Spring! Save Time, Have Joy at Passion Trail Bikes

This week’s news and info on March 24, 2009:

1. Repair/Maintenance Service Appointments Save You Time, Make You Happy
2. Support SF Urban Riders and IMBA at the Sea Otter
3. IMBA Happy Hour and Film Premier of Freedom Riders @ Sea Otter
4. Wednesday Wrides This Week 5:45pm—Next Week 6:00pm
5. Volunteers Sought for Trail Building Saturday at Waterdog Lake Saturday 3/28
6. ROMP Swap Meet April 26th: Volunteers Needed
7. Save $$ on Remaining In-stock Wheels and Lights
8. Oh, Joy! St. Patty’s Day Coupon Still Valid!


1. Repair/Maintenance Service Appointments Save You Time, Make You Happy

With the onset of warmer temperatures, dry trails, and fantastic trail side views of both flora and fauna, Passion’s service department is packed with bikes coming out of hibernation, as well as those that have been rode hard and put up wet all Winter.

As of today, if you drop off your bike for service today, it will sit here about a week before we have time in our schedule to work on it, unless it is a really simple repair, or you convincingly express some urgency to get it back in time for CCCX, or the Wednesday Wride, or whatever it is that you can’t miss. As spring advances, our service backlog may get even longer, and begging may become less effective if it forces our mechanics to work overtime. And if you are racing Sea Otter, know that you will be competing not only for a good place at the start line, but also a good space in our service schedule.

In an attempt to prevent any need for begging or bribery, please plan ahead! Try to anticipate your service needs and give us a call or email a week or two in advance of any service your bike may need. With a service appointment, you drop your bike off the day before and we can usually turn your bike around the next day, returning it clean, inspected, tuned, and ready for anything spring might throw your way. You’ll be so happy!

Don’t let your bike go uninspected and unmaintained, leaving you with some ride ending mechanical failure, stranded far from the trailhead. Make an appointment now for a spring tune up! Call our service department at 650-620-9798 or email us at info@passiontrailbikes.com.

Don’t carry your bike back to the car in two pieces! It’s not fun! It doesn’t make you happy!

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2. Support SF Urban Riders and IMBA at the Sea Otter

Please support our SF Urban Riders and IMBA at the Sea Otter Classic on April 18th by making a donation.

All Donations will support IMBA and SF Urban Riders (a San Francisco Based Mountain Bike Advocacy Group). Your help will fund SF Urban Rider’s proposed projects like the McLaren Park bike skills and cyclocross complex, and the Crocker Amazon Youth Bike Program. The remaining portion will go to IMBA to support better trails worldwide. This is a great time to donate because SRAM is matching our efforts. We have taken some big steps towards making the SF Bike Park a reality and its time to start raising some funds, so dig down into those deep pockets and let’er rip!

Donating is simple.

1. Go to http://go.imba.com/http://bit.ly/imbasfur

2. Then click “Make a Gift” on the right side of the page.

3. Chose the amount you want to donate, anything would help.

4. Thats it. You’re done.

This is a great chance to give back to Mountain biking. Thanks in advance for your help.

www.sfurbanriders.org

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3. IMBA Happy Hour and Film Premier of Freedom Riders @ Sea Otter

IMBA Film Party at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic
Saturday Night, 7:00pm, Embassy Suites, Monterey, CA

Join us to celebrate an amazing year of mountain biking progress in California with food, beer, and the premier of the new KGB Productions film, Freedom Riders.

WHO: You, your family, your kids, and your friends

WHAT: IMBA California Benefit Party featuring free beer from New Belgium Brewery, appetizers, and Freedom Riders film screening. All guests will be charged $10 (cash only) at the door to support the important work being done at IMBA California. Its a celebration of mountain biking to compliment the festivities at the Sea Otter Classic (April 16-19), so come out and enjoy the races and then join us in town for some post-race libations.

RSVP: http://go.imba.com/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=104301

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4. Weekly Wednesday Wrides 3/25 5:45pm

Sunset is at 7:25pm this Wednesday 03/25/09. Twilight ends and darkness falls right around 8:10pm. Next week the Regular Ride launches at 6:00pm

This week we are renewing our habit of having one or more themed rides. Jay and Sterling are planning on a little pleasure/pain ride on their SingleSpeeds. Check the link below for a description, including an explanation of the “chastity belt” that these SSers require if your bike has shifters.

Reminder: we are back at it with the spring Hustle hustle! Arrive with your shorts on and your camelback already full of water. Let’s make a solid effort to launch the rides at the alloted times. Stragglers will straggle and make up their own ride (there may be several of you this week). No waiting around!

P. L. E. A. S. E. . . . P. U. T. . . . L. I. G. H. T. S. . . . O. N ! ! ! !

Please remember to put a light on your handlebar and have a blinky ready for the ride back to the shop! CA vehicle code requires it. Don’t get caught out on the streets in the dark! Also, a reminder that we need to be super conscientious about stopping at stop signs and lights, yielding to pedestrians, and operating our bikes predictably and responsibly while on the roads. While we are not the only cyclists out there we are certainly the easiest place to lodge complaints. Let’s be safe and kind out there.

For all the details about what makes each group unique, please refer to this webpage. If your questions aren’t answered there, you can also email us for info at info@passiontrailbikes.com.

All rides start pedaling from the shop: Passion Trail Bikes, 415 Old County Road, Belmont, CA 94002 650-620-9798

Riders queuing up for the launch of the Wednesday Wride

The EARLY ride will go out at 5:30 PM.
The SINGLE SPEED ride will go out at 5:40 PM.
The REGULAR ride will go out at 5:45 PM.
The FBG or Fat Bottomed Girl ride will go out at 5:50 PM.
The WHITE SOCKS ride will go out at 5:50 PM.
The STRAGGLERS ride goes out at 6:00 PM.
For future planning, we have the upcoming start times each week for the REGULAR ride posted on our Community Calendar

Note we may not have leaders for each ride but usually someone knows their way around. All groups will meet back here at Passion Trail Bikes right around dark for the usual story telling & beverage enjoyment. We will have stuff for the BBQ along with some carbo laden side dish, chips and fatty snacks and EANABS to pair up with the Devil’s Canyon Brewery’s Full Boar Scotch Ale, Silicon Blonde Ale, and Little Devil Root Beer. We will hang out until about 10pm, so come on down, even if you can’t make the ride! Passion Parties are better with YOU in the mix!

Riders enjoying one of Waterdog’s great trails

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5. Volunteers Sought for Trail Building Saturday at Waterdog Lake Saturday 3/28

Volunteers making the first cut during tread construction on the Lake Loop Trail

We are in full swing pushing forward on the Lake Loop Trail realignment project at Waterdog Lake. Our next workday is Saturday March 28th, and we will be partnering with the Belmont Lions club. Our workday will start at 8:30am and go until about 1:00pm. We will be working on extending tread construction on the south side of the lake. The project will involve moving a lot of dirt, some rocks, and building one or more retaining walls depending on turnout.

WE NEED YOU! Please volunteer a few hours to help build this great new trail!

To get involved and get details on the meeting location, please send Patty an email at patty@passiontrailbikes.com and let her know you can pitch in. She will get back to you with more information on the workday. RSVPs are important so she has enough crew leaders, coffee, bagels and tools to go around. Thanks so much!

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6. ROMP Swap Meet April 26th: Volunteers Needed

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ROMP needs volunteers for the Swap Meet on April 26. Set up, parking, registration, etc. Super fun times for all volunteers, plus you get to get into the swap early. Contact Linda at kahnartist@worldnet.att.net

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7. Save $$ on Remaining In-stock Wheels and Lights

We’ve still got some great deals right now in the store on wheels and lights. Perfect combo for 24-hr racers! You can lighten your bike in two ways…

2008 Mavic Deemax Regularly $725 now only $540 – save 25%

Mavic’s Deemax is THE wheelset for downhilling and freeriding due to its UST tubeless rims, outstanding durability and light weight, which makes things easier on every ride.

• These wheels accept UST tubeless tires AND regular tires and tubes
• Mavic’s Maxtal rims use 6000 aluminum, which is 30% stronger than 6106 aluminum
• 20mm front hub, Solid 10mm x 135 rear through axle

Shimano XT M775 Wheelset Regularly $600 now only $450 – save 25%

Shimano XT M775 wheelset is designed to take on the challenges dished out by modern mountain bike riders and their long-travel bikes.

• Center Lock (559×19) disc-brake compatible with standard Q/R front hub
• 14/15/14g spokes7075 T6 alloy oversized axles
• 24-spoke design
• Angular contact bearings ensure long life and maximum efficiency

DT Swiss 340 Classic Wheelset Regularly $830 now only $620 – save 25%

Just the ticket for aggressive riders! 20mm throughaxle front wheel, with 10×135mm through axle rear wheel to complement it. DT Swiss’s 340 is a sturdy, sealed cartridge bearing hub that is 6-bolt disc compatible. They’re laced to DT’s EX 5.1d disc rim using 32 / 3x stainless, double butted black spokes and ProLock nipples.

• Front accepts 20mm thru-axle
• Rear uses 135×10mm rear QR axle
• Ideal for bigger, more aggressive riders
• 100% DT Swiss made!

Roval Traversee Wheelset Regularly $830 now only $620 – save 25%

For aggressive trail riders that aren’t afraid to take risks and go big, this wheel gives you the durability to traverse the whole mountain, while still compensating for light weight. Click here to learn more about the technology behind Roval wheels.

• E5 alloy high strength disc rim with eyelets, tubeless compatible
• DT super comp 2.0/1.7/1.8mm round spokes
• DT hexagonal pro lock alloy nipples
• Roval steel quick releases
• Includes tubeless rim tape
• Approximate Wheelset weight: 1579g/set

Roval Controle XC Race Wheelset Regularly $830 now only $620 – save 25%

This weight-comes-first, cross-country racing wheel helps you climb to the top of the peak faster, with enough strength to handle rocky, muddy and serpentine terrain year after year.

• E5 alloy lightweight disc rim with eyelets, tubeless compatible
• DT revolution 2.0/1.5/2.0mm round spokes
• DT hexagonal pro lock alloy nipples
• Roval Titanium quick releases

Approximate Wheelset weight: 1425g

NiteRider Wireless Remote Tri-Newt Light Regularly $500 now only $400 – save 20%

This wireless version of the TriNewt was designed with cycling specifically in mind. As a result, no ‘off the shelf’ optics are used in the TriNewt.Instead the 3 high-powered LED’s are housed in a custom made reflector to deliver a beam pattern ideal for night riding. The TriNewt incorporates a cluster of 3 high-powered LED’s to achieve a retina searing real world output of 500 lumens!

• 3 Light Settings: High / Low / Flash
• Low Battery Indicator
• Wireless Remote
• 486 Lumens
• 3:30-7:00 HR Regulated Run Times

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8. Oh, Joy! St. Patty’s Day Coupon Still Valid!

Click coupon to download a printer-friendly copy

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To contact us, email us at info@passiontrailbikes.com, or call the shop at 650-620-9798.

Happy Trails, the PTB crew
Charles, Patty, Berry, John, Bret, Sterling, Daryl, Peter, Reba and Buster