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Posted by PeterD Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:59:00 GMT
This bike has been nicknamed the “girlie bike” around the shop, because of the colors. Not sure if we started calling it girlie first, or our customer did. But either way, it is probably something the Guvernator would call girlie.
Here’s what our customer had to say about this bike…
Read more...Posted by PeterD Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:28:00 GMT
Some of you are probably saying “Huh, Santa Cruz? I didn’t know you were a Santa Cruz shop?”
Well, you are right, we are not a Santa Cruz shop. But we have built more than one, and have serviced many. It is very common for customers to buy a frame elsewhere they want built, or for Charles to work with other local shops to get bikes we don’t normally carry for customers.
Enough of the story – let’s look at the bike…
Read more...Posted by PeterD Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:51:00 GMT
This upcoming Sunday is NorCAMBA’s Ale’s and Trails up at China Camp State Park near San Rafael (Marin County). This is a benefit for NorCAMBA, the mountain bike advocacy group for northern CA. Food, drinks, rides for all levels, raffles, live music, and more. Should be a lot of fun, and all for a good cause. Check out http://www.norcamba.org/ for info.
We have had a sale on Specialized bikes for a few weeks now. Only a few frames and bikes left – all at $500 to $1000 off. Now all the 2006 Giant bikes and frames are going on sale also. 10% off what we have in stock. If you are on the market for a new bike, now would be a good time to go shopping.
Posted by PeterD Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:52:00 GMT
Here is our second Bike of the Month. Going to change to a slightly different format for this one than what I did last time. The owner provided such great details (and has some pretty strong opinions) into why he bought the bike that I could just use it verbatim…
(note- click picture to see larger size)
Question: What about the Turner made it such that you wanted to buy one? How was it a better ride for you than your last bike?
Read more...Posted by Charles Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:57:00 GMT
Specialized gathered together a few hundred of their favorite bike dealers from all over the US to roll out the 2007 model year bikes and product. The venue moved back and forth between the Silver Legacy in Reno and Northstar at Tahoe. Northstar’s closed to mountain bikes this year, you say? Sure… unless you were a Specialized dealer during the week of the roll out. We were treated to no lift lines, low traffic on the mountain, and some pretty high level attention from the Northstar staff, but that ignores the main topic of this post. Bikes. That’s what I’m bloggin about.
Posted by PeterD Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:54:00 GMT
Do you know what this is? Click on the picture to see a larger version of this contraption.
Posted by PeterD Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:13:00 GMT
Passion Trail Bikes specializes in customizing your bike build to your needs and desires. We deliver an equal number of full custom builds starting with frames from Maverick, Turner, Specialized, Giant, and Intense as we do bikes that begin life as stock bike builds from Specialized, Giant, and Maverick. All bikes are delivered with at least some level of customization, sometimes just a stem change and suspension tuning, but more often a bit more complex to make sure we deliver the best possible ride for any given rider or desired trail experience. Frequently we start with a bike or frame that is already in stock at Passion, but we also special order many bikes and frames to suit our customer’s needs.
If you are interested in a bike that is custom tuned to you riding preferences, download our personalization spreadsheet and come visit us for a free build consultation.
To show examples of the bikes we have built, I am going to try a “bike build of the month†series here (kind of like a calendar, but without the bikini models). Here is the first one…
Read more...Posted by PeterD Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:21:00 GMT
Time for a summer sale…
2006 Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper FSR Carbon, size Medium
Sale Price: $6,100 — $1000 off of regular price!
Specialized’s S-Works Stumpjumper FSR Carbon is very light (26.5 pounds with pedals) with the FSR and Brain suspension technologies, providing excellent climbing ability. And 5” travel front and rear makes for an enjoyable return back down the hill. Fox Talas RLC fork, XTR hydraulic disc brakes, and a mix of XTR and SRAM X-O drive train all round out this bike to explain why Bicycling Magazine rated this bike as the best XC Performance Mountain Bike.
All other Specialized S-Works bikes in stock are at least $500 off. This sale is on for a limited time only – get them while they last.
Posted by PeterD Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:02:00 GMT
Can you figure out what this is used for? It may not look like much, but it is actually pretty useful for some people…
Posted by PeterD Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:08:00 GMT
You may have seen this wheel around the shop. It looks a little different than what you have on your trail bike, doesn’t it?
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