“When I walked into the shop and saw Kayla, I sort of forgot about the bike, to be honest. She was super sweet, a breath of fresh air.”

His parents came with him when he made the final payment.

“I think that salesgirl likes you,” his mom said. “Why don’t you ask her for a date?”

Montgomery shook his head. You can’t just do that.

But Mazzolin wondered if she could do something — and concluded, why not?

She asked him to like the Impala page on Facebook.

That night, he did.

A few weeks later, she wondered if she should go further. Would it be weird to make a friend request on her personal Facebook page? Why not, she decided, again.

That night, he friended her back.

After a few awkward messages online, they took their relationship offline, with a first date snowboarding at Blue Mountain and a few months later, watching a spring sunset after a ferry ride to Toronto Island, he asked her to marry him.

Last summer they honeymooned in British Columbia, revelling in their shared love for cycling at a big mountain bike festival.

Wouldn’t it be great, they thought, to share their love for biking with their own bike shop?

On their return, they learned the Impala bike shop was set to close when the lease expired in December.

They looked at each other and said, “why not”?

This winter, they took over the business, moving it to less expensive digs on Bayview Avenue.

They opened in December, Mazzolin running the day-to-day operation, Montgomery, who is a full-time chef, giving her a hand on Sundays.

Woudn’t it be great, they thought, if we could combine both businesses?

And of course, they decided, why not.

Their next plans include a coffee bar/bistro, run by Montgomery, inside the blossoming little bike shop.

“We are making our dreams a reality,” says Mazzolin.