Photos from Wednesday's ride

Posted by PeterD Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:09:00 GMT

Here are a few photos from Wednesday’s ride. Click on the photo to see larger versions.

Posted in Trails, People

Update on Trails and Rides

Posted by PeterD Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:38:00 GMT

• Tahoe Rim Trail Epic
• El Corte de Madera Creek OSP (Skeggs) trails
• Got Lights?
• A Day Off for Employee Training
• Do You Want ‘Employee’ Training?

Posted in Trails

Specialized for 2007

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 in Shop, Bikes, Passion

Adjustable Seatposts

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 in Shop, Bikes, Service

Bike Build of the Month - July (Maverick ML-8)

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…

Posted in Bikes, BOTM

Sale on Specialized S-Works Bikes

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 in Bikes

Photos/Videos from ride - Jul 5

Posted by PeterD Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:50:00 GMT

A group of us met for the weekly after-work ride on Wednesday, July 5. I grabbed a few photos and video clips while we were out there, and thought I would share…

Charles riding the wooden ramp over the tree towards the top of Chaparral Trail.

Posted in Trails, People

What's this?

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 in Bikes, Service

A holey wheel

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?

Posted in Bikes

Summer Solstice and Beer

Posted by PeterD Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:45:00 GMT

This Wednesday is the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. Turns out that it is not the day with the earliest sunrise (that is a few days before the summer solstice, when dawn strikes a minute or two earlier). Nor is it the day with the latest sunset (which is a few days later, and also a few minutes later than what we will see on Wednesday).

But no matter the exact date – this week gives us long daylight hours for riding without lights. So try to get out and celebrate by doing an evening ride.

We have been keeping beer from Devil’s Canyon Brewing on tap for a while now. Those who have tried it will agree that it is good stuff (Ok, after a long ride, most any beer will taste good – but this beer is good all the time).

They have beer tastings on the last Friday of every month (June 30th for this month) which are open to the public. Starts at 5 (and seems to go late), with live bands and such. Click here to get directions to the brewery.

Maybe this would be a good place to stop after a ride at Waterdog…

Posted in Passion