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Next Generation Cycling Takeover

Liam and the Hometown Bicycles Service Crew heading out for a mountain bike ride
(A few of Hometown’s Crew head for the hills… of Island Lake [left to right]: Rocco, Andrew, Liam & Colin)

SIGH… THEY GROW UP SO FAST… 

Look what a single year can bring… a new shop, a new adventure, and a son who catapulted from newborn to “hey, Mom, I’m going mountain biking with the guys.”

We want to put out a monster-sized “THANK YOU!” to every single one of you who celebrated Liam’s birthday with us on Memorial Day weekend. You just reaffirmed that you truly are FAMILY, and we love you for it!

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SPEAKING OF PINT-SIZED CYCLISTS…
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Brighton Rec
(Image © Potawatomi Mountain Biking Association)Poto MBA’s Facebook Event reads: “Join Poto MBA for Take a Kid Mountain Biking Dayon the Appleton Loop at Brighton Recreation Area on June 11, 2016 [10am-2pm].TKMBD is a celebration developed and coordinated by IMBA, which strives to encourage communities around the world to join together and ride mountain bikes with youth.What a cool concept – getting the next generation geeked about mountain biking. So guess which family-friendly bike shop will be at the event, geeking out right alongside the kids? Us!!

Food, IMBA swag, guided rides… and Shaun’ll be there for bicycle safety checks, helmet fitting, and other educational bikery, so be sure to drop by with your kid(s) and say “hi!”

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SHOP RIDES – HAVE YOU HAD YOURS TODAY?

Hometown Bicycles Shop Rides - Green Gals beginner mountain bike groupIn the thick of some pretty freakishly awesome cycling weather, we just wanted to remind you that our shop rides are going strong, with a ride for every cyclist:

Speedster roadie? Hello, Wednesday Hammerfest!

Trail newbie? Try our Sunday Beginner Mountain Bike Ride!

Future centurion? Hook up with our Saturday Couch-to-Century Road Ride!

Leisure-geared and lovin’ it? Wednesday’s Rails-to-Trails ride includes a picnic!

And that’s only the half of it. Check out the rest, drop in for a flier, or contact ride@myhometownbicycles.com to get in on the action – whichever level and speed that may be.

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BRAGGING RIGHTS: STUDENT BIKE ART IS A HIT!

South Lyon's Barlett Elementary School 5th Grade student artists are celebrated at Hometown Bicycles student art open house
(Photo courtesy and © Zach Hoggard, South Lyon elementary art teacher, and Bartlett Elementary)Our Community Room recently housed the most amazing, kid-centric celebration of creativity ever to enliven our shop… the South Lyon Bartlett Elementary Artist Open House for the young bicycle artists of Zach Hoggard’s 5th Grade classes.Parents, siblings, grandparents, and other friends and relatives came out in droves to support the awesome talent of these kid creators. AMAZING!Their incredible art will be on display only a short while longer, so hurry in to check it out!

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GUESS WHICH HOLIDAY IS NEARLY HERE…

Father's Day bicycle gifts and cards at Hometown BicyclesDad loves cycling? You + Hometown = match made in heaven. Drop in for an early lead on the best bike stuff, or stay tuned next week for a full-blown Dad’s Day (6/19) gift guide!

Easter, Team Night, Bike Chandeliers & Tandem Tees

Happy Easter from everybunny at Hometown Bicycles

WE LOVE OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAYS, but Easter will always be especially near and dear to our hearts – it marks the beginning of beautiful cycling weather, leads into the launch of our Shop Rides, and Good Friday 2010 is when Shaun proposed, which was a catalyst for Hometown’s existence!

Easter is all about family – yours, ours, and our crew’s – so following Hometown tradition…
WE ARE CLOSED ON EASTER SUNDAY
We’ll be open regular hours the days before (3/26) and after (3/28). In the meantime, go make this Easter memorable!! Happy Easter, Hometownies!

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TEAM NIGHT SHINDIG

Hometown Bicycles clinic

In our final Winter 2016 Clinic, we introduced over 50 people (still blown away by your enthusiasm, Hometownies!) to the new Shop Rides and Team Hometown Bicycles. There was TONS of interest and TONS of questions. We know how to handle that…

Team Night powwow!! We’ll provide the pizza, you BYOB, and we’ll give you the low-down on the official Shop Rides schedule, Team Hometown Bicycles, and our ride leaders and Team Captains.

If you already know you want to be part of Team Hometown Bicycles – AWESOME!! You can officially sign up at this event.

THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST, at 6:30PM

REGISTER HERE IF YOU’LL BE ATTENDING TEAM NIGHT
No obligations and no charge – just a chance to learn what all the excitement’s about! 

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MEET THE ARTIST: JENNIFER VERMEERSCH

Bike wheel chandeliers by Jennifer VermeerschJennifer VermeerschFree spirited and fantastically whimsical, artist Jennifer Vermeersch hails from Detroit, where she launched Jennifer Vermeersch Jewelry. Happily for us, she also has a thing for bikes, which is ever-so-evident in the industrial chic creativity of her bicycle wheel chandeliers.

We guarantee you won’t find anything like this in another bike shop. Jennifer’s decked out her rims in eclectic beading and everyday bike bits. We’re talking super playful here – you really need to see these for yourself!

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MEET THE ARTISTS: CASEY & MICHELLE BUCKLEITNER

Michigan tandem t-shirts by Alpenhaus Apparel
Alpenhaus Apparel logo
Shaun and I are big tandem fans (ask us about our 100-mile tandem Tour de Livingston ride), and we also LOVE Michigan, so bringing in Casey and Michelle’s clever, peninsular tandem tees was a total no-brainer.They’re fun, they’re colorful, they’re unique and we know they’ll look great on you. You’ll see me wearing mine around the shop on a regular basis!

Just after putting these beauties out on the floor, one sold before the piles even had time to settle. Let that put a little pep in your step, if you’d like to get one of your own!

“Best of…” Clinic-Party Here This Wednesday

Collage of Hometown Bicycles rides
THE BEST RIDES IN MI, THE BEST PEEPS TO RIDE WITH & THE BEST TEAM EVER
Hometown Bicycles "Why Jamis?" clinic had a record attendance!Last week, we had RECORD ATTENDANCE (in the whole history of Hometown!) at our “Why Jamis” clinic. WOW!!! Let’s see if we can top it this week…This Wednesday, February 24, from 6-9pm, is the final clinic in our Winter Clinic Series, covering Michigan’s most bike-friendly trails, its coolest cycling events, our new Shop Rides, the women-only cycling group Hometown Green Gals, and how to become a part of Team Hometown Bicycles.

It’s another carb-loading clinic with pizza and beer… gotta get you ready for March 1st – a.k.a. Cycling Season!!! In addition to Shaun, you’ll also have a chance to meet and hear from the co-creator of Hometown’s Green Gals, plus our awesome Team Captains.

NOTE: While Team Hometown Bicycles has a competitive ride group, it also includes a non-race Club team for beginners to pros, trail cyclists to road junkies, fund-raisers to just-for-funners. Our mission is to have fun and to positively promote the sport of cycling. If that sounds like your “cup o’ tea”, then join up!

REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND OUR “WHERE TO RIDE IN MICHIGAN AND WITH WHOM” CLINIC-PARTY
We appreciate your early registration, so that we can make sure there’s enough food for all!
For anyone who’s bumming over missed clinics… don’t!! We’ll continue running bike clinics throughout the year. To start, check out March’s Intro to Adventure Racing clinic below!

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“INTRO TO ADVENTURE RACING” CLINIC

Get Your Bearings Adventure Race logoADVENTURE RACING is a team scavenger hunt in the great outdoors. Teams are given topographical maps, work together to locate checkpoints, and have to finish in a specified time. Adventure Races generally involve bike travel, paddling, and navigating on foot.This Saturday, March 5th clinic will provide a general introduction to Adventure Racing and give you the confidence to try a race like MI Adventure Club’s ‘Get Your Bearings Adventure Race’ in Brighton Recreation Area on May 7th. You’ll learn everything a novice racer needs to know about Adventure Racing – including topographic maps, compasses and navigation (a.k.a. orienteering.)

REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND “INTRO TO ADVENTURE RACING”
Saturday, March 5th, 10-11am in our Hometown Community Room

Immediately following this event, be sure to hang out and meet the lovable faces of Last Chance Pet Rescue! Read more below…

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LAST CHANCE PET RESCUE AT HOMETOWN

Save a Life, Adopt a Pet - Come see the furry faces of Last Chance Rescue at Hometown BicyclesTHERE’LL BE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE at Hometown Bicycles on Saturday, March 5th from 11:30am-3:30pm (immediately following the “Intro to Adventure Racing” clinic!) Last Chance Pet Rescue is bringing a selection of their most lovable, adoptable pets for you to meet and fall in love with.Donations are encouraged, and adoptions welcomed. But, if nothing else, stop by and give these tough-luck survivors some well-earned belly rubs – it’ll make you both feel better! Bring the kids!!

Easter Weekend & Shop Rides Begin TODAY

Happy Easter from everybunny at Hometown Bicycles
HAPPY PRE-EASTER, HOMETOWNIES!  We hope this holiday finds you bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and rarin’ to ride. Our shop rides launch TODAY, which you’ll read more about below. But, please note that:
WE WILL BE CLOSED ON EASTER SUNDAY
(P.S. That means no Shop Ride this Sunday.)
Everyone should enjoy family time on Easter, and that includes our rockstar staff!
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SHOP RIDES BEGIN TODAY!!!

Hometown Bicycles 2015 Shop RidesIf any of you were waffling over whether cycling season has truly begun, here’s the irrefutable proof – Hometown Bicycles Shop Rides begin TODAY with our much-loved Beginner Road Bike Ride, open to all, starting at Island Lake, and led by Shaun.

So, strap on your cycling gear, and let’s get our ride on at the:

HOMETOWN’S BEGINNER ROAD RIDE
This is a 12-15 mile, NO DROP,
get-to-know-your-bicycle-again kind of road ride.
ALL LEVELS & ALL BICYCLES WELCOME
Meet Shaun at Island Lake’s Kent Lake Parking Lot
(look for the impossible-to-miss Hometown SAG wagon)
REMEMBER:  NO SHOP RIDE ON EASTER SUNDAY!

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TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN DASH OR CRASH

Rotary Club of Brighton's Top of the Mountain Dash or Crash at Mt. Brighton

When we Hometownies sprint, it’s usually with our feet on the pedals, but this is one upcoming race that has you running, walking, even crawling over terra not-so-firma. Mud, gravel, obstacles, hill climbs… too cool not to mention here!