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We often ask for your trucks, trailer, time and transportation. Here's why.
As many of you know, Boise Bicycle Project depends on your support. Whether that be through volunteering, donating or supporting our mission by becoming a BBP Member, the support you contribute to us everyday spreads into the community we work in for giveaways or the services in our shop.
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
I’m still basking in the wonderfully weird glow of Goathead Festival! The incredible community and volunteer support that allowed us to enjoy such a fun weekend remains on the tip of my brain and heart.
Announcing Wednesday Night (Members Only) Open Shop!
Members! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 4. It’s the day we’ll kick off Wednesday Night (Members Only) Open Shop!
Kid’s...what? Kid’s B.A.S.H.!
BBP donated over 30 bicycles to children in our community at our Kids’ Bicycle and Safety Hour (Kids’ B.A.S.H.) this past Saturday! For some of these 4 through 11 year olds it’s their first time riding; others are veterans of bike clubs like Hawthorne’s and Whitney’s.
A Gertrude sized recap: Boise Goathead Fest 2019
Whether you are a seasoned Tour de Fat goer, an OG Goathead Fest attendee, or experience this wonderfully weird bicycle fest for your first time, the second year of Boise Goathead Fest was one for the books!
PRESERVATION BICYCLE # 7: The 1985 Specialized Stump Jumper Sport
This is a 1985 Fuji Specialized Stump Jumper Sport in black (the Team edition comes in purple, the standard in red). So this one definitely needs some love, but it will be sooooo worth it when you’re done. I actually think some of that grease and dirt is protecting the chrome (see my refection in the photo of the headset below). These early Stump Jumpers couldn’t be built any stronger. They actually use motorcycle components on ‘em.