Best Bike Shop
Posted by admin on Jul 17 2013 - 12:44pm

A big THANK YOU to all our loyal fans for once again voting us Best Bike Shop in the East Bay Express Best of the East Bay survey! 

We are honored to have been your favorite neighborhood bike shop for 40 years, and we hope to be doing it for at least 40 more! <3

Bikes in Berkeley Fest
Posted by admin on Apr 17 2013 - 1:47pm

Join us on Saturday at the East Bay Bicycle Coalition's Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new West Street Pathway, followed by a community ride to the Bikes in Berkeley Fest at Washington Elementary from noon to 5 pm.

Tons of family-friendly events are planned, including bike decorating, a bike swap, trivia contests, tune ups, bike blenders, and much more! Don't miss it! The Missing Link will be contributing our mechanical services to make sure all the bike swap kids' bikes are in tip top shape.

EBBC is also offering a Family Cycling Workshop starting at 10 am. This workshop is for kids who are able to ride a bike and ready to ride on the roadways with their parents. Parents and kids must attend together and should bring their own bikes and helmets. Each child receives a free red blinky light for participating! Register for this class here.

Filmmakers' Documentary About Worker Co-operatives Featured on Bill Moyers Website
Posted by admin on Mar 24 2013 - 11:16pm

On Bill Moyers website, columnist Theresa Riley interviews filmmakers Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young, who have released a documentary film called "Shift Change"

You can read the interview here:

http://billmoyers.com/2013/03/22/how-worker-owned-companies-work/

Fall/Winter Hours Begin Monday, October 8th
Posted by admin on Oct 7 2012 - 5:06pm

We will be starting our Fall/Winter hours on Monday, October 8th

Annex and Store hours are: M-F 10-6, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-6

 

Closed For Labor Day
Posted by admin on Aug 31 2012 - 5:11pm

The Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative will be closed for the Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 3rd. We will reopen Tuesday, September 4th at our normal weekday hours of 10am-7pm. Happy labor Day!!

New Missing Link Wool Jerseys are in!!!
Posted by admin on Feb 27 2012 - 4:11pm

Earth, Wind, and Rider made these sweet new embroidered Jerseys for us!!! In stock and available in XS through XXL sizes!!

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Holiday Hours on Monday
Posted by admin on Jan 11 2012 - 2:09pm

We will be open 11 am - 5 pm Monday, January 16, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Caltopia "Big Wheel of Fortune" Winners announced!
Posted by admin on Aug 26 2011 - 10:39am

Congradulations to the winners of the $50 and $100 gift certificates from our wheel of fortune game at Caltopia.

The $50 gift certificate winner is Ava Vakili, and the $100 winner is Natalia Miano.

Missing Link will be at AbshwdD* in Petaluma on Sunday, June 26th from 11am-5pm
Posted by admin on Jun 23 2011 - 10:22pm

  The Missing Link will host a booth at Bruce Gordon's AbshwdD (Another Big Stinkin' Handbuilt Whoop de-Doo).

Look for our fine new tent with the Link logo on it and a whole bunch of stuff on sale. Hope to see you there!

Berkeley Cub Scouts learn about bikes
Posted by admin on May 11 2011 - 4:19pm

Spent an evening getting to know the boys of Berkeley Cub Scouts Pack 30, Den 4 last night.  The Missing Link hosted the kids at our repair shop for a demonstration on basic bicycle maintenance, including flat tire repair.  I'm a father myself and we're definitely a cycling family.  My kids spent a lot of time at the Missing Link when they were younger, where their mom works, too!  We've both been active in working with schools and other organizations, like the Cub Scouts, to get more kids on bikes by giving them the skills they need and creating a safer environment for them to ride.  Anyway, the kids last night were great.  They seemed really interested and I think they learned a lot - although since they ARE ten-year-old boys, there was a certain amount of snickering (for example, every time I said the word "nut"!).
- Bill Sparks

Cyclocross past and present
Posted by Anonymous on Nov 28 2010 - 6:00pm

With the 2001 cyclocross season on thew way, I thought it appropriate to share a couple of links to an article which ran on the Velonews Competitor site recently about the origins of Bay Area cyclocross here, and to a video passed on by a friend of mine taken during the early, early days of cross here.

I thought it might also be an opportunity to plug our own Missing Link sponsored team. After re-formin in 2010, the Missing Link / 3rd Rail Team will again field a 15-20 person team to compete primarily in the discipline of Cyclocross. We have Elite, Masters and Jr. team members. 2010 Sponsors included The Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative, Pizzaiolo, Catahoula Coffee, Stevens Bikes, Giro, Easton, Beljum Budder & CheFlandria Gaufre Waffles.

2011 Team TBA

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ml3rdrlcx/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veDEfrKNWbw
http://www.cheflandriaswaffles.com/
http://pizzaiolooakland.com/
http://catahoulacoffee.com/

2010 NCNCA District Championships, Reno, NV
Elite Women
Emily Thurston 3rd Place
45+ Mens B's
Max Thompson 1st Place
Jimbei Suzuki 2nd Place
35+ Mens B's
Jesse Freese
1st Place

Welcome to our revised website!
Posted by admin on Oct 17 2010 - 1:04am

Welcome to our revised website. We've made lots of changes and upgrades.

Join our community as a registered member to receive regular discount codes and to access our super-special Missing Link Networking Groups, Discussion Forums, and newsletter.

 

Website Revamp Underway
Posted by monicadear on Oct 5 2010 - 11:00am

 

Thanks to the UC Berkeley journalism students for this great website about the Missing Link.

http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/workshops/projects/77/show/