Let CX season begin!!
I’d like to thank everyone that came out for our 1st Annual Celo Pacific/ Velo Hangar CX clinic! I’d also like the thank the brains behind the lessons, Brent Prenzlow & Dave Lawson! Blaize Baehrens & Sonja for coming out to represent SRAM, Todd Morton for not only donating schwag but also for rding in the clinic, Sean Kneale for donating his own personal tires, Derek Wiback for his donation, Trevor Glavin for the SkinFit baselayers, Jason Fackler from SockGuy for his donation as well. All in all a great evening.
We are really excited for Cyclocross!!
Mad Alchemy in The Hangar!!
Limited Edition: Cross Vegas Embrocation…. $19.95 a jar (although this one should smell of cheap cigarette’s & stale beer, it doesn’t)
Non-Warming Embrocation… $17.50 a jar (minty)
Gentleman’s Blend Embrocation… $19.95 a jar (scent is woody with spices)
Russian Tea Embrocation… $19.95 a jar (cinnamon & citrus)
EuroPRO Chamois Cream…. $17.95 a jar (scent of Cedar & spices, just what I want my shorts to smell like…)
PRO+ Chamois Cream…. $17.95 a jar (veggie based, more traditional blend)
**While supplies last buy a jar of Mad Alchemy and get a free Velo Hangar beverage holder. One glass per order…**
What is Embrocation, you say…?
Checkout Mad Alchemy‘s website…
“100% Natural | 100% Pure
Mad Alchemy Embrocation is a line of all natural body care products hand-made in small batches to ensure the highest quality product available.
Embro is being ready for 130 miles, in April, 45°F, raining, but still loving the ride. It’s sprinting for the Provincetown line @ mile 140, against 7 of your best friends. It’s talking about your 7½ hour ride on the ferry back to Boston, dehydrated, but still sharing stories over a beer. Embro doesn’t hang the bike up in the winter. It simply lowers the tire pressure in the snow, puts on a wool base, and 2 pairs of shoe covers and rides. Embro is Portland in December, and New England in February. It’s rain, it’s snow, it’s mud and sometimes it’s even sunshine. It’s always about the experience. It’s about attacking on the hardest part of the course, or down that perfectly symmetrical, maple-tree ally. It’s about cobbles and cinder, new pavement and gaps. Embrocation will not make you faster. It won’t make up the difference between 4th and 40th, but it will most assuredly make you feel like a “better” cyclist, a more significant part of our community. Not everybody is ready to Embrocate, though everyone has Embro potential. We Embrocate for legs, we Embrocate for our experience, we Embrocate for the love of cycling.
- Pete”
Knog, the good stuff…
Knog is one of those brands that exudes great design, personality & fun. They have been making the best safety lights on the market for years. They are also the most copied. Their silicone bodies make installation a snap and they come in loads of fun colors. We are carrying the Beetle (Red & White LED’s, $22.95), Frog Strobe (Red & White, $15.95) & Skinks (4 Red LED’s, $34.95). We are also carrying the Party Frank locks ($24.95). They won’t mark your frame, they come in several colors & they come with 3 keys. It’s got a braided loose steel cable with a fiber core. Plenty secure for the coffee shop. Come in and check them out!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you…
The party was a great success. If that was any indication of what Velo Hangar is/will be? Sign me up. Pinata’s, Good food, Ice Cream, Mariachi, 3 kegs… Doesn’t get much better. Stoked to see the kids having a blast as well. We were absolutely amazed at the crowd that came, so if you made it, Thank You! We’ll start planning the next shindig…
The 1st Annual Velo Hangar/Alternabike Taco Social
If you’ve been in witness protection for the past 9 months & don’t know current events… Velo Hangar & Alternabike have joined forces to create San Diego’s 1st no nonsense bike shop. Service based (Customer & Repair), we will be carrying parts and accessories as well as nutrition. VH logoed product will be available shortly as well. We have espresso & wifi available to our guests & a spacious back patio to relax on before/during & after your rides. AlternaBike is importing Euro cargo bikes from Denmark & Holland plus a few from the good ole USA.
There have been rumors of a cargo bike TT as well… Bring your helmets. We will be providing Tacos from Rudy’s Taco Shop & an assortment of beverages. I’ll post more specifics as we get closer to the day.
Hope to see everyone there!!
Where: 637 Valley Avenue #C, Solana Beach, CA 92075
When: Sunday August 28th at 3pm
Who: Everyone
Projects in the works…
On Marketing side I’ve been working on some new decals including some 10 inchers for vehicles. Those should arrive early next week thanks to Victory Circle Graphix (who also do my “tuned by” decals). I’ve got a few quotes out right now for a Velo Hangar sign for the building (can’t wait for that), I’m dropping off more t-shirts to the printer tomorrow & my new biz cards arrived.
Something I’ve wanted to do for awhile now, Embry stopped by last week to video me building a bike. He also shot some stills that look amazing.
The shop is really coming together! If you’ve seen a Version recently you should come back and see where we are now. Completely different. New furniture installed. displays, bike storage, stoked.
Thanks to all of you this little dream of mine is finally taking shape! A special Thanks to AlternaBike for believing in me and my biz plan.
See you soon!!
“….And we’re not even open yet…”
Seems like this has been my motto the past couple weeks. The shop has been packed! Visitors, new clients, old clients, cars being dropped off for service (erroneously), construction… Fun stuff. The shop is really coming together. We now have custom display stands built for the lifts (Bikes, Cages, Dancers…etc). The rest of our counter/bar should be in Tuesday. My Bicycle hanging device aka a 2×6 with 8 hooks in it, was sufficient last week this week not so much. We need to think about another auxiliary unit (I said unit.).
I’m using the tool chest that was in the hangar when we moved in as a display case for our Pedro’s multi-tools, Tire levers, chain oil & tubes. I dig it. The espresso machine is on a temporary shelving unit while we wait for our cart to come back from the powder coater. Still trying to nail down a permanent display for our nutrition, tires, etc. The little things. Stoked for this opportunity. Excited for the opening.
Thanks for all the support we’ve received already, we’re not even open yet…
photo by Embry Rucker
The Hangar as of July 19th…
If you look back a few posts you’ll find a post called “Done!” It’s a before photo. This is now, same spot…
Gordon
