Trek Project One Customizer
The Project One program by Trek delivers the best custom bikes in the world. Use the Trek Project One Online Customization Tool to configure your dream bike.
Choose the best components from leading brands Shimano, Sram and Campagnolo. Add a pair of carbon or aluminum wheels. Pick a stunning custom paint job, and don't forget to specify your shift and brake housing color. Print your dream bike specs and bring them to our shop to begin the order process. Give us a call at 727-319-2453 or an email at sales@bicycleoutfitters.net if you have any questions. Go all the way with the best bike in the world – Trek Project One.
Free Maintenance Class Saturday, May 12th at 10am
Join us Saturday, May 12th from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for our free maintenance class at Bicycle Outfitters. We'll be focusing on how to change flat tires during this class, a very important skill to have as a cyclist (especially when riding alone). We'll also cover other common tasks such as how to properly lube your chain and recognize certain maintenance issues. Both men and women are welcome and encouraged to attend. Even if you already know how to change a flat or do something else, you might still pick up a little trick or technique that makes it that much easier for you. We'll be happy to show you what we know.
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URGENT: Important Transportation Funding Faces Total Elimination
House Transportation Chairman John Mica recently announced that his proposed long-term federal transportation bill will eliminate dedicated funding for biking and walking -- including Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School and the Recreation Trails Program -- referring to these programs as "not in the national interest."
Things on the Senate side are not much better. Senator James Inhofe, a lead negotiator in the Senate, declared that one of his top three priorities for the transportation bill is to eliminate "frivolous spending for bike trails." Senator Inhofe's comments mean funding for bicycling and pedestrian programs is at risk of total elimination.
Not Transportation?
Biking and walking make up 12 percent of all trips in the US - even as funding for biking and walking projects only accounts for 1.5% of the federal transportation budget. That's more than 4 billion bicycle trips and 40 billion walking trips a year -- including trips to work, school, shopping and for recreation and tourism.
Frivolous?
Bicycling and walking programs build bikeways, walkways and other facilities for millions of Americans, improving access and saving lives.
The Facts:
Biking and walking are important forms of transportation (and recreation and tourism). Funding for bicycle and pedestrian improvements is a very efficient use of federal transportation dollars. Portland, Oregon built a city-wide bike network for the cost of one mile of highway.
These projects also create jobs and build local economies. Building bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure creates 46% more jobs than building road-only projects per million dollars spent.
Finally, eliminating 1.5% of transportation spending would have a very small impact on the federal budget, but instead decrease transportation options for American families in a time of rising gas prices and an uncertain economy.
Help Protect Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School and Recreational Trails. Contact your representatives in Congress, and tell them to reach out to Senators Inhofe, Boxer, and Congressman Mica to continue funding for biking and walking.
Why Now?
Both the House and Senate long-term transportation bill are being written right now. We still have a chance of influencing the outcomes. Let's make sure that funding for biking and walking programs doesn't disappear for many years to come.
Click on the link below and contact your Senators and Representatives TODAY and tell them that continued dedicated funding for bicycling and walking is a must. It is a critical part of a safe, accessible and effective transportation system.
Use this link now, provided by our friends at the Safe Routes to School Partnership. This is the same alert that is being used by all of our friends at America Bikes:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7093/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7483
The above text is quoted from Adventure Cycling Association
Link to our St. Pete Times Article
Check out this St. Pete Times article...we were able to work with the "A Step Ahead For Amputees" organization to help get Roy Howe out on the trail for a brand new day. Congratulations Roy! Also, thanks to Jamie Weil and Saundra Trower for their hard work for "A Step Ahead For Amputees". We think they're doing a great job, and we'll help any way we can.