Buying Online vs. Your Local Bike Shop Mike O’Connell, Owner of Spark BRS This topic comes up quite a bit and has been mentioned several times in our customer survey. It is a battle that started when Al Gore invented the internet… and it’s not going away any time soon. As a store [...]
2012 Specialized Roubaix: It Keeps Getting Better Three consecutive wins at Paris-Roubaix demonstrate that smoother is faster. On the cobbled roads of northern France or the country roads of your favorite Gran Fondo, the Roubaix is true to its namesake, delivering stability, efficiency, and high performance for longer rides or rougher roads. What [...]
2012 Specialized TriCross Whether exploring local singletrack treasures, commuting to work, or touring the coast with fully-laden panniers, the Tricross provides the freedom to roam wherever you please—pavement, gravel, dirt, your first ‘cross race, you name it. The real world has ever-changing terrain, so it’s important to have a light, yet durable bike that [...]
Group Road Riding Tips With charity rides, group rides, and road races well under way; many riders are still asking how to ride within a group correctly. Well, correctly, safely, and efficiently. It’s important to remember that safety comes first. In order for the group to ride safely together everyone must ride only [...]
2012 Specialized Carve 29 For riders who love to tear up flowy singletrack but don’t have the cash flow to upgrade to a Stumpjumper HT, the brand-new Carve is an ideal, high-value substitute. These riders mostly ride for fun and adventure, but will occasionally jump into an XC race, so they seek efficiency, comfort, [...]
Randall whips the smallest triathlon bike ever made. Spark custom built this for an 8 year old Tweet






