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March 8 – 9

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Schedule

2017 Seminar and Event Schedule

 

Saturday
Sunday

 

Seminar and Event Schedule for Saturday, November 4th

7:30AM

GoodMorning Philly – Pre-Show Road Ride

Start: Convention Center at Market Street. Click here for more info.

8:44AM

3rd ANNUAL BROMPTON BREAKFAST ROLL

Start: Amtrak 30th Street Station, 30th & Market Sts., gather at main info booth.

A ride just for Brompton Folder bike owners–includes free admission to the Philly Bike Expo. We’ll meet at 8:44 a.m. for a quick group photo, then ride at 9:01 SHARP. Easy-paced roll around Center City ends at the Philly Bike Expo right around opening bell, where our Brompton riding group will enjoy free admission AND secured valet bike parking inside the Convention Center. • Sponsored by Trophy Bikes. Reminder: this is a Brompton-only ride.

9:00AM-12:00PM

Seminar Room 125: CyclingSavvy

A CyclingSavvy Course will be held in conjunction with the Philly Bike Expo. No on-site registration; you must pre-register here. You can take either the entire 3-part course (spaces are limited), or the classroom session only.

Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling Ride

Starts at Art Museum Steps, ends at Philly Bike Expo. Click here for more info.

10:30AM-11:30AM

Seminar Room 123: Bicycles for Social Justice: How One Company is Making A Difference

Presented by Brandale D. Randolph, The 1854 Cycling Company

Seminar Room 124: The Future of Your Local Bike Shop

Steven LeBoyer, Panel Moderator, Owner, Savile Road, The Tailored Bicycle, Former Director, Serotta Fit Lab
Jay Tarrant, Industry veteran, Former Director of Retail Cannondale, Former General Manager Sids Bikes NYC
Pat Gore, QBP, Verge, North St. Bags, Ride 100%
Corey Piscopo, Moots
Shelly Salamon, Fairmount Bicycles

12:00PM-1:00PM

Seminar Room 123: Cyclist’s Journey: Four Stories on How They Got from There to Here

Presented by Janney Montgomery Scott and the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP)

Moderator: Ronnie Polaneczky, Metro columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News
Panelists: Karen Bliss, Kiera Smalls, Tamia Santiago and Michelle Lee

Seminar Room 124: Traditional Steel Bicycle Construction

Presented by Jamie Swan

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Earth vs. the Bike Thieves

Presented by Michael McGettigan, Trophy Bikes director

1:30PM-2:30PM

Seminar Room 123: How Team Rwanda Inspired a Culture of Cycling and Raised the Profile of African Cycling

Presented by Kimberly Coats

Seminar Room 124: Two disciplines. Two wheels. The University of Iowa Handmade Bicycle Curriculum

Presented by Steve McGuire, University of Iowa

Seminar Room 125: Yoga for Cyclists

Presented by Ruchama Bilenky, Certified Yoga Instructor and Therapist

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Bike Fitting

Presented by Happy Freedman – Bike Fitting Specialist, HSS Department of Rehabilitation, Prosthetics & Orthotics

CyclingSavvy Architectural Tour

From Rittenhouse Square to the Delaware: Philadelphia Historical Architecture Bike Tour. Led by Harold Karabell. 1:30 – 4:30 PM,
NE corner of Market & 12th St.

3:00PM-4:00PM

Seminar Room 123: Future Circuit Connections: How the Circuit’s Schuylkill River Trail and Chester Valley Trail will be extended and connected in Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties

Moderated by Sarah Clark Stuart, Executive Director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and Chair of the Circuit Coalition
Panelists: Joseph Syrnick, Henry Stroud and Dave Stauffer

Seminar Room 124: E-Bike Forum

Moderator: David Wilson, Firth & Wilson Transport Cycles
Panelists: Larry Pizzi, Raleigh Electric
Leonard Bonarek, Regional Planner, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Ted Wojcik, Ted Wojcik Custom Bicycles
Christy Jensen, Superpedestrian
Zachary Leon, Esq.

Seminar Room 125: Tandem 101

Presented by Mel Kornbluh, Tandems East

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Wheel Building, Rear Wheel

Presented by Dan Turner, Doylestown Bike Works

4:30PM-5:30PM

Seminar Room 123: Bikepacking Basics

Presented by Hillary Washburn, Ortlieb USA

Seminar Room 124: Wheel Technology

Panelists: Brian Roddy, Rolf Prima
Boyd Johnson, Boyd Cycling
Andy Tetmeyer, HED Cycling Products
Alec White, White Industries
Moderator: Tommy Barse, Cutlass Velo

Seminar Room 125: CyclingSavvy for Clubs & Racers

Presented by Gary Cziko, American Bicycling Education Association, CyclingSavvy

Seminar and Event Schedule for Sunday, November 5th

7:30AM

GoodMorning Philly – Pre-Show Road Ride

Start: Convention Center at Market Street. Click here for more info.

G.S. Landlords Ride

All cyclists are invited on a ride from the Art Museum, through Northwest Philadelphia and back to the convention center. Click here for more info.

8:00AM

Sunday CX’y, BIKE EXPO Edition: A Mixed Terrain Ride

Departing from the Italian Fountain behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Click here for more info.

9:00AM

Coffee in the Woods, Philly Bike Expo Sunday!

Meet up with Team Laser Cats at Bicycle Therapy (2211 South Street) to ride to Belmont Plateau, where we’ll enjoy woods trails and camp stove coffee! Click here for more info.

10:00AM

ArtBike! 2017

Meets at the Paintbrush/Plane Sculpture
Ends at the Bike Expo. Click here for more info.

10:30AM-11:30AM

Seminar Room 123: Rando Bikes: The Devil is in the Details

Presented by Jamie Swan

Seminar Room 124: History of the Schwinn Paramount

Presented by Richard Schwinn, Waterford Precision Cycles

Seminar Room 125: CyclingSavvy Lite

Presented by Mighk Wilson, American Bicycling Education Association, CyclingSavvy

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Wheel Building, Front Wheel

Presented by Dan Turner, Doylestown Bike Works

12:00PM-1:00PM

Seminar Room 123: Titanium Frame Design & Construction

Panelists: Nate Bradley, MOOTS
Mark Norstad, Paragon Machine Works
Brad Bingham, Bingham Built
Drew Guldalian, Engin Cycles
Eric Baar, The Ground Up Speed Shop
Mike Smith, No. 22 Bicycle Company
Gary Helfrich (formerly of Merlin Bikes) will be at the helm as moderator.

Seminar Room 124: Introduction to Bicycle finishes: Paint, Powder or Ceramic

Presented by Rhodes Walter, Groovy Cycleworks

Seminar Room 125: Yoga for Cyclists

Presented by Ruchama Bilenky, Certified Yoga Instructor and Therapist

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Earth vs. the Bike Thieves

Presented by Michael McGettigan, Trophy Bikes director

1:30PM-2:30PM

Seminar Room 123: The Invention of the Bicycle: Closing in!

Presented by David Herlihy, author of “The Lost Cyclist”

Seminar Room 124: The bicycle, a vehicular philosophy of simplification and meditation for the modern world

Presented by Benedict Wheeler, @ultraromance

Seminar Room 125: Women’s Cycling Apparel

Panelists: Chandel Bodner, RYB Denim
Debbie Baer,The Willary
Heidi Yakowski, WickedGirl Jerseys
Moderated by Barbara Kornbluh, Evelyn Hill Cycling

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Bike Fitting

Presented by Happy Freedman – Bike Fitting Specialist, HSS Department of Rehabilitation, Prosthetics & Orthotics

3:00PM-4:00PM

Demo Area, Booths 1076-1079: Lug Cutting

Presented by Doug Fattic

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