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Group Mountain Rides

Bike N Hike is proud to bring back its mountain bike group trail rides with the opportunity to demo a 2012 Giant Anthem X 29er, Reign, or Women’s Trance X2 W. This is a free event open to all*, you are responsible for your own transportation to and from the trailhead, food and drink. *Mountain biking can be dangerous, please ride within your skill level. Helmets Required.   May 26th – Syncline Trail head   June 16th – Sandy Ridge   July 21st – Browns Camp   August 11th – Tarbell Trail   September 15th – Ape Canyon...

Women’s Group Ride

Hey women!  Are you new to road biking, or wanting to ease leisurely back into the season?  Does getting some rides under your belt in the company of other amazing women like yourself sound good? You’re in luck. Starting this Saturday, April 7th, Megan will be leading a weekly BEGINNING WOMEN’S ROAD RIDE. This is a no-drop group ride of ~15-25 miles, mostly on the flats. Meets at Bike N Hike Portland, 400 SE Grand at 8:30am. Please bring water and a spare tube for your bike – drop bar road bikes appreciated.  Questions?  Want to RSVP?  Email megan@bikenhike.com. Rides will be every Saturday through the end of September. Not a woman? Not a beginner? We’ll be setting up some other rides based on demand and interest level – shoot me...

Kevin’s New Ride

Kevin just finished putting together his new, Giant TCR Advanced SL Rabobank road bike. Frame/Fork: Giant TCR Advanced SL ISP Bars: Giant Contact SLR Carbon Stem:Giant Contact SLR Carbon (with Overdrive 2) Cranks: Shimano Dura-Ace Shifting: Shimano Ultegra Di2 Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace carbon Wheels: Giant P-SLR1 Tires: Giant P-SLR2 Saddle: Selle Italia SLR Weight: 15.25 lbs. Bad Ass!

Win This Bike!

Check it out! Bike N Hike Hillsboro is raffling off this sweet Stolen Cherry (a $1600 value) to celebrate the end of school! Tickets are $7 each or $20 for 3, limit 3. Come on out, check out the shop, and get a chance to win a rad bike! Raffle tickets can only be purchased at the Hillsboro Bike N Hike location.

Hart and Soul Trailer

  Go to pinkbike.com for the full video of part 1

Video: KK’s Finest Hour

Video: Mark Renshaw – Rabobank

Whistler Bike Park and Giant Teaming up for 2012

Whistler Mountain Bike Park and Giant are excited to announce they will be working together for the 2012 season. Giant will become the official bike partner of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. “Giant Bicycles is one of the biggest, and arguably best, mountain bike manufactures in the world, and the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is stoked to work with them,” says Bike Park Manager Brian Finestone. “Giant’s line of gravity mountain bikes are second to none, and we are extremely happy to partner with Giant.” Whistler Mountain Bike Park’s rental fleet of Giant bikes will consist of 150 Glory and Faith models. 50 will be set up for the expert or bike “fanatic” who wants to rent a top of the line race or gravity machine, while 100 Glory and Faith...

Bicycle Maintenance Classes

Do you want to be able to impress your friends with your bicycle repair knowledge? We can help you! We will be offering our FREE Bicycle Maintenance Classes starting in March. The first Thursday of each month starting March 1st, and continuing through September 6th is a repair class open to everyone. The third Thursday of each month March 15th through September 20th is our women’s only repair class. Sign up Today! If you bike needs to feel the love now take advantage of our Winter Overhaul Special going on until the end of February.

Top 100 Retailer

Ever wonder how retailers are picked for the honor of being a Top 100 Retailer? Besides having our awesome customers helping us, without you we wouldn’t be here!   Top 100 Bicycle Retailer Methodology The methodology for ranking the top 100 bicycle retailers has been relatively consistent since its inception in 2005. Specifically, representatives from the leading bicycle and accessory companies rank the top three shops in their territories on market share, store appearance, and community outreach (defined in detail on the survey document). Scores are then weighted and tallied to provide the top 100 list. However, retailers have expressed concern that the methodology favors larger shops which carry the dominant brands. In what follows, we will detail the...