"There are many different kinds of parts in a junkyard—just like in the world, many different types of people. Junkyard is where we come together."
Stu Wright grew up in junkyards. His grandfather ran one. His father ran one. The scrap heap was his playground, his classroom, and eventually his philosophy: everything discarded has value if you know how to look at it.
Junkyard isn’t a brand invented for a business plan. It’s a culture that’s been lived for years—custom bikes, community jams, riders who build their own machines and show up for each other. Junkyard Parts Co. was born from that life, honoring the junkyard upbringing through BMX, working-class grit, handmade art from found materials, and the belief that the most interesting things in the world are the ones other people threw away.
The idea of the ethos is: there are many different kinds of parts in a junkyard, just like in the world—many different types of people and cultures. Junkyard is where we come together.
Junkyard isn’t one thing. It’s a world. A juice bar at the center, surrounded by BMX parts, handmade art, workwear, skate gear, vinyl records, and bone bikes built from scrap and animal remains. You walk in thirsty from the pump track and you leave carrying the culture.
The gravitational center. Organic and local ingredients at prices riders can actually afford. Smoothies, cold-pressed juice, bottled Junkyard blends, coffee, tea, spring water. You come off the bike track spent, and this is where you land. Music playing, BMX and skate videos on the screen, the vibe of an old-school surf shop that smells like fresh ginger.
Buy two shirts, get a smoothie free. Buy parts, get them installed at no charge. The juice bar pulls people in. The world keeps them.
The original. BMX and mountain bike parts, skateboard gear, bicycle parts made from found and recycled materials—heavy chains, old bikes, engine scrap. Pedals, sprockets, handlebars, grips, tires. Buy parts in-store, get them installed free. Big jobs get charged fair. This is a shop that gets grease under its fingernails.
Workwear for people who actually work. Shirts, hats, pants—built strong, cut right, made to last through a shift at the yard or a session at the park. An offshoot of Junkyard Parts Co. for the working man who doesn’t separate what he wears from what he does.
Stu makes art the same way he builds bikes—from whatever’s at hand. Bullet casings become teeth. Bottle caps become mosaics. Animal bones get lashed to bicycle frames. A vinyl record finds its way into a cross. Bone-frame custom bikes built from junkyard scraps, animal skulls, and real hardware. These aren’t props—they ride. Nothing is waste when you know what to do with it.
Junkyard sits next to the pump track and bike park in Swannanoa, NC—the community hub that WNC riders have needed since long before Helene took everything. We’re not just rebuilding. We’re building something better. Free youth lessons, community repair days, jams, and competitions. A place where a twelve-year-old on a hand-me-down bike gets the same respect as a sponsored rider. The door’s open. The music’s on. Come ride.
Every logo, every graphic, every design drawn from the same scrapyard vocabulary—skulls, eagles, chains, wrenches, barbed wire, fire. None of this was made by committee. It was made by hand, one piece at a time.
T-shirts, hats, work shirts, riding pants—built on the Junkyard Parts Co. brand. Every design comes from Stu’s own hand. Ecommerce coming soon.
The juice bar is the door. The shop is the world. The enterprise is the future. Junkyard Parts Co., Junkyard Juice, Junkyard Tuff Wear, ecommerce, community events—all under one umbrella. All rooted in the same idea: what gets discarded has value, and the people who see that value belong together.
Junkyard is looking for the right location in Swannanoa, partners who share the ethos, and riders who want to be part of something real.
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