One of the most widely used Quick Release skewers in the entire bike industry is being recalled. Trek, being the biggest selling brand, is recalling approx. 1 million bike skewers used on bikes since the year 2000. Multiple other brands are sure to follow Trek's lead in the next few days. This is … [Read more...] about QR Skewer Recall
Love biking, running or hiking Swedetown Trails? Bring a friend and meet a few more at the first Swedetown Trails work bee of 2015. The work starts at 10am, Saturday May 9th, concluding with a potluck lunch at 1pm in the chalet. You can help for the day or choose to adopt a segment of trail to … [Read more...] about Swedetown Trails Work Bee
In the spirit of spring cleaning, bring your bike into the shop for a tune-up and some TLC. Most of our repairs and tune-ups are ready to ride again within 48 hours. When a wave of warm days hit, you won't want to miss even one. Be ready. Our tune-ups, upgrades and repairs are completed by … [Read more...] about Bring Out the Bikes
Our "Trekfest" bike sale is on now and continues thru April 18th! Here's the deal-- buy a bike; get a gift card! Trek bikes $400 to $599 = $20 gift card Trek bikes $600 to $999 = $50 gift card Trek bikes $1000 to $1999= $100 gift card Trek bikes $2000 and up = … [Read more...] about “TREKFEST” BIKE SALE!
It's starting-- our big Preseason Bike Sale is starting NOW! The vast majority of our spring products are in the warehouse now with most of our bikes built and ready to go! Preseason pricing applies to all brands of bikes we carry. We've got great deals on the new Emonda line of road bikes from … [Read more...] about Preseason Bike Sale!
The last several mornings have been GREAT crust skiing! And if you look at weather predictions, we're likely to have crust every morning (and sometimes through the afternoon!) for the next week or two. If you've never tried it, well, you don't know what you're missing! I've been extolling the … [Read more...] about The Crust is here!
It's almost here -- the most fun race of the year! If you've never participated in this race, ask someone who has and I suspect we'll see a good number of you here. The course is not brutal, but has enough terrain to be a good race course. We've got plenty of snow on the ground (3 ft.+) and no … [Read more...] about Great Bear Chase, Mar. 7, 2015 (The 35th annual!)
If you haven't been following the races in Falun, Sweden, you may not have heard that U.S.A. women Jessie Diggens and Caitlen Gregg finished 2nd and 3rd in the 10k freestyle yesterday! The men didn't fare so well today in the 15k with Noah Hoffman the top U.S. skier at 34th. If you'd like to see … [Read more...] about XC World Championships
