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Allegany NICA Mountain Bike Team Signups

Allegany NICA Mountain Bike Team Signups

View this email in your browser Sign ups are live! Please share with parents, teachers, or any one who may be interested.   About Allegany NICA: Only 15 spots for this year. Register Now The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) produces programming...

A Quick Note on Hope

A Quick Note on Hope

Pic Caption of the Week: Hope colors my world...   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: “Your choices reflect your hope, not your fear.” Nelson Mandela A Trail Tale (Mandela’s muses).  I think it's not uncommon for us to...

Wheelzup Weekly – Basic Bike Safety Check

Wheelzup Weekly – Basic Bike Safety Check

Pic Caption of the Week: A luta continua, vitória é certa', Latin - The struggle continues, victory is certain Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: "I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the...

3 must see spots this Winter

3 must see spots this Winter

Pic Caption of the Week: The river of life!   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Like running a river, the key to life is to do the next right thing, and then the next right thing. Mandela Wheelzup Adventures. Shopping Local. Let...

3 Ways to Survive the Eastcoast Winter

3 Ways to Survive the Eastcoast Winter

Pic Caption of the Week: Sasquatch was here, We believe!   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: The light of Winter is the poetry of patience Ted Kooser American Poet Mandela's Muses. For the first time, I acknowledged the...

3 Books to Read by the End of the Year

3 Books to Read by the End of the Year

Pic Caption of the Week: Dont take yourself too seriously, no one else does.   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: The law of Influence: "Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interest first".......

Activities Everyone Should Try This Winter

Activities Everyone Should Try This Winter

Pic Caption of the Week: Striving to see is actually the work of living.   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: “No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to...

How to Better Enjoy Fall

How to Better Enjoy Fall

Pic Caption of the Week: Cathedral of beauty.   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: I woke up this morning, and realized I miss the warmth, length and pace of August. I daydreamed of short sleeves, canon-balls in the running...

3 Spots to Visit in Fall

3 Spots to Visit in Fall

Pic Caption of the Week: Forever Young!   Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike....

Sep 12 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Sep 12 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Pic Caption of the Week: I guess summer really is over! Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "You are never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready. Flora Rheta Schreiber - Journalist. Event of the Week...

Sep 5 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Sep 5 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Pic Caption of the Week: Wherever you find yourself, embrace the journey. You may not be where you want to be, but you are not not where you used to be either.  Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "I thought to myself, oh...

Aug 29 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Aug 29 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Pic Caption of the Week: We are designed for community... Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "What I've learnt from the ocean How to dance and rejoice in the motion Let the sun have it's moment The moon will come" Jacob Banks -...

Aug 23 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Aug 23 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Pic Caption of the Week: Live Boldly... Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "There are three things God gives us for free: Laughter, Music and the Outdoors" Mandela Echefu - I think I heard some variation of this from somewhere,...

Aug 14 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Aug 14 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

A look into the future Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "He who angers you, conquers you" Elizabeth Kenny - a self-trained nurse who made major contributions to the treatment of Polio and provided care during World...

Aug 7 2023: 3 Goals of the Week

Aug 7 2023: 3 Goals of the Week

Picture for a full heart! The hardest part is always taking the leap, everything else always falls in place... trust us, we know! Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious...

Jul 31 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Jul 31 2023: 3 Goals for the Week

Picture for a full heart! Wheelzup Weekly What's up People! Some quick thoughts for your week: Quote "Anxiety is thought without control. Flow is control without thought" James Clear What gets you in a state of flow? How can you do more of that activity? Deal of the...

How to make backpacking fun?

How to make backpacking fun?

Me? Sleep in the Woods? Just like that, we are in July - before you know it, we will be breathing in the crisp air of Fall, and like the sun, retreating indoors by 6pm, as darkness falls. Don't fret though, there is still time to check off some summer goals like...

What type of bike do I need?

What type of bike do I need?

All about the bike! Yes, we get a little red when we are referred to as "just a bike shop", we are much more than that. However, today we will focus on the 2 wheeled wonder called a bicycle. We will discuss: The different classes of ebikes Great places to ride in the...

Adventure like a local!

Adventure like a local!

Adventure like a local! There is no question Western Maryland is the gateway to the State's playground, with a myriad of popular spots frequented by people from across the tristate region and beyond. We will discuss: Some cool not so popular spots What's going on at...

Yay to New Beginnings!

Yay to New Beginnings!

Yay to New Beginnings! Its a month of new beginnings for us around here. There is new construction on the downtown mall, we are opening a new location, starting some new partnerships and bringing some new people on the team.  I'm sure there are some new...

Lessons from Loss, and New Beginnings

Lessons from Loss, and New Beginnings

Pardon the Delay The month of February was not the typical for us around here! Instead of the customary powder-chasing ski days and dreaded inventory counts, we had to head across the pond for th funeral of our CAO's (Chief Adventure Officer) father. As a result, we...

Four Bucket List Mini Adventures for 2023

Four Bucket List Mini Adventures for 2023

Another Trip Around 2023, do you believe it? Besides getting used to writing the date correctly, I dare say most of us are already settling into the rhythm of a new year. Those lofty expectations, grand resolutions and dreams to not repeat the steps that brought us...

Take Me Home Country Roads

Take Me Home Country Roads

Every tour has those moments when all that could be said has been spoken, the laughs have been exhausted, the sights are redundant, and everyone settles into their own rhythm, their own thoughts. In this moment, we touch solitude in the midst of company and we permit ourselves to do what bike rides are great for — processing. It was at this time that I began to contemplate the irony of my current reality. Clad in spandex, I was riding a bicycle loaded with gear to allow me to sleep in the “bush,” as we call it back home where I’m from.

Can We Join the Party?

Can We Join the Party?

Explore how climate change and demographics reshape winter sports, with more people opting for cozy nights in, and the allure of backcountry snowsports as a nature-focused escape from commercial ski resorts.