_ Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Same great location!

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
225 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98109

The Seattle Bike Swap, now in its 17th year, is a bike bargain hunter's paradise with up to 100 vendors under the same roof! Expect great deals on new and used bike-related goods, from complete bikes to small parts. You never know exactly what vendors will bring to sell and what treasures you will find. Don't miss this one-day-only sale!

Admission
General Adult Admission is on a sliding scale depending upon arrival time:
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - $5
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. - FREE

Kids under age 15 are FREE all day!

Next November or December, Pope & Talbot will be closing some trails and fire roads near Port Gamble to do some timber harvesting.  You can download more information and a map of the planned harvest here. 

Our head mechanic, Aaron Edwards, has just returned from the SBCU (Specialized Bicycle Components University) where he learned all about their suspension and wheel technology!  He also got to test-ride some of the latest bikes they offer.  Next time you come in, be sure to ask him about the experience! 

Here you can see the Specialized demo vans, loaded to the gills with test bikes, and a parts display on the new Specialized Venge. 

Aaron also got the opportunity to ride a Specialized FSR on the Sea Otter race course - here is a video of the panorama from the top of the climb:

From Jeff Ozimek, outdoor programs coordinator at BI Parks & Rec:

After months of hard work I am proud to present to you our new ski bus for 2012!  We will be having two youth only buses as well as one adult only bus.  The adult only will be the only bus that does a separate drop off at Steven’s Pass mountain resort and then to their award winning Nordic Center.  Our youth buses will be visiting not only Steven’s Pass but also Crystal Mountain this year as well.  If there is enough interest, we can always add an adult bus later in the season. If you would like an explanation of why we are not offering a family bus this year, see below my signature for a detailed reasoning.We do need chaperones for the youth buses.  If you are interested, please read the attachment and let me know which bus you would like to apply to chaperone.  I’ll be drafting up a list of potential chaperones and we’ll choose folks in the next couple of weeks.  We will also be hiring one paid staff member to coordinate each bus’s chaperones.  They will be your point of contact.  Expect a job posting online very soon.

Finally, I really need a hand in spreading the news that ski bus is back.   We only have a month before registration closes for Steven’s Pass.  Please tell your friends, your neighbors, your family, and anyone else that might be interested.   I also have a large stack of fliers to post around town.  If you would like my infinite gratitude and some of my wife’s (yes, I am now a married man!!) fabulous cookies as a thank you, please stop by the office to pick some copies to post around town.  Emailing me beforehand will help immensely. The more people who know about ski bus, the more buses we can run, the more places we can go, the more dates we can ski, snowboard, Nordic ski, and snowshoe.

Have a terrific weekend!

Jeff Ozimek

Outdoor Programs Coordinator
Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District
Office: (206) 842-2306 x115     Cell: (206) 883-5768
http://biparks.org/programsandclasses/outdoorprograms.html

If you can help out, are interested, or have any questions, please get in touch with Jeff by one of the contact methods above!  We hope this program can take off again on the island. 

We've started taking our first orders for kids' Christmas bikes!  We have good stock of almost all sizes and styles right now (including 24" wheel cyclocross bikes), but the best selection will be had by coming in and reserving them early rather than late!  We will, of course, hide them for you until Christmas Eve, and no assembly will be required.