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Do It Yourself

A lot of people want to repair their own bikes for a variety of reasons. Save money, satisfaction, pride, timeliness.

At FremeWork Cycle & Fitness, we support this 100%. The biggest hurdle is the cost of tools that you might only use once or twice a year or less. There is a solution to that. We have teamed up with several communities to help make “Do it Yourself” a possibility. Right now, the Cape Breton Regional Library has tool kits and repair manuals available to borrow. This kit has most of the gear you will need to adjust or replace parts on your bike. We can sell you all the parts you need, and you can use the library tool kit to replace cranksets, bottom brackets, freewheels, cassettes, tires, and pedals, adjust your gears and brakes. Pretty much anything you want to do. Check it out now, literally. CBRL Bike Tool Kit

Coming soon…Outdoor Repair Stations. Both CBRM and Victoria County have purchased Part Tool Trail Head Work Stations that will be available soon. These stations allow you to ride or walk up 24 hours a day. Hang your bike from the sturdy support and use a good selection of attached tools to repair and adjust your bike, “On the fly!” Watch for these to be installed in Downtown Baddeck and Downtown Glace Bay as well as other locations in CBRM and Victoria County.

PLEASE: Know your limitations. We support self repair, but we want it done carefully and safely. Read the manuals. For the most trustworthy advice on the internet, the number one source is ParkTool.com (choose “Fix It”) or go to the manufacturer of the part you are replacing. When you reach your limit, you can always bring it to us and avoid the grease, and mess, and frustration.

To help out along the way, we will be offering repair clinics at various times and locations throughout the year. Let us know if you want to learn something special, and we will try to organize a clinic to help everyone out.

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Rentals-Access Everything Here

Get ready for your adventure here.

PLEASE NOTE: Rentals can be reserved online through our secure rental platform Click the red button above labeled “Book a Rental”

For 1 day rentals, we do have eBikes available on a first come, first serve basis. Currently, we are not accepting advance reservations for 1 day eBike rentals.

We are located at 333 George Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada B1P 1J7.

Phone 902-567-1909 or toll free 1-866-567-1909.

Email: rent@frameworkfitness.com

We have most sizes of carbon race bikes, several eBikes, as well as solid touring and hybrid bikes. Accessories such as helmets, locks panniers, car racks, delivery service are also available.

Rentals are available, by the day, or by the week. To book a rental, please follow the “Book a Rental” link above and it will guide you through the reservation. If you need any further adventure invormation, please email to: rent@frameworkfitness.com

Book a Rental

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Join Our Free Discount Program

Join Today for $avings Tomorrow

Framework Cycle & Fitness is introducing a new customer appreciation program to enhance programs and services to the community it directly serves on Cape Breton Island and elsewhere via the world-wide web. By enrolling in this free program, members will receive emails announcing special savings, invites to member-only events and other benefits. Your membership will earn you 10 per cent savings off regular priced bike parts, bike accessories, sports clothing and nutritional aids.

The Friends of FrameWork program is absolutely free. Please, ask for your 10% discount when you make your purchase.

(**Emails will be added to Framework’s records and may be used to enter you into contests and contact you regarding your account and/or products and offers which may interest you.  Information provided will not be sold or shared with any other business, person or organization. Winners will receive notice of their winnings through email initially and later published on the web for promotional purposes. Contests are not open to any staff or their families.)

 

Complete this enrollment form!

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Boy Scout Invasion

We had a group of boy scouts come to ride the Cabot Trail. Here’s what one of their leaders had to say…

I’m Greg H., one of the adults who was with Kevin F. when we rented bikes from you July 1st-8th.  We had inadvertently left a seat bag in the rental car that went back a day early, so I swapped you with my personal one.
 
We’ve located that bag, and I’ll be returning the contents to you in the mail shortly.  It also included one of the bike computers- so I wanted to let you know that we found it and you’ll get it back in hopefully just a few days.
 
I want to thank you again for the great gear- we found your bikes to be bullet-proof, the trip computers helpful, and everything was in great shape!  What a beautiful part of the world to bike in, we’ll never forget this trip.
Editor’s note- Scouts are so honest.

 

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Photos from the 2013 CB Classic

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Photos were the prize of the day. Every athlete in this year’s event was presented with an 8 X 10 print of a personalized  action shot taken by Tera Camus. Her photos were taken at the time trial on day one, manipulated for printing, printed, identified for every rider and given out after the race on Sunday.  Sounds simple enough, but it’s a long day of work and the athletes appreciated our personal touch.

Here are some other photos taken at the 2013 Cape Breton Classic. If you have some you want to share, let us know and we’ll add them here.

 

Photos courtesy of Jarret Gosbee and Tera Camus

Jarret’s Photos

 Tera’s Photos

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Nothing so Sweet as the Smiles from the Whitney Pier Youth Club

It’s the 17th year in business for Framework Cycle & Fitness and every year, mostly unnoticed by customers, company owner Bill  Goldston (dude with the sunglasses below) quietly donates thousands worth of bikes, products and cash to multiple causes, organizations, athletes, schools, community projects and not-for-profits including the island’s only bike team Framework Racing.

But none were so sweet as the smiles received after he donated 17 new bikes to the Whitney Pier Youth Club, a small but mighty not-for-profit organization that has been supporting hundreds of kids in need for more than a decade with everything from recreation and sport to meals, tutoring and play.

DSC02084The club’s executive director Chester Borden (shown in baseball cap) oversees operations and welcomed the April 2013 donation as a way to give kids something they normally wouldn’t get  – the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike.

Framework never forgets the community and it will always give back and support those organizations in the area that do great work.

After Bill purchased the bikes, most assemblies were handled by Bill’s head mechanic Doug Arsenault while staff members Ken Crowdis and Tera Camus assisted in making the dream come true for local kids.

Here’s a few more shots:

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Christmas Ad Featuring Dave Harley

At FrameWork Cycle & Fitness, we’re very proud of the quality advertisements we create. Our ads are written and produced right here in Cape Breton,  mostly in partnership with NewCap Radio and aired on 101.9 The Giant. Normally, we create new ads every year for the different seasons to keep things fresh and up-to-date with the products and services we offer. This year is a little different. One of our ads now has some special meaning for us…

We’re honoured to have had one of Cape Breton’s funniest talents featured as both protagonist and antagonist in one of our Christmas ads from 2011.

 

Best known for his role as General John Cabot Trail of the Cape Breton Liberation Army (CBLA,) Harley died in November after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

 

He performed at the Halifax Comedy Festival, on TV with CBC’s Royal Canadian Air Farce, has been featured on CBC Radio’s Madly Off In All Directions, and took the stage of banquet halls and taverns throughout the Maritimes.

 

Harley was from Sydney Mines, where he had lived in recent years. He was in his early 60’s.

 

Thanks Dave!

 

Now playing through the Christmas season on 101.9 The Giant.

 

Have a listen…let us know what you think.

 

Christmas Ad Featuring Dave Harley

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Murray snags bronze

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Cape Breton was represented this weekend at the Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival in Rhode Island. FrameWork Racing Team’s, Daniel Murray of Dingwall, raced to a podium finish on day 2, picking up the bronze medal in the Category 4 Men’s division. There were over 900 athletes from all over North America, racing at this event. Categories range from junior 10-14 year olds up to the Elite Pro Men and Women.


Cyclo-Cross is a relatively new sport in the cycling world where athletes use specially designed race bikes to compete on dirt track courses that have obstacles and other challenges throughout the course. Races are relatively short, usually 30 to 45 minutes of flat out action around a narrow winding track of dirt, mud, fences and stairs. Cyclo-Cross is a highly visual event perfect for spectators and designed to fill the gap between the end of the road race season and the beginning of the winter sports season. The Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival draws 3000 spectators per day for the 2-day event. For more information on this event goto http://providencecrossfest.com/about-pcf/