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RETURN OF THE MAY SALE

Premiers TUESDAY 29 MAY from 6PM-9PM Playing daily until Saturday 2 June. www.facebook.com/events/420693197955838/

The famous price busting City Bike Depot May Sale is back for 5 days only to take on the might of the evil empire and other forces of cycling doom. Be prepared for intergalactic specials on almost everything. Clear out sample clothing from Cannondale, Netti & Sugoi. Awesome cheapness from your favourite brands. Plus 25% off all clothing in stock and up to 40% off 2011 mountain, road and commuter bikes.

Easter Long Weekend - We are Gone Riding

Just a reminder to all customers; The CBD store will be closed for the Entire long weekend. (Friday to Monday). If you need any last minute bits and pieces, make sure its before close of business on Thursday night!

The CBD team are on Facebook!

Go ahead and 'Like' our FB page. Stay up to date with the CBD crew in real time www.facebook.com/citybikedepot

Adam Macbeth has his very own blog!

CBD's store manager, Adam Macbeth has just started up his very own blog. Documenting his cycling activities and life adventures, the blog is well worth a read! atherapyforpain.com

Demo Day Still ON

2012 Bikes landing

Brownie Points Burner September 2011

We bought you the Wannaride race, showed you where to ride with the Sydney trail guide and helped connect some of the best trails in a 100km race with the Angry Doctor. This is the race we wanted to do all along.

The Brownie Point Burner is 120 or 160 km over 2 days of riding through some sweet singletrack and moto buff doouble track between Bulahdelah and Stroud. Velo events will transport your camping gear to the overnight camp, provide dinner and breakfast as well as 2 movies that night for evening entertainment. Then you ride back another 80km the next morning to Bulahdelah on different trails to be home in Sydney Sunday night.

2 great days of trails a mere 3 hours from Sydney. A full weekends riding without the 2am lap and the ability to take hte family along to enjoy the camping and entertainment Saturday night.

For full details check out www.veloevents.com.au - full course details and photos comming June 6th. Start earning Brownie Points now to burn in September !

Merida Bikes In The House

We've just recieved our first shipment of Merida bikes..... Value, anyone???

New Toys Landed

The Cannondale Flash carbon 29 is the latest in the Cannondale 29er range of toys to hit the streets. With lighter weight carbon layup from last year and more responsive geometry and epic Lefty handling. The Zascar 29 is available although for a short time only it seems as stock are limited.

Lezyne Back in Stock

The exceptional range of CNC machined pumps and accessories are back in store after a brief hiatius. Also in next week shall be the return of the Fox Flux helmet in new colours and the Fox Full face.

Chocolate Foot Racing

CBD will be taking our race support to a new level with netural mechanical support of the Chocolate Foot series this year. Last years rounds were brilliantly organised and great trails all round so we shall be riding and wrenching the weekends away. We shall be tag teaming with the SRAM kids to keep you all on trail and lapping fast.
Who are Chocolate foot ? www.chocolatefoot.com.au

Garmin 800 in store

OK so it was a chemist to be saying that but the new Garmin 800 has landed with exceptional ease of use and better value than the previous 705. Touch screen, longer battery life and comes packaged with Australian Topo maps. The navigation is intuitive and large screen display in a small package plus a simple mount from the 500 unit. Smaller, lighter, better battery, touch screen and there is a black silcone case to hide the ugly blue highlights ( thought they would of learn't blue highlights only work for your gran)

Christmas Trading

Ellsworth Truth

The ground breaking Truth is now in store with some exceptional value to match the stunning performance. Immaculate welds, responsive handling and their proprietry instant center tracking suspension design for efficient pedal response.

Demo Day Sunday

We shall be taking the new 2011 line up of GT and Yeti bikes to Ourimbah this Sunday for a Demo day. Models on show will include the new Zascar 29er and Sensor 29er models plus the Yeti 5 and 7 models. Click on http://www.citybikedepot.com.au/Ride/Demo_Days fro all the details and to download RSVP file.

GT 2011 In Store

Final Full Suspension Clearout

Check the specials page for more Kona and GT full suspension clearance pricing. Some of these bikes are now cheaper than similar spec hardtails ! see specials page for full details. www.citybikedepot.com.au/Specials

Congratulations Katrin

Katrin only decided 6 months ago after competing in XPD in May that she would again take on the World 24hr Champs this year in Canberra. Some intense training followed and with teh support of Cannondale and CBD she was back on a new Scalpel and ready for action.
Katrins race was flawless staying at her own pace early while many of the girls fought it out at the front with hot laps during the day. By the late afternoon the scene had been set for a great showdown with the top 5 girls all within 30 minutes of each other.
Vanina Vergose was lapping consistentantly and was well in the charge only 20 minutes down on Katrin who at this stage was locked into 5th place and movign through the ranks.

By night fall the track started to take its toll. Jessica who had set the early - chase me pace, had baced off a bit and some of the other girls brigded the gap to even take the lead. Jessicia consolidated and tapped out consistent laps to build a 30 minute lead by 3am and was consistently 2 minutes faster than Katrin on teh night laps.

Katrin meanwhile had stayed solid and despite a couple of small offs moved through the pack to second place by 3am holding down a gap of 25 minutes to first p[laced Jessicia.

At 5am we thought Jessicia had just put in a few hot laps and was looking good - we expected she should drop at about 8.30 given the night pace. Katrin took up the pace again at daybreak with only 3 laps to go started to bring teh gap down. At 5 minutes a lap it was impressie but not enough as Jessica maintained her pace to hold on to a 12 minute lead at the final gong.

katrin raced brillantly and left it all on the track being completly spent at the end. it was an real race to the wire and a great effort by Jessica who was deserving of the Gold medal and an impressive Silver by Katrin who gave it her all.

Hugh Stodart Takes GOLD

Hugh Stodart took his understated race style to the top of the podium again with GOLD in the Solo mens age group 40-45. Starting hard and staying consistent the desiel that is Hugh onyl had a few minor shakes early in the night dropping to 2nd as a hard charging Canberra local picked up teh pace on ly to drop off with a ill timed ashma attack due to the dusty conditions.

Hugh's high tech timing and brother Duncan kept it togther for a smooth ride al the way through to maintain his 15 minute lead on 2nd through the new day adn to the finish line.

its hard to comment on how his race really went as we never really saw or heard from him all night, lap, eat, food, drink, another lap, just keep on keeping on.
Nice work hugh and congratulations on a well deserved gold.

Impressive efforts at the World 24hr

Arron Pearson overcame bike tragedy the week before to ride consistently despite crashing into the only tree on Stromlo - during the day, to mark a great race in the top 10 in his class. His new Yeti Big top went flawlessly and even stayed on the car for the trip back unlike his unlucky cannondale the week before.

Vanina Vergose rode an exceptional race before a early morning crash took out one knee whilst avoiding another rider. The next lap another rider in the same location and another knee. Despite forging on for another 3 laps the knees locked up and turned a pretty shade of blue and purple bringing a premeture end to an otherwise excellent race. Vanina had been lapping in the top 6 womens only 30 - 40 minutes behined 1st place and was on target to follow Katrin on her move through the field. She now ramps up for the world Single speed camps in New Zealand in 2 weeks.

Sam Wormington stayed awake and on the bike for 24 hours unlike his counterparts and the consistency showed with a top 11 finish in Singlespeed. Hard man Brett Bellchambers took the class out with a top 10 overall finish.