Author: Broadway Bicycle School

This February – learn to give your bike some extra affection with our Bicycle Maintenance Courses!

Learn the fundamentals in our Basic Course starting in February! Practice on your own bike and get experience fixing flat tires, adjusting your brakes and rear derailleur and the essentials of making your bike live longer. Through a fun filled 5 week class extravaganza of informational sessions and hands on activities you’ll graduate an alumni of the Broadway Bicycle School.

You can read more about our basic class and even register online! check it out …

If you have already learned the ropes of bike repair but want to dig a little deeper — our upcoming schedule will also include our Advanced Mechanics course on Monday evenings starting February 25th. Explore the more specialized parts of your bike. Learn how to overhaul a headset, replace the bearings in your rear hub, true your own wheels and learn the intricacies of front derailleur adjustments. We do request all advanced students to have previously taken our basic bike repair class.

Here’s more info about the advanced schedule.

 

 

Have you ever been stranded with a flat tire wishing you could change it yourself? Lucky Day – Broadway offers that and oh so much more! We have just released a new schedule of classes starting the week of November 11th.

In our basic class – we provide a great foundation in fundamental bicycle maintenance skills. Our Basic class teaches you the most common repairs and adjustments that any bicycle enthusiast is most likely to encounter. Fix a flat, adjust your brakes, learn about changing your chain and proper drivetrain care. We even cover rear derailleur adjustment. But more than that – we instill the confidence for you to tackle these tasks on your own and get comfortable putting it all back together.

Already taken our basic class — why not broaden your skill set with the advanced? Learn how to overhaul your hubs, overhaul and properly adjust your headset, true your wheels, and adjust your front derailleur. Much more information is provided to help with understanding the different components of your bike and how they work together to create the performance you expect. The winter is a great time to invest in your own knowledge.

Take a class and relax — because you CAN fix it!

All of our classes meet at Broadway Bicycle School once a week in the Evening after the shop closes. Here is a list of current classes available starting Soon!

Basic – choose either Sunday, Monday or Tuesday for 5 weeks

Advanced – meets Wednesday for 4 weeks   (note there will be no class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving)

Register online!

Treat your bike right – bring it to Broadway ….. we love bikes!

Due to the weather forecast, we will be closed on Monday 10/29.

We are still scheduled to be open during our normal business hours for the remainder of the week.

Everyone  be safe out there!

-The Broadway Bicycle School

 

 

Now that the sun sets a bit earlier – it’s a great time to think about riding with lights so you can see and be seen by other traffic! It just makes sense and we are very pleased to carry a bunch of great lights to meet the needs of a wide variety of cyclists. Whether you commute each evening or find yourself on the Minuteman trail at 9pm – we’ve got a light for you!

Most lights now a days are rated in Lumens. The lumen can be thought of casually as a measure of the total “amount” of visible light emitted from some source. The higher the rating – the brighter the light. Here’s a spectrum of the lights we offer.

FRONT LIGHTS

Lezyne Femto Drive : 15 Lumens,  A front safety light for $15.00

Knog Blinder 4 : 80 Lumens, visible up to 800 meters.

Serfas Thunderbolt : 90 Lumens, An awesome NEW light that we are highly recommending for the daily commuter!

Light & Motion Urban Series — These are all very powerful lights that will show you where you are going, giving you time to react to the potholes and paraphernalia on the path ahead.

• Urban 200: 200 Lumens. Wow bright is now affordable!
• Urban 400 : 400 Lumens.  A more expensive light – USB rechargeable that can last on high power for 1.5 hours.
• Urban 550 : 550 Lumens. The light to take at night in the woods. Anything stronger would need a separate battery pack!

 

REAR LIGHTS

Lezyne Femto Drive Rear : 7 lumens. sleek and safe – make this a great affordable choice. $15.00

Light & Motion Vis 180 Micro:  25 Lumens. Rechargeable Tail Light with high visibility from both side and rear.

Light & Motion Vis 180: 35 lumens.

Knog Blinder 4 rear : 44 Lumens. Very bright USB rechargeable rear light.

Cygolite HotShot : 2 Watts of light – another great USB rechargeable rear light, can clip to clothing or your bag.

FRONT & REAR SETS

Planet Bike Combo – $35 – a basic battery powered set for safety, be seen by other vehicles/pedestrians.

Serfas USB Combo – $40 – a bright basic rechargeable set

Light & Motion Vis 360 – The Ultimate light set!  Super Bright – mounts to your helmet!

Our bikes are SPECIAL!

Especially these because they’ve been dramatically reduced in price.

• Ever wanted a Surly Crosscheck – well treat yourself right because all our 2011 models are now on SALE~ You save BIG $$$ for a really awesome bike!
• How about a tough and comfy steel single speed steed ? That would be the Civia Twin City! We even have a step thru version for a smaller person.
•  Do you need a ready to go commuter bike? do you have long legs? Well come on by and test ride the Civia Prospect – has fenders, rack, and tons of awesome ready to roll.
• BACK IN STOCK – the bike you’ve all been wanting. an affordable basic hybrid that can carry your books and get you to class on time ..  the Marin CS1

Click on the bikes to reveal their secrets. . .

“Can a local shop and a local framebuilder build a durable, classic, comfortable, well-made commuter bike and make it available, ready-to-ride, for under $1000?

The Broadway Master Model was our answer. Sadly when the final “Broadway Master Model” sold last year- it marked the end of an era. It was our dream commuter bike. It had a 4130 cro-moly steel frame hand-built in Holliston, Massachusetts by local framebuilder Mike Flanigan of Alternative Needs Transportation Bikes – “Not sport…transport” . Add to that a threadless front end, a Sachs 7-speed internally geared hub, and many other upgraded parts, and you got a truly unique and amazing bicycle.

These were very special bikes with handcrafted charm. Just look at that custom headbadge!

 Mike Flanigan is an amazing teacher and offers one on one frame building intensives. If you want to learn frame building – learn from one of the best!

Here’s a video highlighting ANT Bike Mike at work.

Credits:
Original Score by Roger Miller

Directing/Editing/Photography by Zachary Lee

But all is not lost – scoop up this gem while you can – direct from the source

Master Model bike for sale