Passion Trail Bikes Sunny Winter Day Message

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Today's Sunny Weather Inspired Topics:
1. Please sign the SF Bike Park petition
2. Trailwork 2/2, 2/9 and 2/10, help needed
3. Strong Beer Month: Movies @ Passion on 2/8 & Slide Show on 2/15
4. Trips for Kids Brews Bikes Bucks Party Sunday 2/10
5. NorCal High School Mountain Bike League donations
6. We are hiring!
7. Gitcha a Valentines Day Discount

1. Please sign the SF Bike Park petition


A BIKE PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO?
The San Francisco Bay Area was the birthplace of mountain biking. With the closure of many trails throughout the Bay Area, San Francisco has the ability to create a unique facility in one of its park's green spaces.

Many cities have seen the need for more outdoor activities and have addressed them with a controlled, environmentally conscious bike park. New York's, Central Park, Seattle's Colonnade and Woodland Park jumps, Pleasanton's BMX Park, and Cupertino's Calabazas bike park to name a few. A bike park would contain features such as dirt jumps and built obstacles for all skill levels. More information is available at www.sfdirtlab.com/bikeparks

Sign the petition here to support a Bike Park for San Francisco! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sfdirtlab?e

By signing this petition, you would support the development of a public bike skills park in San Francisco. It's free and takes less than a minute of your time.

Thanks!
Mitch Monroe
SF DIRTLAB
mitch@sfdirtlab.com

2. Trailwork 2/2 and 2/9, help needed

We need help winterizing our trails! Heavy winds and rains have left their mark on some of our favorite singletrack. Please consider volunteering at least once each winter to work on the trails and give your upper body some needed cross-training. On Saturday 2/2 we will be out looking for our shadow in Waterdog, pruning back brush and upgrading drainage.

On Saturday 2/9 we will be in Soquel Forest, running the chainsaw to clear blowdowns, flicking derailer eating sticks, and clearing silt out of drains. On Sunday 2/10 we will be back at Waterdog.

Please pick a date and sign up at Trailworkers.com so we can get an idea of how many volunteers to expect. We will bring tools, snacks and leadership, you bring your muscles.

3. Strong Beer Month events: Movies @ Passion on 2/8 & Slide Show on 2/15


We've been enjoying Devil's Canyon Brewery's Scotch Ale for so long, we almost (hic) forgot how strong (hic) it is. This month, we are encouraging our customers to come down and have a taste after work on Friday nights. We will even provide entertainment!

For 2/8 we will have a movie night where we sample something from the stack of DVDs we have growing here, and on 2/15, John Gray will be presenting a slide show of his little hike up to the top of Mount Everest with his friend Apa Sherpa. Don't miss these super fun evenings hanging out with your mountain biking friends!

4. Trips for Kids Brews Bikes Bucks Party Sunday 2/10

Trips for Kids Brews, Bikes, Bucks
Sunday, February 10, 2008, 2:00 – 6:00pm
The Broken Drum Brewery
1132 Fourth Street, San Rafael
Free Admission

We're inviting all our friends to the 10th Annual Trips For Kids beer party and fundraiser featuring Mountain Bike pioneers and celebrities.

Come meet mountain bike pioneers such as Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Tom Ritchey, Ned Overend, Scot Nicol, Otis Guy, Jacquie Phelan, Charles Kelly, Ross Shafer, Mert Lawwill, Chris Lang and other pioneers of mountain biking.. Invite your friends, and join us for a great event. The party will celebrate the successes of our local Marin Trips For Kids group and our expansion to 57 Trips For Kids chapters across the country.

There will be drawing for a 2007 Jamis Dragon Comp Mountain Bike (retail value $1235) and a silent auction for a 2008 Marin Bikes Muirwoods 29er (retail value $580). Both will be sized to fit the winner. The bikes are currently on display at the Broken Drum Brewery. Advance raffle tickets and auction signups are available at our Re-Cyclery thrift shop and at the Broken Drum. There is no charge for admission, but Noah Berry, proprietor of the Broken Drum Brewery, will also donate proceeds from food and drink sales to Trips For Kids.

5. NorCal High School Mountain Bike League donations

We are pleased to announce that we are serving as a donation point for your old bike gear to the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League. Clear out the closet and the garage and get a nice tax deduction while you are at it. Your used stuff can live out its natural life helping high school kids who are getting their exercise on mountain bikes. Currently there is a need for size 10 to 12 mtb shoes. Call Patty with questions, at 650-620-9798, or just bring your clean, used (and still usable) stuff down to the shop.

6. We are hiring!
We are still accepting applications for two positions here at the shop. We are looking for another awesome mechanic, as well as someone with customer service and visual design/merchandising skills. If you know someone who would be a good fit here, please encourage them to apply. The jobs are posted on our website.

7. Gitcha a Valentines Day Discount
We STILL love our customers. So here, if you haven't already brought this purty little token of our affection in, please DO!

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