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June 10, 2021
COVID restrictions at BratBike lifted
Everything is working the usual way here at this point.
- We are fully vaccinated.
- The Brattleboro Select Board has lifted the order requiring
masks inside stores. If you feel uncorfortable being indoors
without a mask please let us know and we will wear them.
- All bikes and parts are either in restricted supply or
are unavailable for 2021.
That's it. We are doing repairs and selling bicycles and
accessories as we get inventory.
We have suspended bike rentals until further notice.
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Here's a listing of every
last bike we have in stock.

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(image borrowed from wisconsindot.gov)
How BratBike is dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic
(November 13, 2020)
Governor Scott has announced tighter travel restrictions
and has pointedly advised Vermonters to avoid interaction
with anyone not in your immediate family group.
(April 2, 2020)
We cannot let people into the store due to the risk of contamination
of displayed merchandise. Bicycle shops, as transportation
businesses, have been listed
as Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce by the Department
of Homeland Security. We are therefore providing curbside
drop-off and pick-up service.
Read our COVID 19 curbside
service policy

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Green Mountain Power continues Ebike Rebate Program
For 2021
GMP has decided to continue the popular $200 rebate for
Vermont customers who purchase Ebikes. That brings the final
price of a Gazelle Medeo T9 down to $2300! The rebate applies
to any e-bike purchase, for any customer with a GMP account,
from any participating bike shop.
https://greenmountainpower.com/product/ebike-rebate/


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Gazelle Dutch Bikes
Ride with the Dutch! An excellent bike for cruising around
town, riding to work or grabbing some groceries. We have models
with Bosch or Shimano motors with 4 levels of assist and lithium-ion
batteries. Bikes will go up to 65 miles per charge and will
put a smile on your face. Don't be a shut-inbuy one
of these and see how much fun it can be to ride a bike up
the green hills of Vermont!
www.gazellebikes.com
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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
Brattleboro's flat, riverside woods trail is back to normal
after completion of the I-91 bridge.
http://westrivertrail.org/
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Many people are unaware that Vermont bicycle law was changed
a few 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 Light & Motion VIS500 is a good example of a modern,
USB-rechargeable light. For $52.95 you get 500 lumens of LED
lighting powered up by a Li-ion battery you recharge from
a micro USB port. High beam, low beam, flashing modes, and
the whole thing weighs about the same as the pocketful ofquarters
you might have carried to shovel into a Brattleboro 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 mapsbicycle 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 parking enforcement people 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
COVID 19 hours (Until further notice)
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sundays : Closed
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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