Highland MTB park has a little bit of everything for everyone. A lot of places say this but Highland actually delivers. They have everything from technical downhill trails to pump tracks and everything in between. Highland has been designed to be a fully featured park for everyone, not just experienced riders. They strive very hard to make the park enjoyable for riders as their skills progress and become more advanced during their riding at the park over time. For more details and photos go to Sicklines.com

I can't wait to go check it out…road trip anyone?

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The Maine Office of Tourism has published a handy book of  33 “bike friendly” routes that cover the entire State.

With its beautiful scenery, bike-friendly roads and shared-use paths, Maine is a great place to cycle. In the mountains, along the coast, through the woods and over the beautiful byways in between, cyclists of all ages and skill levels find that cycling in Maine is a great experience.

MaineDOT has published all of the Maine bike tours in a handy book. The book includes:

• 33 Loop Bicycle Tours
• Turn-by-Turn Directions with Tear-Out Pages
• Multiuse Trails
• East Coast Greenway & Downeast Sunrise Trail
• Mountain Biking Rides
• Bicycle/Pedestrian Trails
• Safety Tips
• Point of Interest
• Historic Sites
• and more!

The Bike Book is available at our Maine Visitor Centers across the state. Visit our Visitor Center page for locations and contact information.

We have several Models set-up and ready to try in our Farmingdale location. If you would like to try one out in our Oakland location, just give us a call and we can have one there the next day for you to ride.  We are currently stocking the ViaRapido and ViaLento models.  Both of these eBikes offer iZips PAS-TAG electric assist system. PAS stands for pedal assist and TAG is Twist and Go(requires no pedaling). Depending on the model you have and the way you use it, they can achieve a range of 15-22 Miles.

The ViaLento has 26" wheels and is the model designed with the recreational rider in mind. It offers a foot forward design allowing you to get your feet comfortably on the ground and allows for a very casual upright riding position. It uses a Lead-Acid battery system that allows a top speed of 15 mph and a range 15-20 miles. You can add a 2nd battery and double your distance.

The ViaRapido has 700c wheels and is designed with commuters and sport riders in mind. It uses a Lithium-Ion Battery that weight about 1/2 of the Lead-Acid battery on the ViaLento, offers 3-4 more times the number of lifetime charges, and will go up to speeds of 22mph and distances up to 22 miles on a single charge.
 

Central Maine Chapter of New England Mountain Bike Association

Two of these guys are riding Pugsley Snow Bikes make by Surley. If you are interested in one for yourself, unfortunately, you will have to get in line. The company is sold out until sometime in March so you should be planning for late season snow riding or for next winter.

If you want to "get in line" come on in to our Oakland or Farmingdale stores and we will help you out.

A Beautiful Central Maine Bike Ride Route

One of the challenges of riding a bike in Maine is to find good routes to ride that other cyclists have previously enjoyed. There are endless great ride options available but it is difficult to sit down with a map and find a route that is “Cyclist Friendly”. You don’t know if the roadway is falling apart or if it is so narrow it isn’t safe or comfortable to ride. Unless you have a topographical map you have no idea what kind of terrain you will encounter. And no map can tell you what kind of traffic to expect on your ride.

We would like to compile a list of  “user generated” ride resources for great bike rides in Central Maine so this is the beginning.

I recently “Stumbled Upon” such a resource, and I do mean “StumbleUpon” literally. Check out Stumbleupon.com some time. It’s a cool site where you can find categorized web content that millions of users have “voted on”. So for instance you can “stumble” cycling and be shown sites that cycling enthusiasts have voted for to say they are worthy of a visit.

So the first site discovered is the pedaling.com ride finder. You can drill down your search by country, state, and region to fine tune your results. If you use the “advanced search” options you can also select ride distance, hills, and traffic.

My search for “Central Maine” generated a list of 20+ rides.

If you know of a great ride resource please comment below and let us know so we can share it!

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Vision Fitness E3200 Fitness Bike

Now that the sun is setting earlier and earlier all but the die hard riders who go out with their lights are severely limited as to when they can ride outside. With the shorter days comes cooler weather as well so what can you do to keep up your fitness for the long cold Maine winter?

Set yourself up at home with a shiny new piece of Fitness Equipment or two from yours truly!

We have treadmills, ellipticals, exercise bikes, and home gym equipment to fit everyone’s needs. Come on into either store and take a look. Heck, come in ready to try one out. We have models set-up and available for you to get on and see how they feel.

If you like it simple, no bells and whistles, we can do that! If you want all of the latest features and tons of different available options, we can do that too!

Why not come on in and get set-up for winter today?

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This photo was taken Tuesday October 19th at the site of the future new Mathieu’s Cycle & Fitness located at 727 Maine Ave. in Farmingdale, Maine.  You can see that compared to the previous image, there has been a lot of site work completed, and the concrete slab has been poured!

Before you know it we will be getting the walls up and then it will really look sweet.

This new store will make it much easier for customers to test ride bikes as well as having much more floor space to display our bikes and fitness equipment. For our customers coming from Augusta, Hallowell, Manchester and surrounding towns we will be closer for you as well.

Be sure to check back soon to see the progress we have made.