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We're celebrating spring at Perennial Cycle with friends and music (maybe even a few cookies and lemonade).

Banjo Brothers is a Minneapolis based multinational company that make a wide range of well made, value minded bike bags for a wide variety of uses.
Brianna Lane is a local musician with the voice of a songbird and guitar playing skills that will knock your socks off. Bring it all together and you have a Tiny Bikeshop Concert.

Here are some of the things that will be happening:

- Brianna will be available (with her beau Greg) to talk about cycle touring (they did a music tour last fall with Peter Mulvey and on the tour did 8 music gigs in 8 days all on bicycle!).

- Eric of Banjo Brothers will be available to talk about carrying gear (milk, laptop, tent, you name it) on your bike.

- Luke and Derek will be available to discuss long distance “event” style riding (they did a 24 hour 315 mile ride last summer).

- There will be someone from O2 Rainwear available to talk about dressing for foul weather riding.

- Special Tiny Bikeshop Concert Pricing will be worth coming by to check out

- Dunn Brothers next door will be offering coupons for bean discounts as well.

Have you been sitting on the fence looking at Brompton Folding Bikes? Now would be a great time to jump off that fence and ride away on a new Brommie. We currently have a rainbow of color options available to purchase.

We even have the Limited Edition Brompton Raw Lacquer Bikes. These show the artfulness of the bikes. Study a raw lacquer bike and you will see the crafting that is involved in making a Brompton.

If you need some help working out which model makes the most sense for you, just give us a call (612-827-8000) or stop in (Uptown Minneapolis) and we'll work through the trickiest details with you. We have great bag options for the Bromptons and being that Brommies are superb city utility bikes, the bags are an essential add-on to consider right from the get-go. Also we have  a variety of carry cases to handle your use (from air travel to trunking).

Brompton Folding Bikes
Brompton Bags
B & W Hard Case (pictured above)

Yes, they're in the shop! The highly anticipated Brooks Team PRO Vans Limited Edition saddle has arrived. This is a limited edition of 500 saddles worldwide, with 200 being sold exclusively through Vans Stores and 300 through Supreme and Outstanding Brooks Dealers of Excellence (that’s us). Part of a the Vans Vault Collection, the saddle is embossed with a skull and flower pattern designed by Vans. By far the coolest saddle ever. We won't be able to get more -- so if you're interested order soon.

These saddles may have been sold through, but make sure to check out our current selection of Brooks Saddles HERE.

Momentum is a favorite cycling publication here at the shop. It's a bit Euro in that the magazine is all about real world people riding bikes in the real world. If you haven't had a chance to read it I'd recommend jumping on the website and checking Momentum out.
The current issue has an article by Troy Pieper titled "Recumbent Riders". There are a couple of Perennial Cycle mentions in the article and both John McConaghay and Luke Breen (myself) were sources for the article.