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Weekend Reading: How To Buy Your First Bike From The Bike Shop
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For a list of all bostonbiker.org bloggers click hereDo you have need of a place to host your Boston bike related website? Let us know , we can help.So good! (Thanks Marianna For the heads up) Read the rest here :—————-In 2003 I walked into my local bike shop and bought my first new bike. It was exciting, exhilarating, and even a little scary. Dozens of bikes and 10 years later, I have found myself in a place where I can help others through their first new bike buying experience at the bike shop. I have worked as a bicycle sales associate for almost 8 years, and I have been a professional bike fit specialist since 2007. I have heard and seen just about everything in the bike shop.You have decided that it’s time to head to the bike shop because you need a new bike. Whether it is your first new bike ever, or you’re buying the bike to try a few sprint triathlons or even to participate in the Pan Mass Challenge, there are a few things with which you’ll need to get familiar before busting down the door of your local bike shop.“I’m not a serious biker” was usually one of the two most popular opening statements I heard when working with someone at the bike shop. First off, YES YOU ARE! Don’t undervalue yourself during our first interaction (or ever, for that matter). I already think that you are a serious biker because you are here at the bike shop to buy a new bike, one of the greatest investments that you will ever make and never regret. Don’t worry–I am not going to judge you because you can’t name the entire Shimano component family. I’ve been there. New bike shopping is exciting and it is a learning experience.Also got a list of rides leaving from Ferris Wheels in JP, some of these look kind of fun.——————————————Ongoing Rides UPDATEDLooking for an easygoing neighborhood bike ride? Check out the Sundae Roll
from JP Bikes . This ride meets Sundays, 8pm, at the Monument in JP and ends around 10pm with ice cream at JP Licks!Rides leaving from Ferris Wheels Bike Shop:Mountain Bike Rides –
Sundays at 4 pm. These are intermediate-level rides. Ask John
in the shop for more information. Beginner rides and night rides are also available by request!Paceline/Road Training Rides –
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, leaving from Ferris Wheels at 7 am sharp. Varied pace. 3-5 repeats of a 4-mile loop circling Brookline’s golf courses.Women’s Fitness Ride –
Sundays, leaving from Ferris Wheels at 8:45am sharp. This is a moderately paced group ride which should take about an hour to complete. Email Info@ferriswheelsbikeshop.com
to join the email list for updates!Ferris wheels
in JP is having a tax free weekend sale. From the email.————————————The Massachusetts legislature has declared that the weekend of August 13 and 14 is free of sales tax for all purchases up to $2500!! We are so excited that we are going to give you an additional 6% discount on all new merchandise* in the store, and if you pay with cash or check we’ll add an additional 2% discount, so our retail price is discounted 8%.Tax-free: 6.25%Our discount: 6%Discount for cash: 2%TOTAL SAVINGSif you use cash: 14.25%So whether you need a pump, a helmet, or a bicycle, come on down and enjoy the savings.Positive, enthusiastic, courteous personality needed in a high-energy team-oriented work environment. Part time hours are available, with potential for more depending on workload and experience. At least two full seasons experience repairing and assembling bicycles is required. Applicant should be at least 18 years of age and be knowledgeable in bicycle assembly, repair, and sales as well as posses a healthy passion for the sport. Great for a summer job opportunity for a student! Please respond to Nate at provided email address and attach resume. Thank you.Well not totally first, but first operating bike shop in a long time. As someone who used to live waaaaay down in Dorchester (I was at the north base of the Neponset river bridge), I can tell you it will be great having a bike shop open and operating in Dorchester. It used to be a long ride to the nearest shop.Stop in and show them some love, buy something! Tell them BostonBiker.org sent you.Ashmont Cycles at 551A Talbot Ave. opens Tuesday! The hours Tues. will be 10am-6pm. The shop is in Peabody Sq. at the intersection with Dorchester Ave. next to the Ashmont Grill.Note that this is not the official Grand Opening, which will be in a few weeks in warmer riding weather.TweetThe main issue you will confront if you get into a dispute with police over bicycle prohibitions is whether the prohibition is supported by law. Often it is not. Example: the ramp from Commonwealth Avenue to Route 128 northbound and … Continue reading →TweetThe main issue you will confront if you get into a dispute with police over bicycle prohibitions is whether the prohibition is supported by law. Often it is not. Example: the ramp from Commonwealth Avenue to Route 128 northbound and … Continue reading →Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Continue reading →Made these lovely RTJ fist and gun pin set. Hand carved in wax, and then cast in lead free pewter. Because these are made by hand you can do fun things like add an extra small pin so that they sit just so (also means they have “customized” brass back plates to accommodate the extra […]One of my customers sent me this amazing picture of my feather badge installed on their (awesome!) bike. Check out Manofmultnomah (here and here), apparently Chris King took some interest in it as well. Want one of your own? Buy it here, or here... Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →Boston’s Invitation to Improve Biking in Boston: Draw on Some Maps!
December 14, 2020
TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →
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from JP Bikes . This ride meets Sundays, 8pm, at the Monument in JP and ends around 10pm with ice cream at JP Licks!Rides leaving from Ferris Wheels Bike Shop:Mountain Bike Rides –
Sundays at 4 pm. These are intermediate-level rides. Ask John
in the shop for more information. Beginner rides and night rides are also available by request!Paceline/Road Training Rides –
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, leaving from Ferris Wheels at 7 am sharp. Varied pace. 3-5 repeats of a 4-mile loop circling Brookline’s golf courses.Women’s Fitness Ride –
Sundays, leaving from Ferris Wheels at 8:45am sharp. This is a moderately paced group ride which should take about an hour to complete. Email Info@ferriswheelsbikeshop.com
to join the email list for updates!Ferris wheels
in JP is having a tax free weekend sale. From the email.————————————The Massachusetts legislature has declared that the weekend of August 13 and 14 is free of sales tax for all purchases up to $2500!! We are so excited that we are going to give you an additional 6% discount on all new merchandise* in the store, and if you pay with cash or check we’ll add an additional 2% discount, so our retail price is discounted 8%.Tax-free: 6.25%Our discount: 6%Discount for cash: 2%TOTAL SAVINGSif you use cash: 14.25%So whether you need a pump, a helmet, or a bicycle, come on down and enjoy the savings.Positive, enthusiastic, courteous personality needed in a high-energy team-oriented work environment. Part time hours are available, with potential for more depending on workload and experience. At least two full seasons experience repairing and assembling bicycles is required. Applicant should be at least 18 years of age and be knowledgeable in bicycle assembly, repair, and sales as well as posses a healthy passion for the sport. Great for a summer job opportunity for a student! Please respond to Nate at provided email address and attach resume. Thank you.Well not totally first, but first operating bike shop in a long time. As someone who used to live waaaaay down in Dorchester (I was at the north base of the Neponset river bridge), I can tell you it will be great having a bike shop open and operating in Dorchester. It used to be a long ride to the nearest shop.Stop in and show them some love, buy something! Tell them BostonBiker.org sent you.Ashmont Cycles at 551A Talbot Ave. opens Tuesday! The hours Tues. will be 10am-6pm. The shop is in Peabody Sq. at the intersection with Dorchester Ave. next to the Ashmont Grill.Note that this is not the official Grand Opening, which will be in a few weeks in warmer riding weather.TweetThe main issue you will confront if you get into a dispute with police over bicycle prohibitions is whether the prohibition is supported by law. Often it is not. Example: the ramp from Commonwealth Avenue to Route 128 northbound and … Continue reading →TweetThe main issue you will confront if you get into a dispute with police over bicycle prohibitions is whether the prohibition is supported by law. Often it is not. Example: the ramp from Commonwealth Avenue to Route 128 northbound and … Continue reading →Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Continue reading →Made these lovely RTJ fist and gun pin set. Hand carved in wax, and then cast in lead free pewter. Because these are made by hand you can do fun things like add an extra small pin so that they sit just so (also means they have “customized” brass back plates to accommodate the extra […]One of my customers sent me this amazing picture of my feather badge installed on their (awesome!) bike. Check out Manofmultnomah (here and here), apparently Chris King took some interest in it as well. Want one of your own? Buy it here, or here... Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →Boston’s Invitation to Improve Biking in Boston: Draw on Some Maps!
December 14, 2020
TweetSometimes, the best way to gather ideas and feedback is to let people draw on some maps. Last night, at the Bike Network Open House, pedallovers unveiled a draft for their upcoming plans for a more connected biking network infrastructure … Continue reading →
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