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PRESERVATION BICYCLE #5: 1978 Schwinn Twin Tandem
This is a Schwinn Twin Tandem built in Chicago in June of 1978. How do we know the month? Schwinn has an incredible database with every serial number they ever made. This one has a 5 speeds in the back and a rear drum brake. It’s sort of one size fits all.
191 LBS IS THE WEIGHT TO BEAT!
Over the weekend, the City of Boise hosted the first year of Boise Kind Day on Saturday, a day of volunteerism and giving back to the community we love! The day saw over 500 volunteers helping weed invasive plants, paint greenbelt railings, and landscaping in our parks. One of those invasive species targeted was…. you guessed it! Goatheads.
8000LBS OF.... KINDNESS!
Goathead Collection has been in full swing this month! We encourage you to pick em’ as much as you can prior to the Boise Goathead Fest in August, but this Saturday is your chance to participate in a huge, community wide effort to pick as many Goathead plants we can!
MEET SOME OF BOISE'S NEWEST LCI'S!
Over the weekend of June 7 - 9, Nina, Christa, and I had the privilege of taking the League of American Bicyclists LCI Certification Seminar. The three of us are now League Certified Instructors, and we join Jimmy and Yann as the crew of BBP team members who are LCI certified.
CITIZENS CREATING GRASSROOTS CHANGE. The Story of Boise Goathead Fest Ambassadors.
Boise Goathead Fest is coming up fast, and in the words of Gandhi, yes Gandhi, we are asking you to “Be the change you wish to see in the bicycle community.” Specifically we are asking you asking you, your family, your business to invest in Boise Goathead Fest as an Ambassador.
CHRISTA IS SHIFTING HER GEARS TO EXPERIENCE ADULT PROGRAMMING
Women in our Shifting Gears Program at the South Boise Correctional Center have fixed up 50% of the kid bikes donated at our past two Kids Bicycle and Safety Hours (B.A.S.H.), along with the bikes we donated to Duck Valley.