Monday, July 23, 2007

Well it has been a while since I have sent anything out so I thought I should let everyone know what is up at the shop.
Michael Rasmussen is leading the tour and we have several Discovery boys on his heels, lets hope they can pull it out and get the Disco team a victory,and no doping accusations either.
On the home front we have been fielding many requests for one of our old rides so it is time we do it. We will be having an URBAN ASSAULT downtown on Friday the 27th of July. I know not much notice, but it is fun and you need to come out and try it if you haven't done one. If you have I know I will see you there. For those of you that do not know what an URBAN is, we meet at the shop at7pm and/or downtown at Bayshore/Platt at the Walgreen's two blocks east of the Publix at 8pm. From there we ride on any bike you can bring with you, that is rideable, and we cruise the streets, parking garages, stairwells, escalators, and anywhere else we can take a bicycle, including ybor city and the projects, they have a place called the bowl, where some of the guys do freestyle.You do not have to do all of the hard core riding to have fun, and or to get a work out. Lots of people come just to watch the crazy ones do the hard stuff. We usually ride for 1-2 hours and I like to compare it to intervals training, due to a lot of start and stop riding.
Our FREE Tech class is this coming Thursday at 7pm and if you have not attended yet then you might want to call, and/or email us to reserve a spot for the class. We will teach you flat repair and basic cleaning and repair on your bicycle. Class is usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours and is free. Please besure to let us know if you are going to come, space is limited.
We are still having our Saturday morning rides. We meet at 8am at the trailhead east of Ballyhoo's on Ehrlich and Gunn for our 12 mile family ride on the Upper Tampa Bay Trail. Ride is lead by David, Jodi, & Raegan.
At 7:30am on Saturday we meet behind the shop and do our 25 mile road rideto Westchase and back. Speed ranges from 16-22mph. Ride is lead by Brian Eckman.
We hope that everyone is enjoying the summer, and please be sure to come by the shop to see all of the things we have on sale and if you would like to watch the Tour we have it on every day. We have Discovery jerseys on sale for $29.99 and most of our 2007 bikes are on sale. Oh, and if you have not heard we still have one 2008 Trek Madone road bike in stock and ready to ride. It will be another 1-2 months before we getmore.
Thank you, David Luppino
Owner