Hometown: Lake George, NY

Years of Experience: 18 Years of Ski and Bike Tuning (& Sales)

Outside Interests and Hobbies: Skiing, Mountain Biking, Gravel Grinding...being outdoors.

Favorite Gear: Specialized Swat Gear (because it's so practical!), Lang XT boot line up, Kona Honzo ST (because steel is real)

Riding with traffic can be intimidating, especially when you need to get through an intersection. Here's our recommendation on how to navigate Vermont's intersections on a bike! For hands-on bike skills training in Vermont, check out Local Motion's Everyday Biking workshops at www.localmotion.org/everyday_bicycling_project

You could theoretically only turn right to get where you need to go, but turning left across a lane with oncoming traffic on a bike is less scary than one might think! Here's how we suggest you turn left on a bike.

For hands-on bike skills training in Vermont, check out Local Motion's Everyday Biking workshops at www.localmotion.org/everyday_bicycling_project

Join us for a quick cruise around Burlington to see how electric bikes (e-bikes) can make your travels simple, fast, affordable, and way more fun than driving a car!

To demo an e-bike, as part of our free e-lending program and to see if it fits into your lifestyle, contact Skirack or Local Motion to learn more.

What is Rasputista?

Broke, Rad, Athletic, and Determined. Sure, the first letters of all those words spell out my first name, but that’s all you need to be a part of one of Vermont’s gnarliest gravel road races. As a college kid for only 25 dollars I somehow made a joke into a reality and will find myself on the starting line of the 2019 Rasputista Spring Classic! The race is set for Saturday, April 27 in Burke, Vermont.

So…what exactly is Rasputista? Rasputista is a 45-mile road race and for all the mathematically inclined people out there that’s 211,200 feet of pure dirt roads. All of which can be found in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. On their website they advertise it as, “It’s not about the racing. It’s about challenging the human spirit.” 

Sharing the road with buses while you are biking can be intimidating - what do you do when they stop in front of you or you are in front of them? Here's our recommendation on how to interact with buses while on a bike!

For hands-on bike skills training in Vermont, check out Local Motion's Everyday Biking workshops at www.localmotion.org/everyday_bicycling_project

Have you been out for a ride recently? As you may notice, roads are not always clear. So what do you do when you come across gravel and debris in the road while biking? We're here to help with these tips!

For hands-on bike skills training in Vermont, check out Local Motion's Everyday Biking workshops at www.localmotion.org/everyday_bicycling_project

A huge THANK YOU to those who participated in our 32nd Annual Bike Swap this past weekend! We love putting on this community event year after year and love watching our selection grow.

Thanks to your participation, we had an amazing selection of cycling equipment and we were able to donate over 75 unsold items to our friends at ReSOURCE VT ! www.ReSourceVT.org

Not only did you need to be “Broke, Rad, Athletic and Determined,” but you also needed a snorkel because man, Rasputista was WET! When Rasputista said on their website “It’s not about the racing. It’s about challenging the human spirit,” they weren’t kidding!

Looking back on it, April 27th would have been a great day for a meteorologist because no matter what weather they predicted, the odds were ever in their favor. There was a little bit of rain, some sleet, a glimpse of sunshine and oh some SNOW! Yes, that’s right there was some white stuff coming down from the sky and yes, I was very confused. But, hey, it's Vermont and weird stuff happens all the time.

Skirack's THULE Specialist, Doug Stewart shows off the new Apex XT hitch hanging bike mount.

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