{"id":208,"date":"2016-03-04T21:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/2016\/03\/04\/spring-bike-demo\/"},"modified":"2016-03-04T21:30:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T21:30:02","slug":"spring-bike-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/2016\/03\/04\/spring-bike-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Bike Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">Update: The Spring Bike Demo\u00a0TBD for 2022<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Demo Day 2020 is May 2nd at Spring Mill Pond<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Island Lake Recreation Area<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About this event<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 15th year, the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Island Lake Spring Bike Demo\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">brings the best bikes in the market to your trail. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great chance to talk face to face with people who live the life: building, riding, and maintaining the bikes you want to own. Then, take a few out for a test spin on the road and trails at Island Lake, finding the bike that pulls at your heartstrings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s going to be there?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">We&#8217;re still working on plans for 2020, but previous years have included:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kuat<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Cannondale<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Spercialized<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">SRAM, Cervelo\/Focus<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Kona<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Velofix Detroit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Norco Bicycles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">TerraTrike<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Bianchi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">D&amp;D Bicycles (wit Giant demo bikes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">American Cycle &amp; Fitness (with Trek Demo bikes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">CycleTherapy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Hometown Bicycles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">KLM Bike &amp; Fitness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Sweet Bikes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">REI<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Motor City Mountain Biking Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Potawatomi Mountain Biking Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">MiSCA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Fun Promotions \/ CPS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Wheels-in-Motion<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">fitmi!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Clinton River Area Mountain Biking Association<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">National Mountain Bike Patrol<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">(Check back here often for updates as vendors confirm.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What to expect<\/h3>\n<p>This event is one of the largest demo events in the region.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 18pt;\">You can expect to see hundreds of mountain bikes, road bikes, cross bikes, fat tire bikes, and everything in between.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll spend the day visiting vendor and bike shop booths, asking questions, and checking out bikes and gear. In general, vendors will have bikes available to try out. They will ask you to fill out a waiver and contact information, probably leave some form of collateral (such as a drivers license), and spend some time adjusting the bike to fit you for the best experience. Riders usually bring their own pedals, and these will be mounted to the bike for you as part of the setup process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Test rides can be on the park road, on singletrack or both. A short &#8216;demo loop&#8217; of singletrack will be marked that will provided a good sampling of SE Michigan trail. Please keep your test rides short and be considerate to all of the other participants who may be waiting to check out that bike as well. Riding the entire trail on a demo bike while others are waiting is an expensive waste of karma.<\/p>\n<p>This is a demo event, an opportunity to see and try lots of bikes. It&#8217;s not a swap meet or a sales event. Vendors will not have bikes or gear for sale, but will be able to refer you to local dealers who would be delighted to help you turn your surplus cash into sexy carbon or scandium dreams.<\/p>\n<h3>What should you bring?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Helmet and appropriate riding apparel<\/li>\n<li>Pedals. Some vendors <em>may<\/em> have platform pedals available, but it&#8217;s safer to bring your own.<\/li>\n<li>Identification<\/li>\n<li>A major credit card (as collateral for some vendors)<\/li>\n<li>Parent or guardian if you&#8217;re a minor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Event Details and Schedule<\/h3>\n<p>The Spring Demo Day is May 2nd, 2020 and will be held at Spring Mill Pond at Island Lake Recreation Area. When entering the park, turn to the right just after the attendant booths and follow the park road for approximately 2 miles. Spring Mill Pond will be on the left side of the road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you arrive, please check in at the registration and information tent. We&#8217;ll ask you to sign a waiver.\u00a0 Or register here and save time!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; color: #555555; font-family: Muli, Helvetica, Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.8px; letter-spacing: -0.48px;\">{ebevent 9}<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Participation at the Spring Bike Demo is free, courtesy of the Motor City Mountain Biking Association. Not a member? Please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imba.com\/join\/chapter\/mcmba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joining our chapter<\/a>, or sign up at any of the chapter tents at the event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Parking\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Parking is limited at Spring Mill Pond and we expect that it will fill quickly. We suggest that attendees park at either the trailhead parking lot or Placeway Picnic Area and ride in to the event, storing your current ride in our Bike Corral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Update: The Spring Bike Demo\u00a0TBD for 2022 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Demo Day 2020 is May 2nd at Spring Mill Pond Island Lake Recreation Area \u00a0 About this event Now in its 15th year, the\u00a0Island Lake Spring Bike Demo\u00a0brings the best bikes in the market to your trail. \u00a0It&#8217;s a great chance to talk face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianleefritz.com\/joomla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}