Steel City Bike Festival 2013

Submitted by newhope
on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 16:28

 

June 9-15, 2013, New Hope Community Bikes will once again be hosting the Steel City Bike Festival. The festival highlights everything that is cycling in Hamilton and beyond. Events will be held throughout the week. 

 

T-Shirts available for $12.00!

Stay up to date with the scehdule and events here: www.steelcitybikefest.ca

This years events include: 

  • 2nd Annual memorial ride for Blane
  • Kidical mass and pancake breakfast on Saturday morning
  • Photo and film festival held at the Design Annex. Feature film screening of Ride the Divide
  • Instagram bicycle scavenger hunt
  • Try mountain biking for a
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Full to the brim, Unicycles and the next BIG move.

Submitted by newhope
on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 14:11

100+ Bikes!

Winter is always the time for the staff at New Hope Bike to catch up on refurbishing bikes so that we're ready when the spring rush comes. This year we have managed to refurbish over 100 bikes and our storage spaces are overflowing, we've even had to move some across he street! With more than 100 bikes to try and keep in a mental inventory it can be a challenge to remember exactly what bikes we have ready, but if you're patient and willing to wade through a bit of ferrous debris we can probably find you a perfectly unique bike that will suit your needs and make cycling a joy! (

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Learn to Mountain Bike

Submitted by newhope
on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 21:50

New Hope Community Bikes will be offering an after school program to local youth in the spring. Thanks to a grant from the Hamilton Community Foundation we are able to offer free riding lessons and provide bikes for youth to use in the program. If you are interested or would like more information use the email us link. For full details click here.

Program Dates:

After School Tuesday and Thursdays Starting April 30-June 20

 

 

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New Bike Drive

Submitted by newhope
on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 18:24

Sponsored By: 

 

Drop off locations at:

Cafe Domestique - 12 Millers Lane, Dundas

De La Sol Yoga - 430 York Blvd, Hamilton

Alchemy Cross Fit - 67 Frid St. Hamilton

New Hope Community Bikes -1429 Main St. E,  Hamilton

For more information contact us, or hamiltonbikedrive@gmail.com 

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Winter Riding Tips

Submitted by newhope
on Sat, 11/24/2012 - 16:09

I woke up this morning to snow on the vehicles outside so I figured it's time for some winter riding tips. Here's some things to consider when riding in the winter.

Get a winter bike, or make your bike more winter friendly

  • Fewer gears are better as deraileurs and shifters don't like to work very well after being a-salted.
  • Think twice before you choose big fat knobby tires. A narrower tire will cut through the snow better but some knobs are good for traction, consider that most often through the city the streets are more wet and slushy than snow covered. 
  • Choose a bike with a heads up riding

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