We sell 3-Wheelers

One of the favorite bikes at the store for people sit themselves on and make comments like "i need one of these" Adult trikes. Here is a photo of two of the good guys that are ripping it up with their bikes. I love these two.

Local Wares.

I like people who make useful things with their own hands.

When i see things that are great items that may fit into our bicycle store I think that maybe others will like these items too.

Here are things that I brought into the store for the holidays. I hope

to always keep a few things like this around because people that live in this community make cool stuff.

messenger bags from noelleo designs

cool womans handbag from Reclaimed Wreckage

Made fr

om re-purposed tubes. little flower detail is fun
.

Top Tube pad admired by the fixie crowd. hand made and printed by Mode.

Greeting Card based on the water color

check out artists here:

noelleodesigns; mode; velo city bags; reclaimed wreckage; patrice corneli

Galley Roll

Gallery Roll was a Great time.

Here is and segment from

Park City Television.

Very amazing group Oh! Wild Birds played that evening.

Gallery Roll this Friday May 21 6-9 pm

large format photo by Tyler McEntireJoin us at Salt Lake City Bicycle Co. for our Second annual Gallery Roll.

Ladies Night April 13 2010

Here is a quick slide show from the ladies night.

Good information and home-made cookies.

Hope you can make it next year.

Thanks for all photos by Beth Runkle - Cycle and Style

Other info about the night at Salty Spokes

Utah Bicycle Summit

The Utah Bicycle Summit was last week and I am pleased that I attended. Here are some of the highlights of the event

• A good sized group of people that care about the use of bicycles in this state.
• A chance to get out of the store and re-connect with one of the reasons we are in this industry
• Catch up with old friends that are doing good for cycling in Utah
• Meet new friends that will be good for our future.

photos from the event

The good people from Bike Provo did a better job of reporting on the event than I could.

day 1

day 2

The Perfect Utah Bike

Several of us were able to run down to Fruita, CO to demo some Trek and Gary Fisher full suspension bikes. Brent continues to salivate over the Superfly 100. My guess is that he'll have to own one soon enough. McCool tore it up on a Fuel EX 8 the first day, and a Remedy 9.9 the second day. He was really impressed with both, and was floored by how well the Remedy climbed for a bike with so much travel.

The first day I grabbed a Trek Scratch 9. It was way too much bike for how I ride, but I was really impressed with its ability to handle anything. The second day I think I found the perfect Utah bike - the Rumblefish II. It's nimble enough to climb and fly in the flats, yet burly enough to handle the technical stuff that Utah throws at us. It's a wonderful bike!

We'll post more about the trip in the next couple days. The riding was great and the weather beautiful.

Everything's Better By Bike

I had Friday off, so a long ride was in order. I had planned to ride to Ogden by way of East Canyon, but weather and a couple other factors demanded a shorter ride. I decided to ride out to Antelope Island and then over to the Marina. Both destinations are beautiful - nobody can deny that. What always amazes me, however, is that everything in between is beautiful as well. Here's a short video taken while I rode along the I-15 frontage road north of Salt Lake City. Everything is, indeed, better by bike!

Super Fly have arrived

Gary Fisher Superfly 100
The best bike I have ever ridden. Really.

The engineers and designers at Fisher got this right.

I took this on the popular 157 trail. including a descent of Joy and was amazed. The way that they have re-worked the suspension on the back so that the wheel sits under your center of gravity makes it ride better than any other.

Everything else fits into the catagory of "what's not to like?"

• 29er
• 24.3 lbs. (the bike in the photo) 19.5"
• Race Proven. 4 US Titles
• Looks great.

great media.

Salt Lake City Bicycle Co. was the delivery source for a new Trek District to what appears to be the center of the universe for district. Super cool bike, cool site. go there now

Gallery Roll

We were excited to host this event. Over 20 artists with 60 pieces of work and hundreds of visitors to the store. the art will be up in the store until June 1. Come by the store to see and possibly purchase some art. We are fully stocked with bikes and accessories now we just made space for the art.
We will do this again next May.




music by Lake Mary

don't miss

This ought to be one of the coolest events I have ever been a part of. I really am excited. There are some great art pieces including paintings. photography, and sculpture. We have caught the attention of some with this event. Read more here. SLUG MAGAZINE and 15BYTES

Underground

We have been super busy here at SLCB. Here is what is going on in May.

Gallery Roll. It is official.... We are officially part of Gallery Stroll here in Salt Lake City. Come see bike related art in our store Starting Friday May 15th. This is going to be cool. Click here

Bike Bonanza. Bike Bonanza is one of the events in association with Utah's Bike Month. We are sponsors and are looking forward to hosting the tricycle racing and provide bikes and clothing as part of the fashion show. We had a photo shoot here at the store for this. Luckily they brought their own models. utah bike month

Gavin's Underground this is a local blog that is associated with a local television station. I wish I were more photogenic but it is a great look at the store and he asked great questions. Many thanks to Gavin. the blog

Go By Bike Sale.
For commerce reasons the most important part of this month is the Go By Bike Sale. in conjunction with Trek Bicycle we are part of this sale. Check our website soon for more details.


Keep checking with us. We will have a story in SLUG Magazine as well as more mentions with Gallery Stroll as the month goes on.

District

The much anticipated and highly sought District has arrived.
Belt drive, cool styling, one speed, what's not to love?

The Studio Audience

I was asked by someone at Trek Bicycle to help out Toni Jorganson with a segment about womens bikes on Good Things Utah. A casual, news-information-lifestyle program on ABC 4 Utah. I am always amazed when you see television shows made how relaxed everyone who works there every day is. I had panicked for days about how the bikes would look, how I would fit them into the rental car that I got (thats another story) and where the studio was. The segment was quick and to the point. As a bike person I wanted to scream from the studio audience all the answers to the questions. The information presented was good but very basic. I wanted to run out there and say. "women's specific designed products are....." if you want the more advanced information you are just going to have to come into the store. Thanks to Toni, George, Roxie, and Nicea for doing a great job. Now I need to get to a TV everyday at 10AM see Video here,

Ladies Night Out

Salt Lake City Bicycle hosted the first annual ladies night out on Thursday, February 5th. What a great time. 50+ guests. Good information from our good friend Tori. Good food.
Trek has made such an effort to improve the cycling experience for women. It is great to be part of it.

It's Going To Be A Cold One

As long as it's not snowing and the roads are plowed there will be a contingent heading out towards the airport at Noon.

Be able to say you are one of few, the proud, the frozen, the slightly warped.

Calling All Roadies

Today will be the first lunch ride from SLC Bicycle that will be done entirely on pavement. If you have been waiting for a chance to do the lunch ride with us but haven't wanted to do it in the dirt then today is your day.

Leaving the shop at Noon for an hour loop around Downtown and occasionally wandering through neighborhoods. Bring your cold weather gear and a buck or two for something warm from Bevalo afterwards.

Giving a Little

I was asked to donate to a community health fair that raises money for the hospital in the town that I come from. I like the idea of this girl getting her new Mirraco BMX bike and somehow change her life. I know that when I was about her age I got my first non DI bike and my life has been on the same trajectory since then. It's a fun thought.

Unofficially Official

Tuesdays are the unofficially official lunch ride.

Plan on Noon every Tuesday for the time being. What can I say, I am a little non-committal.

Tomorrow bring a mountain bike because you just can't get enough dirt in your diet this time of year.

If road rides are more your thing, be patient, I promise that we will start doing some road rides very soon.