Trek Singlespeed for SALE £200

Now this is something we don’t usually do here at Strong Island so please don’t start sending us stuff. A friend is trying to make some extra cash for New Zealand and I said I’d help her out.

Trek Soho S 09 Model 17.5”  suitable for someone 5’5”- 5’9”  or 165cm – 175cm

Frame: Alpha Black Aluminum  
Fork: Bontrager Edge, Cro-Moly with lowrider mounts  
Gears: Single speed  
Crank set: Bontrager Satellite Nebula 44 tooth with chain guard  
Cassette: 17 tooth freewheel  
Brakes: Alloy dual pivot with Tektro alloy levers  
Wheels: Alloy rims built on alloy hubs  
Tyres: Bontrager Race Lite 700×28c  
Handlebar: Bontrager SSR with a 25mm rise  
Stem: Bontrager Soho  
Saddle: Bontrager Femme Model/can be changed to a male saddle if required 
Seat post: Bontrager Satellite Nebula  
Pedals flat with alloy cage / Soho alloy bottle cage

If you’re interest please email Cat Heraty at cat.heraty@googlemail.com or give her a call on 07815833498

Click the images for a closer look.

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Velo Couture Cycling Caps

Josie Young is a local designer who makes her own custom cycling caps. Velo Couture has a nice variety of caps in cotton and wool for winter and summer alike. Nice unique designs with hand tailored finishes to match. Roll over to her shop at www.etsy.com/shop/baroquemyworld

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New Section of Hayling Billy Trail

Hayling Billy trail is a really popular cycling, running and even horse riding trail that runs along the Langstone Harbour edge of Hayling Island. On the 26th February a new section of the trail will be opened to the public by David Willets MP, portfolio holder Jenny Wride along with Simon Pratt from Sustrans. The opening starts at Havant Road Langstone at the junction with Mill Lane at 10.30 am and then there will be tea and coffee at the Sailing Club after the opening with a small display showing future joint cycle improvement and safe routes to school projects that Sustrans, HCC and HBC are intending to carry out within the Borough over the next 18 months.

Hayling Billy also runs past the old Oyster Beds at the northerly point of the island, are a great place to visit to spot birds this time of year.

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Portsmouth Cycle Forum Open Meeting

Portsmouth Cycle Forum will be holding an open meeting on Thursday 14th at 7pm at Meeting Room 1, Portsmouth Guildhall 3rd Floor. The agenda for the meeting will be:

• Traffic lights & cycling – the inside story
• Seafront cycle route phase II
• CTC / Cyclenation conference

Cycle parking is available in the Guildhall Square and the Guildhall is close to Portsmouth and Southsea station and to all City Centre bus stops.

For all information about the Cycle Forum visit www.pompeybug.org.uk, check Facebook and also Twitter (twitter.com/pompeybug) too.

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Build a Bike in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Cycle Forum want to know if you want to learn how to fix and maintain your bike for free and if you fancy learning how to build a good bike from scratch? Got a spare old bike taking up space to donate? Want to get that old bike on the road again? Are you looking for bike spares?

If the answer to any of these is YES, roll up to the popular Break and Make bike sessions at Somerstown Fire station (in Somers Road North, opposite Somers Park Primary School) from 10am to 2pm on the these dates:

- 9th January
- 23rd January
- 6th February
- 20th February
- 6th March

All are welcome and lunch is provided for those with oily hands. Also if you know all about bikes and want to share your valuable knowledge, please join them as well. Help PCF get more bikes on Portsmouth’s roads!

Any questions contact Jayne Rodgers on 023 9283 4590 or jayne.rodgers@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

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Free Bike Marking in Portsmouth

Portsmouth Cycle Forum got in contact to say that the police are offering free ‘Cycle Marking’ sessions in Commercial Road, Portsmouth between 10am and 4pm on the 19th January, 17th February and 17th March. If bikes are stolen the markings make it easier to return bikes to their owners once they have been recovered. Pop it in the diary.

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