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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.
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Bratbike on facebook
We're now using facebook to post used bikes, shop specials,
and miscellaneous interesting stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/bratbike
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West River Trail Update
Temporary trail to bypass bridge construction now open:
http://westrivertrail.org/2014/05/05/west-river-trail-detour-open-at-southern-trailhead/
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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!
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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Service Gallery — Dreams
come true?
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Bratbike #1 Repaint and Rebuild |
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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.
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