THE PAINTED BRIDE is raffling off a Brompton Folder Bike provided by Trophy Bikes....
tickets are just $10, three for $25.

Hurry! -- The raffle goes off on June 1st and no, you don't have to be there to win.

Find the details HERE.

All proceeds go to support the Painted Bride's diverse offerings of dance, music, poetry and visual arts.

If you've never been to the Painted Bride... click here to find out more.

The CSC Manayunk Hill Climb has now added a folder bike class to this annual race up the "Wall."

The hill climb is set for Friday, June 6th. First racers go off at 6pm
   (TIP: if you're competing -- be there by 5:30)


TROPHY BIKES is sponsoring a FOLDER CLASS--with cash prizes for the top male and female folder bikers.

This is a first for the hill climb and it might be a first in the country for a major event. Results last two years showed just how fast folders can climb. More from VeloNews HERE.

Click HERE to register. NOTE: when you register, put your folder bike brand as your team designation.... so that we can track how many different folders are in the event. This event can fill up fast, so register now.

OR... ride out with us and cheers as folder bikes from Swift, Dahon,  Friday, Brompton (and more) take on the Manayunk Wall

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Leaves Trophy Bikes at 4:45pm sharp.

For the complete ROUND UP FOLDER BIKE FEST sked,
 click HERE.

One of the great things about being a small business is being, er, "civic"... helping out with organizations and people doing cool things....

SPONSORSHIP is the more or less elastic word for this activity.

Some of the groups we are humbly supporting:

The Painted Bride Art Center

Fairmount Soccer Association.

Schuylkill River Park Alliance and Runnin' on the River.

Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia.

Neighborhood Bike Works.

Bicycle Club of Philadelphia.

Wharton Follies --University of Pennsylvania.

Masterman Outdoor Frisbee Organization

Casino Free Philadelphia

American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon

Parent Infant Center

These groups all need your help to make Philadelphia a better, more interesting place to be in.
Please visit their websites and consider joining, volunteering or contributing.

thanks
  mcget and the rest of the trophy bike organization....

YES, Trophy Bikes would like to sponsor more activities... but we have to say no a lot, as we are not (yet) trillionaires.

Some tips -- ask early. We like to get on board in time to get ye olde Trophy logo on programs, posters and t-shirts,--so as to selfishly swing as much PR out of our sponsorship as possible!

Come up with some numbers--tell us how many people are coming to your event, how long it lasts, when it started etc.

We generally DO NOT sponsor cross-country charity rides, as there are too many of them and we feel they are not that cost-effective.

We dig sponsoring bike events, especially if they can use non-cash help (see above about our non-trillionaire status).

Greetings... Trophy Bikes needs another staffer--we prefer a gal/guy with shop mech and sales experience, but will train the right person with skills.

It helps if you have a sense of humor, are ready to deal with a really diverse bunch of bike riders (from delivery guys to serious racers to bike tourers to super-commuters). Theater background or sales experience a plus... racing a minus (we like racers, but we already have some on staff and can't close up entirely on race days!)

We offer decent pay, iTunes, and more. P/T to start, will become F/T.

Please send your info to mcget@aol.com

thanks

Do you have a bike trailer or cargo bike or cargo trike?*
Do you have a strange urge to hang out with like-minded cargo bikers--especially near the end of the month? 

BIKE MOVE is when a gaggle of cyclists converges on some lucky person's house and handles their move-- completely by bike. BIKE MOVE is all the rage in Portland (click HERE to see one), and elsewhere--now it's time to start a Philadelphia edition.
 
TROPHY BIKES is ready to put their Dutch Bakfiets cargo cycle (above), as well as their Burley Flatbed and Fresh Aire trailers to use.

BE A BIKE MOVER!-- Please respond via email to mcget@aol.com ... give your name, type of cargo carrier and neighborhood.  WANT TO BE A BIKE MOVEE? (ideal candidates will be moving under 3 or 4 miles, NOT moving a grand piano--we hope--and be more or less organized.) Contact us at the same email, and we'll start working on BIKE MOVE.
 
*actually, any bike with racks and baskets can be great at a bike move.

6th Edition!
ROUND UP USA FOLDER FEST-- America's biggest little bike event.
Look for new challengers to Brompton's "fastest fold" title, more imaginative bikes from Pacific, some refinements to the classic Brompton folder, all set against the backdrop of the Commerce Bank Cycling Championship.


FRI
Noon-4:30pm  FOLDER DEMOs and informal talks
. Trophy Bikes, 3131 Walnut Street.

4:45 pm sharp FOLDER RIDE to Manayunk to watch hillclimb. Meets at Trophy Bikes.



6 pm COMMERCE BANK MANAYUNK HILLCLIMB, Main and Levering Sts., Manayunk.  CLIMBERS WANTED!

If you're a good climber, please enter this event. TROPHY BIKES is sponsoring a FOLDER CLASS--with cash prizes for the top male and female folder bikers.

Click HERE to register.

OR... ride out with us and cheers as folder bikes from Swift, Dahon,  Friday, Brompton (and more) take on the Manayunk Wall

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SAT
7 am TIME TRIALS Art Museum, 26th & the Parkway. Cheer Swift Folders (and maybe others) racing against the big bikes in the Commerce Bank Time Trials along the MLK Drive.


(note FOLDER FORUMS time TBA)
10 am sharp -- FOLDER BIKE ON RAIL EXCURSION. Meet Trophy Bikes--we'll take the SEPTA 10:20 R6 at 30th St. Station, then ride back from Norristown along the Schuylkill River Bike Path.

ALL DAY –Informal folder demos and test rides. –Trophy Bikes.

2:30 p.m.  FAST FOLD SHOWDOWN and BIFOLDATHLON. Schuylkill River Park at Market Street.

SAT EVE approx. 6pm --Evening folder gathering and ride . Bridgewater Pub, 30th St. Station. 30th and Market Sts. There may also be a informal video screening, TBA.

SUN
8:30 am FOLDER RALLY at COMMERCE BANK TRIPLE CROWN race start, Logan Circle, 19th and the Ben Franklin Parkway. Watch race start, visit bike expo.


10am-Noon FOLDER DEMOS and informal talks. Trophy Bikes.


3-5 pm MUSICAL FOLDERS variety ride. Test ride the max number of folder bikes in the minimum time. Schuylkill River Park at Walnut Street.

6:00 pm FOLDER FROLIC. Ride to a classic pub for a good meal.


ARE YOU a folder-maker or folder expert?--let us know if you'd like to be a speaker at the Folder Forums--reach a fanatical--and demanding audience of folder 'ficianados.

Want a taste of previous folder fests? -- Check out Bike Friday Customer Evangelist Lynette ("the gal from down under") Chiang's video reports here.

Starting right now-- the Trophy Bike Garage in Nothern Liberties is offering complete bike repairs. We've brought two workstands on line, we're fully-stocked with all common parts (and can get most any other parts within a few days--or overnight if need be!

Garage manager Eric Allen, with assists from Peter Dalkner and the rest of the Trophy Bikes staff, is ready to make your bike happy. We offer free estimates, and fast turnaround to keep you rolling.

Destroying the old record company paradigm whilst reducing his carbon footprint are child's play for Thom Yorke of Radiohead, seen here aboard his Brompton Folder.

Bromptons are manufactured in England, not that far from Yorke's hometown of Cambridge.

It's cold and we've got lots of SWOBO Sanchez fixies on tap at the Garage -- all sizes, all in Swobo's galvanized silver style.

the Garage is open noon-7pm, seven days a week on Liberties Walk, just a block west of Bar Ferdinand.....

On-line catalog now available. Check it out!

Every day,  we look for interesting things to stock.  If you've heard about something that we should carry at Trophy Bikes... send us an email and we'll try to get it.

Also of note--BIKEALOG--our CD-based catalog with more than 150,000 bike products--full bike specs, parts, clothing, you name it.

We keep it available at our main store on Walnut Street and down at our new Trophy Bike Garage in Northern Liberties.

We're not too modernistic--BUT--we have joined the 21st century when it comes to giving.

We now offer quick, convenient and silvery plastic GIFTCARDS.

Solve that finicky cyclist present problem in two shakes of a lamb's tail!

available at TROPHY BIKES UNIVERSITY CITY and soon at TROPHY BIKE GARAGE in Northern Liberties.