Hometown Bicycles

The past five months have been FUN. It’s given us a chance to really find our niche in the cycling community, and we see it on a day to day basis with the customers that come into this store again and again. Plus, 781 bicycle repairs in 112 days… that’s not too shabby!

We just want to take a few minutes to tell you about the stuff that’s coming up over the next month:

Bicycle Sales and Our New Home: Hometown has been getting more heavily into bicycle sales. Although we haven’t kept a lot of bicycles in stock, we’ve had tremendous success with the Jamis and Scott bikes that we carry. They just about sell themselves!

Jacki getting fitted on her Jamis Xenith Endura

As time goes by, we’re looking at stocking more and more bikes, but most of the bicycles you’re going to see will be coming in after our trip to the September Interbike Show. (More on that in a moment.)

Where will we put all our new stock? In our new home!

We’ve made our move on the building next door, and will be opening our Hometown Bicycles LLC bicycle retail shop next spring. It has been talked about for a while, but now it’s officially happening!  Our entire operation is growing to 3,500 square feet of fun bike stuff, including our own separate Fit Room and Upgrade Center (the only one in town, we might add).

Bike we donated to Tour de Livingston

So, if you’re thinking about a new bike, come in and get fitted. Let’s make this happen!

Tour De Livingston: The Hometown bicycle donation for the 2010 Tour de Livingston on 10/10/10 is a cool new Jamis Earth Cruiser. Look for the below graphic around town, attached to the handlebars of a Pink Jamis cruiser bike, with – by popular demand, via Hometown’s Facebook Poll – whitewall tires.

Tour de Livingston Graphic

Interbike 2010: We have worked very hard this first year at the shop. Alex and I have put in a lot of hours doing what we love and maintaining why we launched the shop in the first place: to be YOUR BIKE SHOP. As a reward for all of our hard work, Alex, Joe, Matt and myself are going to Vegas. But, in this case, what happens in Vegas will NOT stay in Vegas. It will come back in the form of bikes and awesome new products that will make your cycling experience amazing. Well try our best to have fun – it is a “Working Vacation” after all. But someone’s gotta do it. The shop is going to be closed for the show from Tuesday September 21st to Sunday September 26th. Join our Facebook to get the inside scoop on – and irregular updates from – the show. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for understanding that we’re doing it for you!

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Brighton Market & Deli Michigan Made Beer and Wine Tasting Event

Come and try over 30 different kinds of Beers and Wines Made in Michigan!

Tickets are only $10!!!

Thursday, July 29^th 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

At the Newly renovated “Top Shelf Restaurant” located in

Kensington Valley Ice House 10540 Citation Drive Brighton, MI

(810) 494-5555

Purchase your tickets at: Brighton Market 10840 E. Grand River Rd

(810) 229-6138

Contest 1: The next 2 people that stop in the shop and say TUNE MY BIKE GIVE ME BEER. Gets 1 ticket each to the Brighton Market Michigan made beer and Wine tasting on July 29th from 6 to 9.

Contest 2: You need to type on our Facebook wall a small essay(A few good words)on WHY I RIDE MY BIKE and include a cool photo. The top winner gets both tickets. The beer/Wine tasting is 7/29 from 6 to 9 so the deadline is noon on 7/29. Pickup the tickets in the store. The votes will be counted by the amount of “LIKES”

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From Left to Right, Bill, Alex, C.J. and Lance

Check it out.  Alex ( Hometown’s Bad A** Mechanic) and team captain took Bill, Lance, and C.J. to a 2nd place victory at the Novi Tree farm Mountain bike Relay. They were a little nervous this morning, but Alex being the level headed captain he is, rallied the troops and they brought it home. Look for Alex and the boys out at local races (If their not at the shop).

Alex being the 1st one out of the trail in 42  minutes gave Lance, who was sitting at the tent not expecting  him in for another 10 minutes, the adrenalin rush he needed to crash within 1 minute of being out on the coarse. After lance calmed his nerves, he finished with no incident and 3lbs of mud on his bike.

C.J. Was the next up to crash. Riding Alex’s Salsa wearing a red Specialized shirt the “Kid was up”.  It was a smooth transition pulling 4 minutes back for the group and starting the buzz. There were a few teams thinking that the guys was sandbagging it. Here’s the truth. We had one experienced racer(Alex) and three guys that never raced before.

Bill being the biggest, only made it harder on himself adding mud to his frame. With his John Deere tee shirt, HE ROCKED. Bill defiantly held his own and after only one wipe out, brought in the second place victory for Team Hometown.

Good Job Guys

Want to talk to Alex about the team? He works every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

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