1st
Annual Spring BLOWOUT SALE! Bikeland
is proud to present our 1st Annual Bikeland Spring
Blowout Sale. Come in to Bikeland for any new
last minute items before your big ride so you can look
and feel your best
and make sure you are prepared before the MS150.
Sale begins the weekend of
April 14th,15th & 16th.
All Winter apparel will be 50% OFF.
All Spring and summer clothing is 25% OFF.
Many great deals on Select Specialized, Bianchi and Litespeed Bicycles including
extremely great deals on a 2 or more bike purchase!
Bikeland
accepts ALL
competitor’s coupons.
Basic Bike Maintenance Class? Join us tomorrow for Tune-Up Tips and More...
Looking
for some help on how to change a flat? Well, we have the
clinic to help you – come in to our store or call
and sign up for our next available class every Wednesday
@ 7:00p.m. and let our licensed cycling coach & certified
mechanics teach you the basics from how to fix a flat to
adjusting brakes, cables and more…click
here.
Women’s
Basic Bike Maintenance Class
Ladies, join us on Wednesday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m. at Bikeland for a ladies’ night
of bike mechanics 101! Set your manicures for Thursday!!
For more details, call Bikeland today.
Employee’s
Corner:
Jeff Chaffin -
Absoloutely LOVES bikes! A UBI Certified Bicycle Technician
and over 30 years of BMX, Road and mountain bike racing
experience.
Favorite saying: "Isn’t
that done yet?"
What I ride on the road: Specialized
Tarmac Gerolsteiner and Bianchi Carbon Chorus
On the Dirt: S-works carbon epic,
the crème de la crème or should I say, ”the
holy grail of mountain biking”
Jorge Rodriguez -
Manager - Keeps the owner sane....My background
is road racing for ten years raced in South America for
café de Columbia. Now certified USFC cycling coach
Favorite saying: "Trust
me, you don’t want to know!"
What I ride on the road: Specialized
Tarmac Comp.
On the dirt: Specialized Epic FSR Comp
Jeff Bruno -
Our resident wrench...Over 13 years experience wrenching
on any bike you've ever heard of. If he can't fix it,
nobody can.
Favorite saying "Yeah,
I might ride tomorrow…"
What I ride on the road: I’d
rather not say… It’s a frameset I bought when
I worked in a shop in Virginia from a brand we don’t
sell at Bikeland. In the market for a Tarmac and a Pista,
though.
On the dirt: Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Expert
Travis Watts -
Just ask him, he can do just about anything
on a bike, fixing or riding!
Favorite saying “Leave
me alone, I’m tired"
What I ride on the road: Specialized Roubaix
On the Dirt:
Stumpjumper FSR Expert
Bikeland is Proud to Sponsor the Big Chain Ring Challenge Mountain Bike Race We
are proud to be the top bike sponsor of the 2006 Houston Big Chain Ring Challenge.
Hold on to your hat and get ready for a fun weekend of Fun, Friends, Food,
and TMBRA racing!
Join your friends in the Sam Houston National Forest for the seventh race
of the 2006 Texas Mountain Bike Championship Series, May 6-7.
Sponsors are helping the Greater Houston Off Road Biking Association offer
this race for the fourth time. Experienced Race Director Brian Thigpen and
the GHORBA crew are working hard to prepare this event.
If you'd like to help with organizing, course marshalling or other race-prep
and race-day activities, please email volunteering@ghorba.org.
The Big Ring Challenge is one of GHORBA's
largest fundraising events. All the profit from this race
helps fund the maintenance and building of new and current
trails in the Houston Area. The money is used for tools,
equipment, wood for bridges, as well as supporting GHORBA's
Sprockids program. No one gets paid. All of the money goes
to these programs, so your money is put to good use in
the Houston Area.
Hope to see you at the race!!
For more details, http://ghorba.org/bigring.htm
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Top Specialized
Dealer Award!
Thanks to
our wonderful customers, Bikeland is
pleased to announce that
we have been voted one of the top Five Specialized
dealers for 2005 and the #1 Reparto Corse dealer for
Bianchi in the great big
State of Texas.
Bikeland Group Rides:
Road: Bikeland leads weekly Saturday morning
road rides leaving the store
at 7:00 am. All rides are
leader assisted, no drop rides. There are 3 different
skill levels, pick ride that you feel comfortable with..
Click here for more details on these
rides.
Mountain: Bikeland also offers weekly Mountain
bike rides at 8:30a.m.on
Sunday mornings
at
Cypresswood.
Directions
to Cypresswood trail:
Trail is on Cypresswood between Kuykendahl and
Stuebner
Airline, on the south side of the street,
across from
where TC Jester meets Cypresswood.
(TC Jester
does not go all the way through at this
time.)
This is an
easy trail with some fun technical areas
for those who want a
challenge. All levels of abilities are welcome to come.
No one will be left behind.
For more information on rides in our area.Click here
Bikeland is Proud to Sponsor
the Third Annual
CB&I
Triathlon in The Woodlands, Texas on May 6th
On its third year as one of the premier multi-sport
events
in the region, CB&I Tri – The Woodlands
offers high-caliber
competition, first-rate race
management and a scenic course.
We take it to the
next level by setting the field for 650 participants.
Last year’s participants ranged from beginners to
nationally
ranked tri-athletes. The 2005 event sold
out two weeks before
the race date with almost 100
hopefuls trying to get in after
registration closed.
Although participation is expanded, it
is still
expected to sell out earlier this time around.
Participants are drawn to the event because of its
reputation,
wonderful volunteers, and ideal location
with a
picturesque race route that takes you around
The Woodlands
community through
the innovative
Market Street, Town Center, the
Waterway, and the
wooded neighborhoods past cheering
spectators.
These things
earned us the “Top 10 in the USAT
South Midwest Region
for sprint distance triathlons”
in 2004. The event culminates
with a festive awards
party featuring music, great food, beverages
and
cool door prizes.
Click
here for
more details on CB&I Triathlon.
See our photos from
the 2005 CB&I Triathlon.
April Featured Product: RS_2 Slide
This incredible sandal is the all-purpose MS150
shoe of choice!
Nothing will match the comfort of
these shoes after a long
ride. You can wear them to
hit the showers in LaGrange and
then spend the
rest of the night chillin’ in these lightweight,
sandals.
Click
here to get more info on this cool shoe.
Mechanic Tips of the Trade
With
the MS150 just a few weeks off, here is a great maintenance
tip to keep your bike running well. Our
Service Manager
Jeff Bruno has
a great service
tip
to share: Cleaning your chain and gears will extend
the life of your bike.
Here's how to do it yourself:
1.Apply a chain
degreaser like a citrus or ecotech to your chain and
cogs - let it sit for 10 minutes.
2. Find a place to support your bike, you can lean
it
up against something or use your trainer, bike rack
or
bike stand. With one hand rotate the pedal
backwards
and with the other hand hold
the bottom
of the chain with a towel. As the chain
moves
through the towel this will remove any surface
dirt
and grime, if needed use additional
degreaser on the towel.
3. After cleaning the chain, take your rear wheel
off
and wipe between each gear. Use a towel
dampened with degreaser
to clean in between the
gears like dental floss
4. Once you have cleaned the gears, replace your
wheel
and lube your chain with a bike-specific
lubricant. Make sure this
is a bike-specific lube
such as kryotech dry wax recommended by
Campagnolo
and NOT WD40 or another penetrating
lube.
Don't want to get your hands dirty? Bring
your
bike to Bikeland and let our helpful mechanics
take
care of it for you!
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