rob-charlies's blog

Giant and rob and charlie's are having a spring sale, starting April 18th and running through May 5th. Select bikes are up to 20% off, and there is some gear on sale also! Bikes on sale include:
Liv Embolden 2, reg price $1550, sale $1240
Giant Trance 29er 2, reg price $3100, sale $2480
Liv Thrive 2, reg price $820, sale $656
Giant Defy Advanced 1, reg price $2520, sale $2016
Giant FastRoad Advanced 1, reg price $1945, sale $1556
Giant Fastroad SL 3, reg price $765, sale $612

The annual Bike Santa Fe Bike Swap has moved to May 11th, and will be the kick-off event for the 2019 Bike to Work Week. The swap will be from 10 am to 1 pm. Details can be found at: http://www.bikesantafe.org/

Since spring is almost here, we are opening up on Sundays. Noon to 5:00 PM

Bike Santa Fe will host a bike maintenance class at rob and charlie's. The classes will be 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Tuesday nights.

May 14th: Flat prevention and repair. Learn how to prevent flats and fix one. We will cover patching and replacing tubes.

May 21st: Shifters and derailleurs. How to adjust shifters and derailleurs, setting limit screws and adjusting cable tension.

May 28th: Brakes, how to adjust road caliper, V-brakes and cantilever brakes. We cover compatibility with brake levers, and briefly discuss disc brakes.

Please take this survey :https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/72CKGFQ?fbclid=IwAR2FxKnNOgdWbePDG-PVEp7v...
This will help the MPO get information on making Santa Fe more bike friendly.

place first name last name bib num USAC num Time
Men Pro,1,2,3
1 Fortunato Ferrara 379 294241 0:56:58
2 Mark Aasmundstat 734 210273 0:58:13
3 Tyrel Fuchs 735 439756 1:01:31
4 Grady Fowler 738 468720 1:01:59
5 Philip Neis 737 378616 1:01:59
6 Wristen Paschich 741 271620 1:04:53
7 Shawn Hall 736 120730 1:05:05
8 Matthew Bopp 721 513404 1:06:19
9 Chris Abbott 739 1019 1:07:04
10 Reed Soehnel 742 466133 1:07:09
11 Mark Tremlett 723 347850 1:13:34

Or at least make your heart effectively younger. According to cardiologist Dr Ben Levine, regular aerobic exercise like cycling can make the heart of a 50 year old like that of a 35 year old. Read the article here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/12/591513777/hearts-ge....

The new bike map is now available. We have plenty at the shop, come on by and get one.