NEWS & PRESS
The Path Bike Shop In The News
May 1, 2012 - It's contest time with the Orange County Register! Please show your Path love and vote for us as Best Bike Shop in Orange County. We'd sure appreciate it!
Contest ends May 31, 2012.
March 31, 2012 - The Path Bike Shop was featured in the February/March 2012 issue of Bicycle Dealer Magazine. Not only did we get a nice feature, which included an interview with The Path Bike Shop owner Tani Walling, but we also made the cover!
The article talks about the humble beginnings of the shop, the services we offer, and about how we are able to still be in business in a tough economic time where local bike shops are struggling and online bicycle retailers are thriving.
Bicycle Dealer Magazine is a national publication and a standard in the bicycle industry, so we were quite honored with such a feature in their magazine.
Here's the entire 2-page article in Bicycle Dealer Magazine.
January 17, 2012 - More Orange County XC mountain bike races are in the works for the 2012 race season!
lineup for 2011 Okole Stuff Cup RaceTani (President of The Path Bike Shop) met with Ron from Enduro Stuff earlier this week. It looks like The Path Bike Shop and Enduro Stuff will be presenting even more awesome Orange County XC mountain bike races this year.
Between the Enduro Stuff races, the Warrior's Society events, and the Over the Hump MTB Race Series, Orange County is becoming a hot spot for XC mountain bike racing.
Last year was the start of great things to come in the newly opened world of XC mountain bike racing in Orange County. Last year's Okole Stuff Cup at Irvine Regional Park and the Enduro Stuff Challenge in San Juan Capistrano were huge successes, and just the start of a fantastic future that's now in the works.
Watch the Enduro Stuff Events page, The Path Bike Shop Upcoming Events page, and The Path Bike Shop blog for more info. Sign up for our email list for updates.
October 26, 2011 - Our own Darrin "Crash" Maxwell was featured on the Kona Bicycles website! He talked to Kona about his annual Push-A-Kona ride, now in it's 8th year. Here's the article from Kona.
Push-A-Kona – Long Live Long Rides On Big Bikes
Darrin Maxwell from Orange County’s The Path Bike Shop organizes a hard core backcountry ride every year called Push-a-Kona. This is his 8th year doing it. It’s a treacherous route, has a bike weight limit (long travel bikes only) has a great turn out and a lot of involvement. Here’s an explanation of the motivation behind the event from the man himself. This year’s Push-A-Kona goes December 3rd. And oh yeah, you’re allowed to NOT ride a Kona, if you have to.
“The reason I do this ride every year has become very clear to me. It brings out riders of all kinds; friends that I have made over the years, XC guys, single speeders and DH’ers. All of them are just plain ol’ MTB’ers like me. How did this start, you may ask? Well, let me tell ya a little story…
I got my first Kona from The Path Bike Shop, back in 2001, after bending and breaking an assortment of different bikes. It was a Kona Bear. Four inches of sweet pedaling, do anything, travel! I built this bike up sweet, with not-so-light, but very sturdy parts. I think it weighed somewhere in the 34 pound range. Over the next couple of years I participated in local endurance events. Then I completely got hooked on longer back country rides – most with hike-a-bike sections and all with steeper than normal descents. Along with the progression of my riding, came moving up with frame travel. First, a Kona Coiler Deluxe, then, my complete all-mountain dream bike! My 2004 Kona Stinky Deluxe! I pedaled that bike everywhere!
Most of the “organized” endurance events were very XC oriented, with lots of fire road climbs, descents, and also a top dollar entrance fee. I thought, shoot, I’ll just put on my own ride! And Push-A-Kona was born! The spirit of the ride is to show up on a “do anything” bike. A bike that the rider is just as comfortable climbing to the top of the mountain for 2 hours, throwing up on a shoulder and hiking, then descending that mountain with whatever said mountain decides to throw at you! Steep and loose, drops, chunk, it’s all good FUN!”
September 7, 2011 - The Path Bike Shop was featured in the October 2011 issue of Bicycling Magazine in their featured article, "America's Best Bike Shops." Be sure to check it out, we're pretty stoked!
September 1, 2011 - The Path Bike Shop was honored to find out from the Orange County Register that we have been nominated for the 2012 Best Bike Shop in Orange County! The OC Register came and took some photos around the shop. We know that we have been nominated, but results will not be released until mid-September 2011. We only know that we've placed either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. We'll post the results once they've been released!
March 31, 2011 - The Path Bike Shop has been named the BEST Bike Shop on the CityVoter OC HOTLIST for 2011! Thanks for keeping us #1 on the OC Hotlist for three straight years. We couldn't make it happen without all our fantastic customers.
The CityVoter OC HOTLIST is a contest where YOUR votes are all that matter in determining the BEST. Vote for your favorite businesses and show your support by spreading the word. You'll impact the contest and earn rewards along the way.
March 9, 2011 - The League of American Bicyclists has awarded The Path Bike Shop a Bronze designation for the Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB) program!
The League of American Bicyclists made the Spring 2011 BFB official announcement during the National Bike Summit hosted in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011. 55 new Bicycle Friendly Businesses from restaurants to law firms received awards at this year’s summit.
Efforts to welcome and support bicycling can be as simple as offering secure bike parking or organized rides to get folks together on bikes. Businesses across the country are seeing that there is a good return on investment in promoting bicycling in the workplace including improved morale and health, reduced parking costs and promoting a healthy and sustainable lifestyle to customers and employees.
Promoting bicycling is a simple solution to many challenges we face as a nation - improving sustainability, physical activity and quality of life. The League of American Bicyclists’ Bicycle Friendly America program has helped communities, businesses, states and now universities improve conditions for bicycling, creating the types of places where people want to live, work and visit.
The League of American Bicyclists promotes bicycling for fun, fitness and transportation, and works through advocacy and education for a bicycle-friendly America. The League represents the interests of America's 57 million bicyclists, including its 300,000 members and affiliates. For more information or to support the League, visit www.bikeleague.org
See the League of American Bicyclists official press release here.
April 7, 2010 - We won again!!! 1st place on the MyFoxLA Hotlist (now known as the OC Hotlist). We are thrilled to be named the #1 Best Bike Shop in Orange County for the 2nd year in a row. Thanks to all who voted for us!
February 15, 2010 - The Path Bike Shop's own Denis Kremenetskiy is featured in a 2-page spread entitled "Cycle Therapy" in the Orange Coast magazine February 2010 issue.
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July 17, 2009 - The Path Bike Shop opens a new chapter in its history this week...
The Path Bike Shop has expanded and moved from its current location to the area just next door. It's the same building, just next door to the old shop. We have been working diligently on the new shop during the past month. Tani and crew stayed until the wee hours of the morning last Saturday to get the last of the inventory set up so we could officially get the new shop open for business.
April 1, 2009 - The Path Bike Shop was named the #1 Best Bike Shop in Orange County for 2009 on the MyFoxLA Hotlist (now known as the OC Hotlist). Thanks to all of our loyal customers for making it happen!
July 30, 2008 - The Path Bike Shop was featured today on the local morning show Daybreak OC on KDOC-TV. The footage featured Karl, one of our managers, and several of our mechanics in action. The focus of the story is how the changing economy is increasing the use of bicycles for people in their everyday lives.