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Closing the shop early at 5 today to celebrate ano

Closing the shop early at 5 today to celebrate another awesome season of Programs! It’s a lot of fun and hard work to repair 200+ bikes and share the bike joy with everyone we get to meet in our community.

Tonight’s Program Celebration will be at the Garage at 155 Washington Ave from 4-7 where we’ll celebrate the Program Staff Team, Program Participants, and incredible Volunteers.

Pizza and snacks while supplies last 🍕❤️🚲

#bikesforallmainers #kidsbikeparty #morekidsonbikes #youthleaders

Enjoy the weekend and ride your bike! 🎉 112 you

Enjoy the weekend and ride your bike! 🎉 112 young riders ages 3-11 earned bikes through our Kids Bike Party program this summer!! We can’t wait to see you all on the bike paths, trails, and roads!

📸 photo by Cisco @cpandre22

#sharetheroad #morekidsonbikes #kidsbikeparty

Thanks for the support: @martinspointhealthcare @planet_bike @gpnemba Michael Goulet Foundation, Onion Foundation, @hotbikesfastcoffee @rei

Antique of the Week coming in hot by the goose @je

Antique of the Week coming in hot by the goose @jessebillypilgrim

I'm a sucker for purple bikes and this 90's Mongoose IBOC Comp is no exception.

IBOC stands for "International Bicycle of Champions" and this bike came from an era where the geometry of bikes was "long and low." In the 90's mountain bikers were all about aerodynamics and getting way out over the front of the bike, which is great when you are climbing tight technical single track, but not so much for riding around town.

When we refurbished this violet beauty we installed a "Dimension Arc Bar" which has become a shop favorite for mountain bikes with long geometry because the extra sweep in the handlebar puts the rider in a much more comfortable position. We also dressed it up with some of our favorite Maxxis Pace tires, purple Oury Grips and complimentary yellow housing and saddle.

While this bike was originally designed to be a racing bike, it would have a hard time keeping up with some of the wunderbikes that exist out there in the racing world these days, but that just means that it will live a new life as someone's "sporty commuter," and they will know deep down their daily driver has a racing pedigree.

"Get an IBOC, and find out what it is like to ride a winner."
-Mongoose

#antiqueoftheweek #mongooseiboc #26inchlifestyle

There are a few spots left in tomorrow’s Fix-A-F

There are a few spots left in tomorrow’s Fix-A-Flat workshop! Digory and Dan will be sharing their favorite tricks for changing tires and roadside repairs from 4:30-5:30 Friday afternoon.
⚖️ Sliding scale pricing
🔧 Free tire levers to take home!

Make it a full bike night and join the @portlandbikeparty at 7 in South Portland!! 🎉

#gearhubbikeschool

Dream Team!! These 3 are truly the best. Blessing,

Dream Team!! These 3 are truly the best. Blessing, Onyx, and Cisco have been working hard all summer to get bikes out to individuals and families in the Portland community through our earn-a-bike programs: Bikes for All Mainers and Kids Bike Parties. They also make Youth Wrench possible, photograph all events, work at the Garage, haul bikes to and from the Quonset Hut, translate curriculum , interpret for non-English language speakers, and make EVERYBODY smile and feel welcome.
☀️
Tomorrow is the last day of Bikes for All Mainers and they’ll be teaching the whole thing and running the show. Let’s give these awesome young Instructors a huge round of applause and a big thank you!!!
🎉

Thanks for the internship and Program Assistant funding @martinspointhealthcare , the Onion Foundation, @qualitybike @planet_bike !

#bikesforallmainers #kidsbikeparty #earnabike #youthleaders

Our 3rd Kids Bike Party of the summer is off to an

Our 3rd Kids Bike Party of the summer is off to an awesome start!! With over 40 kids and their families signed up our volunteers will be working hard today to get refurbished bikes and helmets sized to young friends ages 3 - 11.

Huge thanks to volunteers, individual donors, @gpnemba , @hotbikesfastcoffee , the Michael Goulet Foundation, and Standard Baking for making this possible!

#morekidsonbikes #kidsbikeparty

Antique of the Week 🖇
Brought to you by the old

Antique of the Week 🖇
Brought to you by the old stuff specialist @jessebillypilgrim

These days, Specialized is known as one of the "Big Three" bicycle companies that also includes Trek and Giant, but in the 70's and 80's they were a much smaller company that got their start importing high quality bike components from overseas. Their first product was a touring tire which was produced in 1976 and by 1981 they had introduced the Stumpjumper which was the first mass produced "Mountain Bike." This bike turned a small component importer into a massive corporation which would change the industry forever.

In our antique case on our sales floor we have a vintage set of Specialized branded hubs, "new in box" that were produced by a Japanese company called Sunshine. According to the original ad for these hubs, which I was able to find through the magic of the internet, these hubs are GUARANTEED FOR LIFE. Specialized claimed that the sealed bearings in them are so durable that:

"...you could build them into a wheel and virtually forget."

Speaking from experience of working on many early Specialized bikes spec’d with these hubs they are definitely durable and need very little maintenance, though I bet if you walk into a modern Specialized dealer and try to make a lifetime guarantee claim you might get some funny looks and a couple laughs. With an original price tag of $49.95 this hubset was reasonably priced and came in every hub drilling and width that was available at the time. These hubs helped set the standard for what modern sealed bearing hubs were to become in the future. If you have a 126mm spaced 6 speed bike and some 36 hole rims you too can build these into a wheel and virtually forget about them.

#antiqueoftheweek

✨ New ✨Velo Orange Pass Hunter.
We built up th

✨ New ✨Velo Orange Pass Hunter.
We built up this cooling blue frameset as a speedy, miles-hungry gravel bike . It’s set up with staff favorite Panaracer GravelKing SS tires for efficiency on roads and traction on gravel. The frameset is equipped with plenty of braze-ons to carry what you need on the fork and 3 different water bottle mounts on the frame. In true Gear Hub fashion it’s built with the a mix of new and used components and is surely a smooth buttery ride.

Available today for a test ride!

Size Medium (likely fits riders 5’7’ - 5’10”)

#veloorangepasshunter #gearhubbike #gearhubbutter #butterbikes

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