Hometown Bicycles

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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You read it right… Hometown Bicycles is now a proud seller of Mavic and Spinergy wheels!

The decision to carry Mavic was an easy one. It’s simply the “World’s Best System Wheels”, offering the best performance, the best look and the best value. All of you cyclists out there riding atop Mavic wheels know exactly what I’m talking about!

These are the types of wheels you brag about to your friends, the types that make your rides ROCK, the types that you will fall in love with every single time you ride.

But wait! There’s more…

As if carrying Mavics wasn’t enough, Hometown Bicycles is also bringing on board another blow-your-socks-off brand of of wheels: Spinergy!

Although not yet as well known, Spinergy wheels are SWEET… custom colors, PBO Spoke Technology and hand-built right here in the USA. Spinergy is one of few companies that have the confidence to use their spoke technology in Motocross bikes. If that’s not strong, I don’t know what is.

So, what the heck is PBO anyway? Here’s the scoop…

PBO Fiber Spoke Technology – Available only from Spinergy

Spinergy engineers have invented a revolutionary technology for stronger, lighter and faster wheels. Introducing PBO Fiber Spoke Technology. Every PBO spoke contains over 30,000 strands of polyphenylene bensobisoxazole fiber, delivering 3-times the strength of stainless steel at just half the weight.

Giving you the ultimate edge

The PBO fiber strands are encased in a chemical resistant, water / UV proof composite offered in a variety of colors. The outcome is a flexible spoke with incredible strength that will absorb impact more efficiently while staying in true. Our patented PBO spokes are lighter than traditional steel spokes which results in less rotational weight and a faster responding wheel ’ giving you the ultimate edge. All this delivers a wheel that is lighter, stronger, faster and superior in every way.

Spinergy Stealth PBO in Blue

Here’s our Spinergy plan… over the next three weeks, we will be giving the PBO Stealth wheel-set a rigorous Hometown workup. Hometown’s “Buster”, David, is going to run an in-house, real world (a.k.a. on-good-‘ol-Michigan-roads), wheel trial to test out the new Stealth PBO. We’ll include his full report in our July e-Newsletter.

Jealous? Don’t be! Over the next few months, I will keep extra Mavic and Spinergy Demo wheels on hand that you can Try Before You Buy!

Ride on…

Shaun Bhajan, Hometown’s Head Honcho & Expert Mechanic

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