August 29, 2008 – Here is what is in the works for September 09. Free Helmet Sale — Do you want to ride to work but don’t have a lid to protect Head or are you tired of riding the bus to school and need a sweet new ride? On September 6 we will be giving away free Giro Indictor helmets with every bike purchased.

Trail Maintenance Day on Dumont
Ever wonder who builds those awesome trails on Doumont? Who spends all the time and energy constructing the bridges that you ride over? Now is not only your chance to find out, but to give back a little:

Trail maintenance
Nanaimo Mountain bike club is having one of our regular “Trail maintenance” days on Sunday August 31, 11:30am meeting at the Motocross track. We usually work for apx. 2-3 hours and then the club supplies burgers and beverages (beer and coolers) to the volunteers. Even getting a few extra people is helpful. Workers don’t need to bring anything except a pair of work gloves; however bringing a pair of clippers or a rake is often a good idea.

Dumont Clean Up
Last year Arrowsmith Bikes organized a clean up day for the Dumont Rd MTB area and it was a huge success. Well unfortunately it would appear that we have to do it again. The date for this is Sunday, September 14. Last year we had over 100 people show up from all sorts of different user groups. The more people we recruit the cleaner it will look and we will gain more awareness for the problem. The clean up will start at 10:00 and garbage bags will be provided. You may want to bring some work gloves.

Stolen Santa Cruz Nomad
This bike was stolen from the Norwell Rd area on Sunday August 24. You will find a description of the bike below and if you have any information please give us a call at the shop.
– Size medium
– Color black powder coat
– Fox Talas rc2 fork
– Fox DHX air shock
– Chris King headset
– DT 240s rear hub/White Industries front . Mavic 729 rims /Kenda Nevegal 2.35 tires
– Truvativ cranks, egg beater pedals
– Thompson post, WTB saddle
– RaceFace bars and stem
– Avid Juicy 7 185mm brakes
– XT drive train

Certified Bike Fitter
Are you having trouble getting comfortable on your bike, want to get more power out of your pedal stroke? Arrowsmith Bikes now has a certified bike fitter on staff. We take into account the whole person and we adjust the bike to fit their needs and riding style. Assessing their past, present and future physiological factors along with their cycling goals and fitness level, combined with principles of biomechanics and alignment we construct a picture of the best position for them on their bike (seat height and angle, fore and aft position, handlebar width and drop, stem length and rise). We may also make suggestions about form and alignment.

Each fitting will take approximately 1.5 – 2 hours and cost $125 plus parts.

Rowbotham Ramble
The islands longest running marathon XC race/ride is on September 28 check out www.arrowsmithmtbclub.com for more details.

New Arrowsmith Bikes T’s – Our New t-shirts will be in the store on Tuesday. Come by and spend your $20 wisely.