Unfortunately for him, he had to put it together himself first:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Hot Hot trike!
There was a request for pics of Julian's 'Lil Giant Trike that he just got. So here:
Unfortunately for him, he had to put it together himself first:
Unfortunately for him, he had to put it together himself first:
Monday, November 3, 2008
don't you just love daylight savings?
honestly we're all getting up in the dark to go to work anyway, right? why take away what little nighttime fun we can muster with a clock change.... is the man really trying to squash the collective joe six-pack spirit that much? sigh, this candle in the wind will be aided by some serious l.e.d. wattage come december i'll tell you that much hombres... anywho, republicrat or demoblican bikeworks strongly urges all listeners to exercise their right to vote tomorrow and to use any extra time off work to visit us, complain about voter lines, and buy a bike, heh later skaters
Saturday, November 1, 2008
One Year in Business: Suck that Economy!
We officially opened for business on November 15th, 2007. I believe that first day we sold one pair of knee warmers, or maybe some booties, and they might have been returned a couple days later.
But anyways, the fact remains, we've been open nearly a year, and everybody knows that the first year of a new business is extremely difficult, particularly when the world's economic foundations seem to be crumbling under our feet. So, we feel we deserve a celebration, which is planned as follows:
Date: November 16th
Time: From reasonably late in the morning, til the sun goes down
Where: Elena Gallegos Picnic Ground, group shelter
What: Pure amazingness, what else?
Here's the plan, we've rented the group shelter at the Elena Gallegos Picnic ground. We plan on occupying that shelter for the majority of the day. We plan on having copious amounts of food and beverage. Maybe a couch, maybe even a big screen to watch football on, if we can scrounge up a generator. Maybe some big propane heaters if its a cold day. Maybe a 20 piece mariachi band and a line of chorus girls, and a blimp flying overhead with a Bikeworks banner, and some circus elephants giving rides around the parking lot. Definitely free food and drinks though.
Furthermore, our lovely new Giant rep will be present with her demo fleet of 2009 Giants, for the people to enjoy. So you can cruise up, hop on a shiny new bike of your liking, take it for a spin of your preference, come back, and chillax with us, and start thinking about how you are going to trick your wife into letting you buy yet another bike.
So basically, you would be foolish not to come.
In other Giant Demo bike related news, we've got some Giant demo bikes in the shop these days. I've been meaning to put up a post all week with lots of fun pictures of all our new Giants that arrived, both for sale and demo, but it just doesn't seem to have happened. But they are there, pictures or not, and they are glorious.
Tomorrow, Tony will be riding the backside DH trails on our new Giant Glory DH demo. This bike is, how do you say, ah yes, bad to the bone, and I suggest you ride it. I know this may be short notice, as it's Saturday night, and he'll be up there starting Sunday morning, but maybe this can be a lesson to you that it's always a good idea to check this website each night before you go to bed, because sometimes really seriously awesome things go on that you need to know about.
Also, my lovely wife would like you to know that we scored some rad baby shoes at Savers today for $3.99, and basically, things are good. But don't go getting all greedy and buying up all the baby shoes at Savers, because that wouldn't be nice for the rest of us.
Our other Giant demos for the shop include a Large Reign 0, which is a 6" travel model, and soon we'll have a Med Trance X1, which is a 5" travel model, and Julian said if you ask nicely he will let you try out his Lil' Giant, which is the dopest tricycle you have ever seen.
Now I got to go. Stay cool.
But anyways, the fact remains, we've been open nearly a year, and everybody knows that the first year of a new business is extremely difficult, particularly when the world's economic foundations seem to be crumbling under our feet. So, we feel we deserve a celebration, which is planned as follows:
Date: November 16th
Time: From reasonably late in the morning, til the sun goes down
Where: Elena Gallegos Picnic Ground, group shelter
What: Pure amazingness, what else?
Here's the plan, we've rented the group shelter at the Elena Gallegos Picnic ground. We plan on occupying that shelter for the majority of the day. We plan on having copious amounts of food and beverage. Maybe a couch, maybe even a big screen to watch football on, if we can scrounge up a generator. Maybe some big propane heaters if its a cold day. Maybe a 20 piece mariachi band and a line of chorus girls, and a blimp flying overhead with a Bikeworks banner, and some circus elephants giving rides around the parking lot. Definitely free food and drinks though.
Furthermore, our lovely new Giant rep will be present with her demo fleet of 2009 Giants, for the people to enjoy. So you can cruise up, hop on a shiny new bike of your liking, take it for a spin of your preference, come back, and chillax with us, and start thinking about how you are going to trick your wife into letting you buy yet another bike.
So basically, you would be foolish not to come.
In other Giant Demo bike related news, we've got some Giant demo bikes in the shop these days. I've been meaning to put up a post all week with lots of fun pictures of all our new Giants that arrived, both for sale and demo, but it just doesn't seem to have happened. But they are there, pictures or not, and they are glorious.
Tomorrow, Tony will be riding the backside DH trails on our new Giant Glory DH demo. This bike is, how do you say, ah yes, bad to the bone, and I suggest you ride it. I know this may be short notice, as it's Saturday night, and he'll be up there starting Sunday morning, but maybe this can be a lesson to you that it's always a good idea to check this website each night before you go to bed, because sometimes really seriously awesome things go on that you need to know about.
Also, my lovely wife would like you to know that we scored some rad baby shoes at Savers today for $3.99, and basically, things are good. But don't go getting all greedy and buying up all the baby shoes at Savers, because that wouldn't be nice for the rest of us.
Our other Giant demos for the shop include a Large Reign 0, which is a 6" travel model, and soon we'll have a Med Trance X1, which is a 5" travel model, and Julian said if you ask nicely he will let you try out his Lil' Giant, which is the dopest tricycle you have ever seen.
Now I got to go. Stay cool.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
More Bikes for Sale! and other babbling too.
More bikes on sale.
All our Swobo Bikes are now 25% off. We have the following:
57cm Del Norte -- was $739 now $555
57cm Sanchez -- was $599 now $449
53cm Novak -- was $729 now $545
22" Dixon -- was $949 now $712 (22" isn't as big as it sounds, it fits a 6 footer well)
Large Folsom -- was $449 now $338 SOLD!
For details on the bikes, go to
http://www.swobo.com/bikes/collection/
We also have a couple of 2008 Rocky Mountains left, all marked at 25% to 30% off.
Just noticed its been over a week since I've put anything up. I actually have somewhat of an excuse this time though. My very old and trusty home computer tried to mutiny on me last week. The trouble started when I finally let it do one of those automatic windows updates it's always complaining about. Now I'm convinced those things do more harm than good. Everything was working fine before that. Maybe it is Microsoft's way of hunting down everybody with seven year old computers, and making them shell out some more cash.
Luckily, I have a friend, whose name I won't mention for his protection, who is one of those uber computer guys, and I'm back and babbling.
Things are finally starting to slow down around the shop, which we are actually a little excited about, as now we will finally have time to get to some of those longer term projects we havent been able to touch all summer. Our main focus at the moment is figuring out how to get more bikes into the shop, while simultaneously making it look nicer. We're going to reconfigure the way the bikes hang from the ceiling (more bikes, less ropes), hopefully do something about our hideous HVAC system to free up some vertical space, and maybe, just maybe, we'll get a contractor to build us a little loft storage area in the back (any contractors who need a bike reading this?)
Last Monday I got out for my first night ride of the year. Baby mama had a bunch of ladies over, doing a book club thing, which was my cue to get the hell out of the house. So I grabbed a single speed, and headed for the foothills. Rode up to the south foothills, which I haven't done in quite a while. I think it seems like it takes longer than it does (I live near Lomas and San Mateo).
There was a lightning storm working its way over from the backside, and rain clouds moving in from the north, and it made for an exciting ride. I managed to miss the rain until the last 10 minutes or so on my way back home.
Then I took Thursday off to ride in Gallup with Charlie, Mike, and Sihu (it was like a little Europe trip reunion). In case anybody is wondering how we decide when we take days off at the shop, all being owners and everything, here's a little example of how it usually goes down:
Normal day at the shop, Dan, Dan and Tony just working away (more or less). Charlie walks in the door:
Charlie: HEY! BLAH BLAH BLAH! BIKES BIKES BIKES! STOMP STOMP STOMP!
Charlie walks to the back of the shop, hands us $200 of exotic beer to drink, farts on Danny, throws me across the shop just for the hell of it, and then eats half of whatever candy we have around that day in 10 seconds flat.
Charlie: Hey guys, I'm doing a one day trip to Gallup to ride on Thursday, who wants to go?
Dan: Dibs
Danny: Dibs
Tony: Dibs
And thats pretty much how it goes. See, I said "Dibs" before Danny or Tony, therefore I got the day off. It is that level of professionalism and planning that makes Bikeworks the superior shop in town.
So thursday I rode in Gallup. We did the High Desert race course first, which I hadn't ridden since I did the Dawn til Dusk race about 6 years ago. It is such a fun loop. It got us all excited to come out and do Dawn til Dusk this year.
Then we went into town, got a little advice from the guys at High Mesa, and headed north. Since I'm lazy, I haven't researched the name of the area that we rode at, or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure we did trails called Quaking Aspen, and Quasimoto, and that should be enough info for anybody familiar with the area to know what I'm talking about.
It was some fun riding. All the trails seemed to be bike specific, and were just twisty, swoopy, flowy and fun. There appeared to be quite a bit more singletrack that we didn't ride as well, but the sun was getting low and we were all wearing down from the long miles of the day, so we decided not to push it.
I would love to get back out there, and just ride that area for an entire day, and see how many miles of singletrack we could get in. I have a feeling it would be substantial.
I even managed to get out for a couple of hours on Sunday on the road bike, which was covered in a deep layer of dust when I pulled it down off my wall. Just headed North on the bike path, not sure what I was going to do, and quickly ran into Danny and a few of his usual suspects. Then we got tangled up in the Day of the Tread course. Looks like that even was a success based on the huge number of cyclists we saw.
Last night, I had planned on getting out for another book club-avoiding foothills night ride. But by the time the last of the riff raff wandered out of the shop, shortly after our keg was killed, I had lost motivation. So instead, I decided to build up my new track bike frame, a Soma Rush that I acquired from our friend Dean (thanks Dean!). I basically swapped all my parts off the Surly, except for the new 1" King I put on the Soma. I'm pretty excited about the bike, on first impression, it has a smoother ride than the Surly, and it has more track geometry, and handles very quickly. I'm excited to ride it to work today. Maybe I'll take a long route to work so I can get a better feel of the bike than my normal 3 mile commute would allow.
And with that, I'm out.
All our Swobo Bikes are now 25% off. We have the following:
57cm Del Norte -- was $739 now $555
57cm Sanchez -- was $599 now $449
53cm Novak -- was $729 now $545
22" Dixon -- was $949 now $712 (22" isn't as big as it sounds, it fits a 6 footer well)
Large Folsom -- was $449 now $338 SOLD!
For details on the bikes, go to
http://www.swobo.com/bikes/collection/
We also have a couple of 2008 Rocky Mountains left, all marked at 25% to 30% off.
Just noticed its been over a week since I've put anything up. I actually have somewhat of an excuse this time though. My very old and trusty home computer tried to mutiny on me last week. The trouble started when I finally let it do one of those automatic windows updates it's always complaining about. Now I'm convinced those things do more harm than good. Everything was working fine before that. Maybe it is Microsoft's way of hunting down everybody with seven year old computers, and making them shell out some more cash.
Luckily, I have a friend, whose name I won't mention for his protection, who is one of those uber computer guys, and I'm back and babbling.
Things are finally starting to slow down around the shop, which we are actually a little excited about, as now we will finally have time to get to some of those longer term projects we havent been able to touch all summer. Our main focus at the moment is figuring out how to get more bikes into the shop, while simultaneously making it look nicer. We're going to reconfigure the way the bikes hang from the ceiling (more bikes, less ropes), hopefully do something about our hideous HVAC system to free up some vertical space, and maybe, just maybe, we'll get a contractor to build us a little loft storage area in the back (any contractors who need a bike reading this?)
Last Monday I got out for my first night ride of the year. Baby mama had a bunch of ladies over, doing a book club thing, which was my cue to get the hell out of the house. So I grabbed a single speed, and headed for the foothills. Rode up to the south foothills, which I haven't done in quite a while. I think it seems like it takes longer than it does (I live near Lomas and San Mateo).
There was a lightning storm working its way over from the backside, and rain clouds moving in from the north, and it made for an exciting ride. I managed to miss the rain until the last 10 minutes or so on my way back home.
Then I took Thursday off to ride in Gallup with Charlie, Mike, and Sihu (it was like a little Europe trip reunion). In case anybody is wondering how we decide when we take days off at the shop, all being owners and everything, here's a little example of how it usually goes down:
Normal day at the shop, Dan, Dan and Tony just working away (more or less). Charlie walks in the door:
Charlie: HEY! BLAH BLAH BLAH! BIKES BIKES BIKES! STOMP STOMP STOMP!
Charlie walks to the back of the shop, hands us $200 of exotic beer to drink, farts on Danny, throws me across the shop just for the hell of it, and then eats half of whatever candy we have around that day in 10 seconds flat.
Charlie: Hey guys, I'm doing a one day trip to Gallup to ride on Thursday, who wants to go?
Dan: Dibs
Danny: Dibs
Tony: Dibs
And thats pretty much how it goes. See, I said "Dibs" before Danny or Tony, therefore I got the day off. It is that level of professionalism and planning that makes Bikeworks the superior shop in town.
So thursday I rode in Gallup. We did the High Desert race course first, which I hadn't ridden since I did the Dawn til Dusk race about 6 years ago. It is such a fun loop. It got us all excited to come out and do Dawn til Dusk this year.
Then we went into town, got a little advice from the guys at High Mesa, and headed north. Since I'm lazy, I haven't researched the name of the area that we rode at, or anything like that, but I'm pretty sure we did trails called Quaking Aspen, and Quasimoto, and that should be enough info for anybody familiar with the area to know what I'm talking about.
It was some fun riding. All the trails seemed to be bike specific, and were just twisty, swoopy, flowy and fun. There appeared to be quite a bit more singletrack that we didn't ride as well, but the sun was getting low and we were all wearing down from the long miles of the day, so we decided not to push it.
I would love to get back out there, and just ride that area for an entire day, and see how many miles of singletrack we could get in. I have a feeling it would be substantial.
I even managed to get out for a couple of hours on Sunday on the road bike, which was covered in a deep layer of dust when I pulled it down off my wall. Just headed North on the bike path, not sure what I was going to do, and quickly ran into Danny and a few of his usual suspects. Then we got tangled up in the Day of the Tread course. Looks like that even was a success based on the huge number of cyclists we saw.
Last night, I had planned on getting out for another book club-avoiding foothills night ride. But by the time the last of the riff raff wandered out of the shop, shortly after our keg was killed, I had lost motivation. So instead, I decided to build up my new track bike frame, a Soma Rush that I acquired from our friend Dean (thanks Dean!). I basically swapped all my parts off the Surly, except for the new 1" King I put on the Soma. I'm pretty excited about the bike, on first impression, it has a smoother ride than the Surly, and it has more track geometry, and handles very quickly. I'm excited to ride it to work today. Maybe I'll take a long route to work so I can get a better feel of the bike than my normal 3 mile commute would allow.
And with that, I'm out.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Get your philanthropy on!
So I've got this cousin, see, and he's always like doing good things for the kids and stuff, you know, the kids that don't normally get to do much cool stuff, and stuff. And like, it's cool, you know.
The cousins name is Phil Lucero, and he's getting geared up to do some bike touring next summer, with a program hes involved with named Two Wheel View. Check it out:
Link to Two Wheel View's Website for your convenience.
That main picture on the home page, that is Phil on the bike, which used to be my bike, so now it's like you already know him.
The reason I bring all this up is because they are planning trips and there are some spots for interested parties. I know they have room on the adult trip to Argentina in June, which is fun for the adults and also serves as a fundraiser for the kid trips. I believe its around two weeks of riding, not particularly strenuous though. I've heard nothing but good things, Phil has done the same tour 3 times now I believe, and he's still excited to go back and do it again.
If this is something you think you might be interested in, drop us a line, or ask me about it while your in the shop, and I can put you in contact with him.
Also, donations are always welcome, especially in the old-bike-you-don't-want-anymore form. The best bikes for the job tend to be early nineties mountain bikes, without suspension, and 7 or 8 speed drivetrains, of all sizes. And it doesn't have to be in perfect working order, that's where Bikeworks steps in. And as it's a non-profit, tax deductible receipts are available, so it's probably a better deal than selling it for $10 at a garage sale.
I met a bunch of the kids that went on the trip to Argentina last year. It was pretty cool, the were mostly local Albuquerque kids, only a couple even owned bikes of their own, and they were all super excited to go on the trip, or even just to go to another country. It was definitely an opportunity many of them weren't going to have otherwise.
So if you have some time off this summer, and like riding bikes, get your philanthropy on!
The cousins name is Phil Lucero, and he's getting geared up to do some bike touring next summer, with a program hes involved with named Two Wheel View. Check it out:
Link to Two Wheel View's Website for your convenience.
That main picture on the home page, that is Phil on the bike, which used to be my bike, so now it's like you already know him.
The reason I bring all this up is because they are planning trips and there are some spots for interested parties. I know they have room on the adult trip to Argentina in June, which is fun for the adults and also serves as a fundraiser for the kid trips. I believe its around two weeks of riding, not particularly strenuous though. I've heard nothing but good things, Phil has done the same tour 3 times now I believe, and he's still excited to go back and do it again.
If this is something you think you might be interested in, drop us a line, or ask me about it while your in the shop, and I can put you in contact with him.
Also, donations are always welcome, especially in the old-bike-you-don't-want-anymore form. The best bikes for the job tend to be early nineties mountain bikes, without suspension, and 7 or 8 speed drivetrains, of all sizes. And it doesn't have to be in perfect working order, that's where Bikeworks steps in. And as it's a non-profit, tax deductible receipts are available, so it's probably a better deal than selling it for $10 at a garage sale.
I met a bunch of the kids that went on the trip to Argentina last year. It was pretty cool, the were mostly local Albuquerque kids, only a couple even owned bikes of their own, and they were all super excited to go on the trip, or even just to go to another country. It was definitely an opportunity many of them weren't going to have otherwise.
So if you have some time off this summer, and like riding bikes, get your philanthropy on!
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