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Breezers with motors

This is the best idea we've come up with in a couple of years: a Breezer Uptown 7-speed with a Dillenger 350 Watt hub motor. The Uptown is an ideal bike to do this conversion with because it has a steel fork to install the motor in, just enough gears to make everyone and the motor happy, comes with a sturdy rack on which to mount the battery, and has frame fittings in just the right places to secure all the wiring alongside the usual brake and gear cables.

For a total of $1399 you get a bike that will really do a Vermont hilly ride, has a range of up to 60 miles, and is also a beautiful bike that come in sizes (most ebikes are one-size-fits-most). We've sold several and everybody's in love with them.

Bratbike on facebook

We're now using facebook to post used bikes, shop specials, and miscellaneous interesting stuff.

https://www.facebook.com/bratbike

West River Trail

Brattleboro's flat, riverside woods trail is back to normal after completion of the I-91 bridge.

http://westrivertrail.org/

You need lights

Many people are unaware that Vermont bicycle law was changed a couple of years ago to better reflect a cyclist's status as a vehicle. Front and rear lights are now required on all bikes from 1/2-hour after sunset until 1/2-hour before sunrise. Operating a vehicle without proper lighting is a moving violation and carries a pretty stiff fine (like 80 bucks or so). We have lots of lighting options for less than $80.

The best deal on a budget headlight we have found so far is the CygoLite Dart 100. For $32.95 you get 100 lumens of LED lighting powered up by a Li-ion battery you recharge from a micro USB port. The Dart 100 is many times brighter than the little, 3-LED flashlights you get in a front-rear set for $30, yet is costs only around ten dollars more than those. High beam, low beam, flashing modes, and the whole thing weighs about the same as the eight quarters you might have carried to shovel into a Brattlebor parking meter.

Good lights are one thing you can't afford to be without, especially at this time of year!

Bike maps from Windham Regional Commission

You can go to our regional planning commission's web site and download some very special maps—bicycle suitability maps, to be exact. These are maps showing hills, shoulders, traffic volumes, and road surfaces as they matter to cyclists.

Click here to visit http://windhamregional.org/bikemap

New traffic patterns downtown

• Please note that the sidewalk in front of our store has been widened to improve the pedestrian environment in this busy intersection. There is no longer parking directly in front of our Paramount building. There is a loading zone just past us (in front of A Candle In The Night) where you can stop to load and unload your bikes. There is no sign for this, but the meter maids have assured us they will not ticket a car with flashers on stopping to load or unload. DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY!
• Long term parking for our end of Main Street is either the High-Grove lot, 1/2 block up High St. from us, or at the parking garage on Elliot St.
  

Southern Vermont's oldest continuously operating bike business

Brattleboro Bicycle Shop is a year-round, professional sales and service store right in the middle of Vermont's coolest downtown. We sell and service most types of bikes and support bikes as transportation in southern Vermont.

Our mission is to provide the highest level of person-to-person service for anyone who loves to ride bikes, especially those who prefer them to cars. We depend on cars, too, but Brattleboro Bicycle Shop believes the world will be a better place if the pendulum swings away from cars and back towards people.

Regular hours (March-Labor Day)
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays :  12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Off Season hours (September-December)
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays :  Closed
We are sometimes open Sundays during these months. Please call first!

Winter hours (January and February)
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Sundays and Mondays

When the weather is really bad you should call first.. sometimes it takes us all day to shovel out.

Please feel free to call or e-mail us.

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Breezer Greenway commuter bikes

We've just gotten in some Breezer Greenway LX bikes. As we built the first one we wished we could always impress on people the difference between a good deal on paper and a real quality bike. These go together so well that it puts a smile on a mechanic's face to work on them. Like nice wheel bearings that are easier to adjust and will stay that way longer than the regular Team Taiwan stuff. All it needs is a pair of fenders and the luggage gear of your choice and you're ready to go!

Service Gallery — Dreams come true?

We like to let our thoughts linger on some of the bikes that pass through the shop. Read about this and other projects in our Repairs & Service Bike Gallery.