New Paltz Bike Swap May 18th

[jamesframes]

Yeeeahhh Boyyy!!

The New Paltz Bike Swap is Saturday May 18th at the New Paltz Middle School in New Paltz NY from 10 AM to 2 PM!

This is our 6th year and we expect several hundred attendees and dozens of vendors. There will be bikes, bike parts, apparel and more on sale. Last year we sold dozens and dozens of bikes including mountain, road, vintage, fixies, trials, kids and cruisers. There are many tables of bike parts and bike stuff for sale and you never know what bikey stuff you will find. It's a fun event that is free to everyone and open to the public. Check our website for all the details at www.newpaltzbikeswap.com. Or see tons of photos on Facebook (search for New Paltz Bike Swap).

Come with items to sell. You can turn new or used bikes or parts into cash or trade with others.

The event is a fund raiser for your club - the Fats in the Cats Bike Club. It's the main way this group generates funds to support cycling advocacy and trails in the Hudson Valley. The club gets 20% of items sold as a donation so please mark your items accordingly. Vendor check in starts at 9 AM. Doors open from 10 to 2 PM. Come out and see what treasures you can buy or sell.

Come early for the best selection.


We need volunteers before and during the event. Email Pete at [email protected] to get involved.

Remember what Stinky says: Get involved ya bums!


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If I can bicycle, I bicycle.
David Attenborough




Support your LBS-Bicycle Depot New Paltz NY

[slave2bacon]

Crowd sourcing needed!

As we head into Spring (and spring cleaning) please keep your eyes open for old bikes being given away, at yard sales or at the transfer station. If they are not totally trashed, please grab them and let me know.

We can bring them back to life and get back into the community at the bike swap. Bike = mobility and mobility = life.

We already have at least 10 'rescue' bikes for the swap. They sell quick and are a great source of income for our club.

[PatH]

You can count me in all day at the swap.
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Down till im in the ground!

[fjhilde]

Hey, check it out, our swap is noted in the IMBA news letter:


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New Paltz Bike Swap a Fundraiser for Fats in the Cats Bike Club (NY)

Don’t miss the 6th annual New Paltz Bike Swap, Sat. May 18 at New Paltz Middle School. The event has dozens of vendors and hundreds of participants, so come out and get amazing deals on new and used equipment. The swap is a fundraiser for the Fats in the Cats Bicycle Club, a Hudson Valley non-profit with the mission to promote cycling advocacy, trail building, trail maintenance and community service.

+ Learn more about attending the bike swap

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Mountain Bike Movies Double Feature Night in NYC

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[slave2bacon]

The bike swap getting some big-time attention - it's great to see IMBA supporting our local event.

If you have old bikes or bike parts bring them to the swap. You can turn old bike stuff into cash money. Or you can score a sweet deal on a cruiser, old school road bike or sweet ballon tire singlespeed for your local singletrack ride.

Come out and support your local bike culture!

Saturday May 18th from 10 AM to 2 PM at the New Paltz Middle School (1 mile from NYS Thruway New Paltz Exit). It's free to get in and this year we will be having a 'mini-Rush' bike scavenger hunt that everyone can do (kids thru pros).

www.newpaltzbikeswap.com

[jamesframes]

Just picked up a sweet ride at a nearby tagsale...Bike Swap here I come!
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If I can bicycle, I bicycle.
David Attenborough




Support your LBS-Bicycle Depot New Paltz NY

[slave2bacon]

The Bike Swap is coming up fast! Bike swap 'tagging and bike repair party' will be held on Thursday 5/16 at my place (20 Hellbrook, 12487) at 6 PM. It's BYOB with pizza provided. We wrench on bikes, tag items for the swap and have a good ole time.

And volunteers are needed the day of the Swap! You can help your club (and local trails) by getting involved. We need people to help with check in, matching buyers with bikes, answering questions and getting people signed up for our club.

PM me or email: embracexs at yahoo.

[slave2bacon]

Reminder - we need volunteers for the New Paltz Bike Swap! It's a super fun community event and you will have a great time. Bring your friends, family and kids.

Lunch, drinks and snacks will be provided.

Be there to help your club and spread the bike love.

[callumb]

Hi Pete,
I can't make tag party Thurs, but will be at the Bike Swap about 10am Sun to volunteer...thanks!
Callum

[slave2bacon]

The bikes and bike parts are starting to flow in for the Bike Swap - it's this Saturday (5/1 at the New Paltz Middle School.

Vendor check in starts at 9 AM
Sales from 10 AM to 2 PM.

Come by and sell, buy, and volunteer to help out your bike club. Every dollar raised goes to building and maintain trails YOU ride.

A tiny fraction of the bikes and gear that will be at the swap:
http://www.flickr.com//photos/95774665@N03/show/with/8744315880/

[slave2bacon]

The Bike Swap is tomorrow! Looks like great weather so come out to buy and sell bikes and bike parts. You will have a great time.

We have lots of great stuff including:
Many, many, MANY bikes - mtn, road, vintage, BMX, kids, folding, you name it. $10 and up
NEW mtb tires (many) $5 to $10
Hydro packs - $10
Mtb crank sets - $5 and up
Several New folding bikes (unbuilt, still in origional box)- $40 each
Jerseys, shorts - $5 and up
Many pairs of road and mtn shoes - $5 and up

And dont forget the legendary FREE box. This year it is filled with wheels, tires, stems, seat posts, riser bars, bike shoes, etc, etc.

You never know what bike treasures you will find at the swap.

Volunteers set up starting at 8 AM (please come out if you can!)
Vendor check in starts at 9 AM.
Sales from 10 AM to 2 PM.

See you at the swap!

[slave2bacon]

Hey Everyone - we need more volunteers at the Swap tomorrow!

The town of New Paltz is bringing 12 bikes to us in addition to the hundreds of others. We need volunteers to match bikes to buyers, do some light duty bike work (oil chains, basic maintenance) and for security.

Please come out for a few hours if you can. On the job training, lunch snacks and drinks provided!

[jamesframes]

Great showing and some sweet buys! Nice work everyone
_________________
If I can bicycle, I bicycle.
David Attenborough




Support your LBS-Bicycle Depot New Paltz NY

[slave2bacon]

The New Paltz Bike Swap was a huge success! We raised a bunch of money for our club (to fund trail building and mtn bike projects), and got many unused bikes out of basements, garages and sheds back into the community.

Thanks to everyone that got involved: Chrissy, Jamie, Kevin, Ray, Mary, Matt, Jen, Pat, Cara, Erik, Kate, Sue, Andreas, Craig, Frank (and anyone else I forgot).

See you at the next bike swap in May 2014 .

[slave2bacon]

Photos of the 2013 Bike Swap are here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/fatsinthecats/pool/with/8757204515/#photo_8757204515

[Jen:)]

The bike swap was AWESOME! I had so much fun watching people pick and ride bikes. The best, the older woman that bought two bikes and rode them around the lot all day long, total happiness Dig it!