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		<title>THE QUICK RELEASE &#8211; JULY 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy July!
Here at the Cool Bike Shop we are up to our ears in the season. Lotsa rides, lotsa folks pickin&#8217; out new bikes, having work done on their current ones, finding reasons to stop by, hang out or go for a ride. And that&#8217;s pretty much what it&#8217;s all about , huh? As per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JDRF &amp; VCC &#8211; what&#8217;s the deal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ You won&#8217;t hang around the shop (or this website) for long before runnin&#8217; into the letters JDRF. Here&#8217;s the scoop &#8211; &#8220;JDRF&#8221; stands for the &#8220;Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation&#8221;, our favorite non-profit. The JDRF Ride Program uses our favorite device (the bicycle) to do one of our favorite things (make the world a better place). Since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/vcc/jdrf-vcc-whats-the-deal/</link>
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		<title>Other Rides</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got stuff goin&#8217; on that doesn&#8217;t exactly fit into the &#8220;Weekly Ride&#8221; catagory or the &#8220;Shut Up &#38; Ride Club&#8221; so you&#8217;ll find that kinda thing here!
Danielle&#8217;s Dirt Rides happen every other Monday Night @ various trail areas. She&#8217;s a pro mountainbike racer (and a nationally ranked one @ that!) but even more important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/events/other-rides/</link>
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		<title>Alex Slikkers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alex is back after a summer &#8220;away&#8221; and we&#8217;re glad to have him. He&#8217;s kind of grown up around the shop and you&#8217;ll see him on the Tuesday Night Ride as well as on his mountainbike.
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		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/the-staff/alex-slikkers/</link>
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		<title>Cathy &#8220;Kaat&#8221; Tahy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We first met Kaat about 16 months ago when she showed up for a November night ride. At that time she was b-a-r-e-l-y a cyclist a&#8217;tall but since then she has purchased 4 bikes,  ridden at least 15 centuries, raced (and often placed) in the Pando 12 Hour, Barry-Roubaix, State Cyclo-Cross championships, Fisk Knob, Lumberjack 100, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/the-staff/cathy-kaat-tahy/</link>
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		<title>Keith Walker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another teacher! Keith&#8217;s been hanging around for years so we finally put him to work. His &#8220;real job&#8221; is Band Director for Z.H.S and he&#8217;s got some weird notion that trumpet players are better&#8217;n other musicians. He&#8217;s a fan of the 24 Hour Challenge and a commited &#8220;roadie&#8221;. He and Dana and the fam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/the-staff/keith-walker/</link>
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		<title>Seminars and Classes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the season we offer seminars on Basic Bike Stuff such as changing flat tires, chain maintenance and such. As of this writing (6/29/10) we don&#8217;t have anythng scheduled but we&#8217;re open to suggestions as to what you&#8217;d like to have us offer. Watch our FaceBook page as well &#8211; we often add them to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/events/seminars-and-classes/</link>
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		<title>Shut up and Ride Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Announcing&#8230;&#8230;.the &#8220;Shut Up &#38; Ride Club&#8221;. Our latest project!
For years now around the shop we&#8217;ve referred to a certain type of customer as a member of the &#8220;Shut Up &#38; Ride Club&#8221;. Always meant in a postive way, it refers to someone that&#8217;s more interested in rackin&#8217; up the miles than cleaning their bike or worrying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/events/shut-up-and-ride-clug/</link>
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		<title>Alan Martens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone that  has spent any time around the active/athletic community here in West Michigan is likely to recognize the quick laugh and extensive Hawaian shirt collection of one of our latest additions to our staff.  During his stints w/ Gazelle Sports and Running Circles Alan has picked up an extensive knowlege of footwear and biomechanics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/the-staff/alan-martens/</link>
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		<title>October Quick Release Newsletter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[







THE QUICK RELEASE
An Electronic Newsletter from Velo City Cycles
October, 2009








Hey! So &#8211; October already huh? How did that happen? Well &#8211; it&#8217;s okay (it&#8217;s even more than okay) &#8216;cuz there&#8217;s lots of cool bike stuff going down &#8217;round these parts in October! Read on for a Bike Show Report, news of rides, races and events, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.velo-citycycles.com/news/october-quick-release-newsletter/</link>
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