It should be quite an adventure, and I’m looking forward to following their trip. They leave in just a little under 24 hours… follow along here.
This sculpture, wittily titled Siamese Schwinns, caught my eye in a recent issue of 360 West:
Siamese Schwinns, R.J. Van der Wege
Well, it turns out that the artist has an entire show of bicycle sculpture opening tonight at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center (FWCAC) and running until March 28.
During that run, there will also be a couple of special events. Namely, a talk by the artist on Saturday, March 13 from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m., and a Spring Gallery Night “Opening” party on Saturday, March 27 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
One of our goals at Trinity Bicycles is to run the greenest bicycle shop in the world. It’s a lofty goal, sure. But it’s an important one.
Bicycle shops in general have a good reputation when it comes to green business, but a lot of that reputation comes from the nature of the business, and not necessarily how it’s operated. The bicycle is, after all, one of the greenest vehicles there is.
But we want to take it much further than that. We are committed to examining every little decision we make as a business, and choosing paths that help us reduce the impact our business has on the environment. Our choice to reuse an older historic building in the heart of town in close proximity to transit, rather than in a tilt-wall shopping strip accessible only by car, was obviously one decision influenced by those ideals.
But there are much smaller decisions that are also important. Take, for example, our new business cards:
These little cards were designed to be as eco-friendly as possible. They are printed on 100% recycled cardstock, with zero-VOC soy- and vegetable-based inks. In addition, we designed them in a narrower 1.5″x 3.5″ format, which allows us to fit 6 more cards per 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock. That means to print 1000 business cards, we only need to use 72 sheets of cardstock instead of the more traditional 125. Saving 53 sheets of card stock with every business card re-order is pretty significant … and the narrow cards look cool, to boot.
Imagine if every business in the world switched to narrow-format cards; that’s a lot of paper saved. If you own a business, consider switching your card format today. If you need help finding a printer that enjoys working with the smaller cards, let us know. We’ll be happy to point you in the right direction.
You’re welcome, world.
Before you watch these videos, let us just preface them by saying that they are for comedy purposes only… we don’t condone confrontation with motorists. We’d much rather you Bike Friendly, Fort Worth.
That said, these are just funny:
| Important Things with Demetri Martin | Thursday, 10:00pm / 9:00c | |||
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Also a little shout out to a friend—the Loan Sharks’ bicycles are the creations of one our favorite cycling industry brand managers ever, Tim Jackson (the MasiGuy).
Trinity Bicycles’ new home is located at 207 S. Main, in the historic Sawyer Grocery Store Buildings. Henry Sawyer first started operating a grocery business on the corner of S. Main and Daggett in 1888, and then as his business grew he built the buildings that still stand today in 1909 and 1910.
After Sawyer Grocery closed in the late 1920s, the building served just about every use imaginable, and then was left vacant for the past several years. Over time, the buildings suffered a lot of neglect, and ugly changes like the bricking-in of the ground-floor windows.
Today, thanks to lots of hard work by folks who didn’t want to see these beautiful old buildings lost, the Sawyer Grocery Buildings are full of life again. Apartments upstairs have been beautifully renovated, and businesses have moved in downstairs (including ours, which will be opening soon!)
For more info on the restoration of this and other historic buildings (including photos of the amazing apartments above our shop), go visit our friends at FortWorthology.com.
Sawyer Grocery Building, before restoration. Photo Courtesy FortWorthology.com.
Sawyer Grocery Building, restoration underway. Photo Courtesy FortWorthology.com.
We just ordered Bicycle Dreams, a documentary about the Race Across America that racked up a ton of “Best Documentary” awards at film festivals everywhere. Here’s the Trailer:
Is there any interest in a group screening of this particular movie? If you’d attend such a screening, email us and tell us how many people you think would come with you.
About halfway down the right sidebar, we have added a button to subscribe to Trinity Talk, our email news wire that will be launching this week.
Trinity Talk will consist of a mix of local cycling news, cycling and bike maintenance tips, and lots of special deals and offers, all delivered to your inbox free of charge.
I always appreciate a company that can have fun at their workplace, and poke a little fun at themselves in the process. Thule, maker of fine racks for carrying bikes and such on your car, put this video out. I’ve had the refrain stuck in my head all morning.
Tonight at 7 there is a free screening of Blueprint America: Road to the Future, a PBS documentary dealing with urban transportation and sustainable land use issues (including a lot of info on our favorite mode: Bicycle Transportation).
The timing of this screening, with Bike Fort Worth recently passed, seems extremely appropriate. So, if you’re looking for something fun and free to do tonight, come watch the film.
Urban Green Build is located at the corner of Magnolia Ave. and College Avenue (above Mamma Mia and the Police Station… look for the entrance on the College Ave. side of the building). Tonight’s screening is co-presented by our friends over at FortWorthology, where you can also read a little more about tonight’s film.
We have an absolutely amazing deal on a beautiful Kona Zing Supreme road frameset.
Kona Zing Supreme, example build
This is a gorgeous, all-italian, all-carbon frameset (Dedacciai Nero frame tubes, Dedacciai Black Fin fork) in a sparkling orange paint color that you’ll have to see to believe.
The Kona Zing Supreme frameset normally sells for $1299. We have one 56 cm frame that we are willing to let go for just $750.
So if you or someone you know is looking for a high end, all-carbon rig in this size let us know. This frameset won’t likely be around for very long.
(P.S. we can build it into a complete bike for you, too… just let us know what kind of build kit you’re looking for, and we’ll shoot you a good price)
