Smithy News
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Cinelli is here, Sam is gone, Russel has arrived and so much more.
Staff News
Sam is gone. He was a big help to me all Spring, I appreciate all the late nights he put into organizing the shop.
Sam is now the Delivery Czar at the Bourgeois Pig on Fullerton Ave, stop by, have a coffee and ask him about bike stuff.
http://www.bpigcafe.com
More staff news:
Free Stuff
ORBEA Time Trial Bikes In Stock....this is one we just Sold!
SWRVE in stock now.
World Naked Bike Ride Chicago 2008
"2 WHEEL FREEDOM"
Hell ya dude, we like your style. Found a bunch of nudie pictures from last weekends World Naked Bike Ride Chicago 2008.
To think, this all went down within a short ride of our shop.
"The 2008 Chicago WNBR was awesome! Can't tell you how great it felt to ride through Lincoln Park completely naked through streets lined with thousands of people! Nothing but laughs, cheers, and high-5's!"
Here's a link: http://www.voyeurweb.com/contris/WhatISaw/ws200806/20080616-70483/index.html
Thanks to voyeurweb.com
That's it for now, check in later for more news. By the way, everything is cool at the shop, just a little busy. We'll be back soon!
Busy Bees
We've been busy little bees at the shop this week. But this is just a lame excuse to use a picture of Elliot Gould and John Belushi on our website. I wonder what the sombrero is all about, I bet it was funny and I bet that all the drugs that were floating around backstage at SNL at that time had something to do with it. That's also a sweet mustache that Elliot Gould is sporting, he really looks Mexican. I'm Mexican, I know these things.
Here is some random stuff I've been needing to post.
Video from 2008 Bike The Drive
BERN Helmets, we have them in stock!
Kestrel Frames arrived, call or e-mail us to hear about our special deals.
Visited our bike collection recently, here's part of it.
This is Smokey's little brother and a human ear of corn. Don't ask why, just enjoy the photo!
SWOBO Clothing is in stock!
Bikes, we sell these too! Orbea, Specialized, Waterford and Litespeed on our sales floor and ready to test ride.
Alberto Contador won the Giro, Ole Contador!
I've been fortunate enough to experience celebrations like these in Spain, they're awesome. Contador is from a small town called Pinto, located just South of Madrid. He trains in the same mountains that I used to ride in, I bet he does it much faster.
That's it for now, we'll be back soon!
Biking The Drive
Hola my friends, we are a back from a long holiday weekend. We had a lot going on, including our trip to Bike The Drive on Sunday morning. It was great to see all of our friends using their bikes and gear they buy from us during the year, it was also fun to help out people that didn't know we existed, maybe they'll start coming by the shop buying stuff, that's always cool.
We managed to take a few pictures, play with our bikes and do something we haven't done in over 20 years, take a look!
Joe, John and Nick entertained the masses with their fixed gear acrobatics. Can the Cirque de Soleil be far away?
Team Smithy returned to the polo fields for the first time in over 20 years. I think it's time to find all our mallets....and grow some mullets.
Thanks for checking us out and remember, a shop that plays together, stays together. We play hard, we work hard and we do it all on bikes, come by to see what we can do for you!