Longest week ever!

Well, it's been a long week.
Last Thursday we boxed up the entire store, and moved everything from the east half of the store onto the west half of the store.

It was less than fun.

Then the contractor and crew moved in at 7am Friday and started working.  Our friend Greg Joseph, of Joseph Homes did the work for us.  We have been nothing short of absolutely impressed with his work.  We gave him vague instructions like " a wall over there, a shelf over here", and what we got came out looking far better than we had been imagining.  And also he is a mountain biker, so you know he's cool.   Check out his website:

http://www.josephhomes.com/

The last of the construction crew was out of the shop by Tuesday morning.  And then we began re-assembling the store.

 
Tuesday was a long day. Tony picked me up at 6:30am at my house, and dropped me off that night at 10:30pm.
We are thrilled with how the shop is looking though.   The last picture above is from Tuesday night. I don't have any from yesterday or today, but things just keep looking better.
We have drastically increased our storage space, and are making much better use of the little space we have.

Stop by and check it out when you get a moment. Hopefully tomorrow we will have the last of the boxes off the sales floor.  Then I'll take some more pictures and post them.

Thanks everybody for being so patient with yet another weird weekend closure for us, and the longer delay in repair turnaround etc.

We're Getting A Facelift!

Attention:
We will be closed this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 26 and 27th) in addition to our regular closed days of Sunday and Monday.
In other words, we will be closed Friday February 26th through Monday March 1st, Reopening on Tuesday March 2nd at 10 AM.

There, now you can't come by on Friday, acting all surprised and stuff. It's on the interweb, so you know it's true.

So, now that I have your attention, I bet you are wondering why we are closing this time?  Well, we've got a construction project going on this weekend.  We've been talking about it for quite some time now, and it's finally happening.  The meat and potatoes of it consists of a large shelf above our slat-wall, and a new storage area and wall in the back of the shop.
It's going to be a big chunk of work, but it's going to be sweet when we are finished.  

Fortunately we were smart enough to outsource for this project, rather than undertake it ourselves.  Unfortunately, we still have to dismantle the majority of the shop to prepare it for construction, and then reassemble the shop when construction is finished. So we will be open this Thursday, but we will be pulling the shop apart while we are open.  And the following Tuesday, we will be open for business, but the store is guaranteed to be a big mess. 

So, if you were thinking about dropping a bike off for service, it would probably be best just to hold onto the bike for this week.  We will be happy to make an appointment for you though.  We will be scheduling a couple of repairs for the end of next week (March 5th and 6th), and into the following week (March 9th through 13th) during the next few days.

As always, thanks for your patience with our relentlessly weird hours and closures.  I hope that our newly beautified store will make it all worthwhile for everyone.

The Beer Test

I think this video has been around for a while....

See more funny videos and Funny Videos at Today's Big Thing.

So tomorrow evening, I'm thinking we conduct the same test on Danny, but with a beer. Of course there's no shortage of beer around the shop, so maybe we can get 2 really special beers. Or maybe the whole thing would be better with food. Like a breakfast burrito test in the morning, except the first burrito has to be small enough that it will certainly not be completely satisfying. Hmmm, there's a lot of potential here.

Brain DJ!

In the shop for 5 minutes this morning, and Danny brain dj's me with this....



Booya

One more weekend of racing down the drain....

Well, we're back in the shop after another weekend of shutting down and racing bikes.

Danny and I finished 7th in the mens Duo at 24 Hours of Old Pueblo.  One place lower than last year.  Didn't quite perform as well as we had hoped.  At around 8:30 or 9 in the morning, we were both completely cooked and called it quits.  At that time we were comfortably sitting in 3rd place.  Unfortunately, the allure of standing on the podium wasn't quite strong enough to overcome the pain from some serious saddle sores that developed on lap eight, in case you were wondering. 

The success story of the weekend was Bikeworks' racer Scott Spangler, and his 2nd place finish in the men Duo.

That's him on the left, with his hand 14 feet up in the air.  After months of talking trash back and forth, Scott showed us up, putting in ten laps, while his partner got 9.

To peruse all the lap times and results, check here:
24 Hours of Old Pueblo Results Page

The race itself went pretty smooth.  We avoided any mechanicals or wrecks this year.  I almost hit a cow, which was a new one for me. 

Tony's race report was very succinct.  It turns out, not riding downhill bikes for several months is poor preparation for a downhill race.  On the positive side, he is now properly motivated to get trained and prepped for the upcoming season. 
Furthermore, he has registered for Dawn 'til Dusk in April, so he's got his first ever XC race to get ready for. 

The positive side of Danny and I quitting the race early was that we were able to pack up, rest up, and get out of the race venue by 12:30.  We caffeinated and made the entire drive back to Abq, rolling into town at about 8pm, much to the delight of our wives. 

On the way out of town, we were gassing up at a Circle K in Oracle, the closest town to the race venue.  While waiting for the worlds slowest gas pump to fill the tank, we were entertained by a gaggle of local Harley riding biker types.  I looked over at one guy just in time to watch him completely drop his bike on it's side, from about 1 mph, sending both he and his wife tumbling to the ground.  He jumped up immediately (impressively quick for an older, very over weight guy) to try and lift his hog and investigate the damage.  Two other guys came running to his aide.  Eventually, once the bike had been put upright, one of the helpers happened to look over and notice that the guy's wife was still laying on the ground, waving for help up.  He went over and helped her up, she limped around a little, but it seemed she was okay.  The husband had still not even looked over to check on his wife at this point, but was on his knees inspecting any damage to his ride. 
Danny and I sat in our car watching in amazement.  Happy Valentines day honey!

Just as we were laughing about the whole scene, we heard a sudden spraying and splashing sound.  Turns out, not only had I found the slowest gas pump in America, I found one that does not automatically shut off.  Gas was every where.  Awesome.

Well, that's about it.  If anybody has any cool pics from the race you want to share, please send em my way, over to bikeworksabq@gmail.com  I didn't really take any photos the entire weekend.