Kick off the Season SALE!

April 3rd,4th and 5th is our Spring Sale. Take advantage of the lowest prices of the season, 12 month no interest no payment financing,.......and free HOT DOGS!

Mountain Road Cycles in Chardon has rentals available for the Maple Highlands Trail

Starting April 1st our Chardon store will have RENTAL bikes available for use on the Maple Highlands Trail. Do you have family or friends in from out of town. Let this be the perfect adventure! We will offer Giant Sedona ST's and Giant FCRs, Trail-a-bikes, and Kids Trailers.
Comfort Bike Rental: Giant Sedona ST $8.00 per Hour

Perfomance Bike Rental: Giant FCR 3 $12.00 per Hour

Road Bike Rental: Giant OCR A1 $20.00 Half Day $40.00 Full Day

Rentals available on a first come first serve basis and subject to waivers.

It is 63 degress out, do you know where your bike is?

If its not with you on a ride then beat the rush and bring it in to the shop for your Spring Service. In another week we'll be backed up with repairs, right now we can turn them around in a couple days. What is our most popular and needed repair you ask? A Tune - Up with a Drive Train Clean up. What is involved with that you ask? All mechanical adjustments of the bike including brakes, gears, bearings, tension and truing wheels, lubing all cables and pivots and checking all the bolts. We also take off your derailluers, chain, cassette, and crankset; then soak it in our solvent tank and make it all Shine! And who does all this for you..................

Geauga Park Volunteer Bike Patrol

Work with Geauga Park District Rangers to patrol Geauga Park District's Maple Highlands Trail! Bike patrol members ride The Maple Highlands Trail north and central sections, serving as a volunteer presence for trail users, to answer question, provide basic assistance and report any issues.
Bike patrol members must be able to ride the trails at least two evening or weekend shifts a month. Uniforms and training provided. Geauga Park District Volunteers receive awards and benefits to recognize their contributions.
Mountain Road Cycles also gives 10% off all accessories to volunteers.
Register to be a volunteer today! Contact Geauga Park District's Volunteer Coordinator Holly Sauder, at 440-286-9516, or hsauder@geaugaparkdistrict.org.
SEE YOU ON THE MAPLE HIGHLANDS TRAIL!

farfignugen...

continues.

a new look for the trek vw. i was getting a little worried about the original fork that was on the vw, so i knew i had to replace it. some rust and such. going the route that i wanted to go, i knew i had to basically get a new headset, and stem too.

i settled on the race face ride stem. it is on their low end, but that wasn't a concern for me, plus the cool 'three-d' face plate sold me.

for the headset i went with the cane creek one-hundred. same functionality at the one-ten, but not a much. little heavier. however; smooth in its use. and it feels really snug to the fork, because of its compression ring. really like this headset.

fork. this took some time. i really didn't want cro-mo. so i picked up the origin eight black-ops carbon. not the best carbon fork out there, but it will do the job for me. i didn't want disc., so my option were limited. i wanted a carbon fork with canti. brake bosses. the thing about their forks...depending on the length, they are able to be set up for a twenty-six or a twenty-nine inch wheel. it comes out of the 'box' set up for twenty-nine; however some simple turns of the screws, move the bosses down, and i'm set up for twenty-six. nice.

together...it all feels really nice, and smooth. the front end is lightened up. more responsive. just an all around smooth feeling, rigid, stable feel to the front end.

took it out for a long ride yesterday, and handled beautifully.

amitabha...

Handmade Show Update one.

This past weekend Jacob, Russ, Nick, Daniel, Ben, P-File, and Mrs P-File headed out to Indianapolis to check out the Handmade Bike Show. Beautiful bikes abounded the cool city of Indianapolis. This year saw record attendance. Don Walker of Don Walker Frames puts on the show and promises it will be east of the Mississippi again next year. We spent most of the day Saturday checking out bike art. However the majority of the bikes were well thought out, practical and highly functional. We saw many familiar face from Cleveland we'll do a few posts on this great event, but to get you started on drooling ASAP here is the first flicker link. Photos by P-File, more to come from JE and Daniel.