July events and happenings

June 30th Join us in the Suncoast Trail night ride starting at 7pm at the State Road 50 parking area on the Trail. Please scroll down to the blog below this one for more info.

July 1st - 23rd Tour Mania Trek sale starts today. Race to Replace Lance is all day today. Top 3 riders get an all expense paid trip to Indianapolis on August 11-13 to compete in the Race to Replace Lance. Scratch off tickets are now available. One per person per day. Win a ride with Lance New Trek Madone bicycle, Discovery swag, Powar bars and much more.

July 1st - 23rd Tour De France live every day in the store on our new Flat screen TV. Come in and ring our cow bell in support for team Discovery.

July 4th CBE will be closed for the holiday

July 9th CBE will be doing sag support for a Share the Road ride in Pinellas. The ride will start at Northsohrepool park leaving at 8am goto www.tbfreewheelrs.com for more info.

July 19th Join CBE and Bucs & Bulls Heaven in a party with CABA (Carrollwood Area Business Association). www.carrollwoodbusiness.com CBE will be helping with the activities from 5:30pm to 7pm. The address is 14823 N. Florida Ave. Call 908-2827 for more info.

July 27th we will be having our free tech class on flat repair and basic maintenance. The class starts at 7pm and it is not neccasary to bring your bike, we can provide them for the class. Please call or email to reserve your spot.

July 29th CBE will be providing free safety checks on kids bikes at the Hillsborough Sheriff's office Bicycle Rodeo located at University Mall. The rodeo will be in the West end of the parking lot and will be open from 9am till 1pm. Kids are encouraged to bring out their bikes and helmets. The bicycles and helmets will be given a free safety inspection. If the helmets are in need of replacement the Sheriff's office will have them on hand. There will also be a safety course set up for the kids to ride their bicycles thru.

Suncoast Trail Night Ride scheduled for June 30

Welcome to the
Suncoast Sunset Spin
Friday, June 30, 2005
Bicycle Lights are required front and rear.
Helmets are mandatory.
Win prizes and/or gift certificates to a local bike shop!
All registrants must fill out the attached waiver and release.
This event is geared for everyone! Starting at SR 50 Trailhead there will be turnaround stations at
Centralia and SR 98. Total roundtrip mileage will be 13 or 24 miles.
Refreshments will be located at each turnaround station. Rider support ends at 9:00 PM.
Riders who pre-register before June 18, 2006 will pay $10.00. Day of registrants pay $15.00.
Free to children under 12 years of age. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
For More Information call: 813-558-1117 ext. 12 or e-mail: joanne.hurley@dot.state.fl.us
Forms May Be Duplicated As Needed
Please detach and make checks payable to: Florida’s Nature Coast Coalition, Inc.
Mail to: Community Relations Coordinator, P.O. Box 1409, Land O'Lakes, FL 34639
Name(s):
E-mail:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Emergency Contact: Phone:
Amount Enclosed $
Brought to you by: Hillsborough, Pasco, and Hernando Counties and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise

Trek 100, Bob Roll, secret Trek stuff, Lemond Carbon, MirraCo

David made it back from Wisconsin and he was grinning from ear to ear. He flew up Thursday morning for an early sneak peak to what Trek has up their sleeve for 2007. Thursday was spent on the golf course with Trek staff and other dealers from around the country. Greg Lemond was even there playing behind him.

Friday included 6 hours of product intro. and lots of new info. about Trek, Gary Fisher, Lemond, MirraCo, and Bontrager components. Lemond has an entire new line up of carbon bikes that will start showing up at our shop by the end of July. Trek will be having new full suspension models, including one bike under 20lbs. If you have to ask how much you don't want it. Gary fisher will have a new full suspension bike, and they keep getting lighter. Bontrager has a great new waterbottle and cage that are a must for any triathelete. MirraCo was also introduced. This is a joint venture with Dave Mirra and Trek. There will be over 22 bikes designed by Dave Mirra and distributed by Trek coming available in August. We have already placed an order for 25 bikes and can't wait for them to get here. They are the best 20" bikes we have seen.

Friday night we attended a silent auction at the Trek factory, in Waterloo, that was raising money for the MACC Fund which helps fight childhood cancer. The event was a huge success raising over $158,000.00 for the Fund. There was a lot of excitement when they did a live auction for a large display of all 7 of Lance Armstrong's tour jerseys signed and framed. The bidding was fierce and in the end there were three buyers that each got a display for $50,000 each. Bob Roll, Greg Lemond, Tim DeBoom, and Dave Mirra were all there. Come by the shop to see the posters signed by Greg and Bob.

Saturday started before 5am getting ready for the Trek 100. This was the 17th annual ride in Milwaukee sponsored by Trek for the MACC Fund. We rolled out and after 10 miles joined up with Bob Roll. We rode with him for the rest of the metric century, 62 miles. Well David got dropped after 42 miles. The rolling hills and increasing speed became to much for him and his weak legs.
He asked Bob who was going to win the tour this year and he said Hincapie. We hope so, he deserves it after helping Lance for so many years. Hope to see you soon in the shop.