Loveland Valentines

The 2012 Loveland Valentines are out – and they have a bicycle built for two on them! Visit www.lovelandchamber.org to purchase your Valentines.

Best,

Jim

 

 

Tags: loveland, tandem, valentine's day

Bianchi by Gucci Bicycles

First comes Audi..Missioni..and now: Gucci.

With the rocketing popularity of bike shares in cities worldwide, a pair of wheels has become the must-have cosmopolitan accessory. Luckily, Gucci is experiencing its own renaissance and has teamed up with another iconic Italian brand, the high-end bicycling manufacturer Bianchi, to create the fashion house’s first line of bikes. Designed by Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, the hot wheels come in two models: a white-steel-single-speed City edition with custom-leather grips for city cycling; and a black-carbon-fiber monocoque Urban model built to transition well from the street to the countryside. Add a helmet and gloves—also designed specially by Giannini—and you’re ready to ride in style. Urban bike, $14,000; City bike, $6,200; gucci.com.

Read more about the partnership here: http://www.gucci.com/us/worldofgucci/articles/bianchi-by-gucci-bike

Have a great one,

Jim

Tags: bianchi, gucci, luxury bicycles, partnerships

Did you hear? …

Cincinnati was ranked the #3 top US destination for 2012 on Lonely Planet’s website!

Seen Cincy lately? The pretty city on the Ohio River – off the main cross-country interstates – gets bypassed by many road trippers, but it’s quietly transformed itself in the last decade into a worthy weekend getaway. Life centers around the river – much which can be seen by foot: river walkways are best on the Kentucky side, reached via a couple bridges including John Roebling’s Suspension Bridge (a prequel to his famous Brooklyn Bridge). Narrow, twisting (and steep) brick roads of the Mt Adams district lead past 19th-century Victorian townhouses and the free Cincinnati Art Museum, while the once-dangerous, emerging Over-the-Rhine, just north of downtown, is home to the Findlay Market and a sprawling collection of historic Italianate architecture. Best, though, is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, open since 2004, on the banks of the river where many slaves escaped to freedom in the 19th century.

What else could we add to this list? Eden Park. The Cincinnati Zoo. Jungle Jim’s. The Cincy food trifecta: Graeter’s, Skyline and Montgomery Inn. We’re proud our hometown received some recognition + that Jim’s Bicycle Shop is a part of it!

Best,

Jim

 

Tags: Cincinnati, hometown pride

Jim’s Bicycle Shop Winter Hours

January and February 2012

Monday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Tuesday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Wednesday- CLOSED

Thursday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Friday 9:30 am – 6:00 pm

Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Waterford RS22 Custom

The Waterford RS22 Custom is candy red with a stainless rear triangle and nuevo coco lugs.  It is about the closest thing we can get to Santa’s red sleigh.  Thanks to our loyal Waterford customer, John Kemper for his most recent addition!

Holiday Hours

December 24 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

December 25 Closed

December 31 10:00 am- 12:00 pm

January 1 Closed

Merry Christmas!

 

 

Very cool commercial…

Blackberry just put out a new commercial, but it wasn’t the phone that caught my eye – it was the bicycles! I feel a new trend coming on… Watch and enjoy!

-Jim

Watch video here:

Haiku Street Signs

This is interesting: The Department of Transportation are now using haikus to get New Yorkers to pay attention to traffic safety rules. Transportation officials unveiled a series of “curbside haikus,” artful signs that will deliver a short but critical safety messages. The signs are being posted in high-crash locations throughout the city. Artist John Morese wrote the haikus and designed the accompanying art work. Officials say the signs will not be a distraction to drivers since they are only 8-by-8-inches. Read more here.

Have a great Saturday!

Jim

Jim’s Bicycle Shop Gift Cards make great gifts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase a gift card of any denomination for that person that already has everything.

The prettiest helmet that ever was..

GIRO peacock-themed helmet – available now at JBS!

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