November 28, 2006

Adventure Cycling Presents Annual Sam Braxton Bicycle Shop of the Year Award

Missoula, Montana — Adventure Cycling Association, America's largest cycling organization, is pleased to announce the winner of its nationally recognized Sam Braxton Bicycle Shop of the Year Award. This award showcases how the business community can support active lifestyles ways that benefit all.

"The 2006 Bicycle Shop Award has been earned by Wheelworks bicycle shop in Belmont and Somer, Massachusetts,” said outreach and education coordinator Becky Douglas. “We are thrilled to be able to acknowledge Wheelworks for their incredible service and dedication to one of America’s most popular lifestyles – bicycling.”

If you’ve wanted to pedal that garage-lingering bicycle, but felt nervous about its road-worthiness – and more nervous about how a bike shop may laugh at its antiquity—then Wheelworks is a great place for you to visit. According to Jonathan Haar, a loyal Wheelworks customer, “John Allis dug up parts to resurrect our 30 year old Schwinn and Motobecane ‘city bikes’ without a snicker. He has guided us to good books in long distance biking and shared personal suggestions on trips to take. We have gone from raw novices to intermediates due to his kind guidance.”

And, if you want to leave the office behind and head for a life-changing experience on the open road, Wheelworks can help you get there. Wheelworks staff patiently and proficiently guides customers through the processes of gearing up, fitting bikes, and choosing routes. They are committed to helping people of all levels of experience travel by bicycle.

Adventure Cycling’s Bicycle Shop of the Year Award will be presented to Wheelworks in a special celebration at their Belmont store at 480 Trapelo Rd. in Waverly Square on Saturday, December 9th at 4 p.m. The ceremony will be led by Adventure Cycling Board member and Bicycle Coalition of Maine executive director Jeffrey Miller.

This award honors bike shops throughout the nation that go out of their way to provide unique services to bicycle travelers. A long-standing commitment in supporting bicycle travelers by providing touring equipment and gear, skilled mechanics, and great service are hallmarks to winning bicycle shop. The Bicycle Shop Award is named after Sam Braxton, who was part of the Bikecentennial fabric since the beginning and was a board member until his death in 1988.