 5 All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. 7For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 8 You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? 9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, thatGod is for me. 10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, 11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? 12 I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. 13 For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Motivational Quote

“Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” - Unknown

Bike Shop

Yesterday I was able to get 2 bikes done and managed to get all the cutting, drilling and such done to mount the engine on the cruiser bike. Hoping today I can get everything hooked up and running on that.
Expect to have it done by late this afternoon.

One thing I have found on the Gas Powered bike kits, the "instructions" are a little more than worthless. You can find some videos on youtube where people have tried to fill the gaps and some of them are decent,  If I get anymore request for these to be put on I will double my pirce, but I will also make an instruction video of the entire procedure, even if I do pull the what little hair I have left out putting it together. 

Also received a new Jet Black Magnetic trainer which is really nice, even came with a free wheel block. This will be invaluable in helping to "fit" people to their bikes. It can also be used with a regualr bike to use for training indoors when the weather is bad, so can work in the "gym" area.

We have not advertised the Gym much yet, but really want to start getting some people coming in there soon too. Interested in working out? drop by the store we charge 20.00 a month to use our facilities or 100.00 a year if paid in advance. Currently we have a Weight bench, a slant bench and a trainer that you can use your bike with, we have free weights and dumbells. 

Back around 1998 I was certified as a Personal Trainer. I still would be but the agency went out of business, so now I am taking some refresher courses and will sit for another agency's test. I should be certifed within a coupple of months and will offer my services at the Gym for an additional fee of course. 

Internet Marketing

There are a lot of good quality programs out on the Internet that can make you a lot of money, they have tremendous potential. One thing I have definietly learned though is that if you want to be a success in IM or virtually anything you must be focused and that is something I have struggled with many times over the years. I would get into a program, I would do OK then see something I thought was better and join that then the circle would start again. It was a rather vicious circle and caused me to lose a lot of money.

About 2 wekes ago I decided that I would take the advice of a man that had really made it in Internet Marketing and become more targeted, so I dropped all but two programs that I was promoting. Remarkably I only had one "complaint" from a sponsor. Most of my sponsors didn't even care and probably didn't even know aho I am. That was anothe think that sort of made me aggravated. I don't want someone to sponsor me in a program then just leave me to figure it out by myself. I want a sponsor that takes an interest in me, and I want to be a sponsor that takes an interest in the people that are in their downline. 

I intend to be an active sponsor, and I intend to take an interest in the people I work with. No, I won't run your business for you, I won't build your downline for you. I will be there to help you though and I will take an interest in you and what you do, in how we can work together to make you profitable and make the journey enjoyable. So why not join me in one of the two programs I am promoting? 

The first is a program that can be used to build any other program or can be used as a business all by itself here is a link to check it out.

The second program only costs 1.75 to join using paypal and has the potential to pay back close to 100,000.00. Here is a link to check this out. 

Hope you enjoyed the blog post, please do leave comments and feel free to leave your url also.

Have a great day

Jerry "The Bicycle Nut" Goodwin
BMG Cycles Plus
1612 1st Ave. SE
Moultrie, GA 31768

March 16, 2014

1 Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! 3 He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. 4 He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. "Selah" 5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. 8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. 9 The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.

Today is Sunday and the Breathe Run and Family Fun Day at Heritage Church in Moultrie Georgia.. With any luck I will be able to get some photos and videos that I can upload here. I did get a few pics and will post later. Unfortunately it rained the entire time of the run and the Breathe Family Walk was cancelled altogether. The pucs are mostly of some of the "kids" doing Karaoke, which was fun to watch. There was also a huge Bouncy House there that a lot of children got to play on, so everyone had lots of fun in spite of the weather. I suppose that a lot of money was raised to help with the various Mega Impact projects and the Breathe Ministry. 

I really would have liked the weather to be better, but that is just the way things go sometimes. I do understand that there will be at least 15 ramps built around Moultrie Georgia by the students from UT. 

Hope all is well with you and yours. 

I am still operating the bicycle repair shop and have received the Gasoline Motor Kit which I will be putting on a bicycle this week. Everything I need is suppose to be in the box except the gas and oil for the engine. 

 In addition to that I have been trying out some Internet Marketing Programs that might make some extra money too. This one only costs 1.75 to join and with very little effort you will soon be in profit and can make about 100,000.00 for it. Don't know about you but if I could make an extra 5000.00 a month which would be 60.000.00 per year then I would consider the business to be extremely successful and if I made 100,000.00 I would be ecstatic to say the least. why don't you join me in the for only 1.75 just click here for details. 

I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful day

Jerry