The 5th annual New Paltz Bike Swap is Saturday May 5th 2012 at the New Paltz Middle School from 10AM to 2PM. The swap is a great place to get amazing deals on new and used bikes, bike parts, apparel, bags and vintage bike items. The swap has dozens of vendors and hundreds of participants.

There will be awesome stuff for all types of cycling: mountain, road, BMX, fixie, commuters and kids. If you like riding bikes come to the swap to get amazing deals or sell your bikes and bike parts.

The swap has FREE admission for everyone. The public is welcome. Arrive early for the best selection (doors open at 10 AM).

Anyone can sell at the Bike Swap. It's easy.

Step 1 - Bring your items to the swap. Volunteers will help you tag and price each item. 20% of the sale price is taken as a fund raiser for the bike club. Please price your items accordingly.

Print and complete this form if you would prefer to tag your items before arriving at the swap.

Step 2 - Return between 1 and 3 PM to pickup un-sold items and funds for your sold items.

Seller rules:

• 20% of the sale price is taken as a fund raiser for the bike club. Please price your items accordingly.
• Check in starts at 9 AM the morning of the swap.
• If you have more than 15 items please contact Pete (email embracexs at yahoo.com) to arrange an early item check in.
• Items are displayed on communal tables where similar items are displayed (forks together, bike parts together, etc). If you are a large volume seller please bring your own tables and chairs. You will not be allowed to display more than 30 items unless you arrange an early check in.
• Bikes will be stored outside under an easy-up. No bikes are allowed in the Middle School gym. No bikes are allowed to be brought into the building.
• Items left after the swap closing time of 3 PM are considered a donation to the club and will not be returned.
• Price your items to sell. Buyers are looking for deals and a low price greatly increases the chances of items selling.
• After your items are tagged and on the floor, you can leave. Please return no later than 2 PM to pickup items. Or you can stay at the swap to answer questions about your merchandise.
• People selling bicycles can answer questions and help sellers in the bike area located outside of the Middle School. Volunteers will also help buyers find bikes they like.
• 20% of the sale price is taken as a fund raiser for the bike club. Please price your items accordingly.

The swap is in at the New Paltz Middle School less than 1 mile from the New York Thruway Exit 18.

Parking for the swap is along Lincoln Place (Left off 299 onto Rt. 32 South, one block on left). Please do not park in the Parking Lot on Rt. 299 due to the parade which starts from that lot at 2 PM.

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The New Paltz Bike Swap is a fundraiser for the Fats in the Cats Bicycle Club. We are a Hudson Valley based not for profit group with the mission to promote cycling advocacy, trail building, trail maintenance, and community service. We have hundreds of members throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley, with most living in Ulster and Duchess Counties. We partner with many land managers in the region to build and maintain multi-use trails including NYS DEC, Scenic Hudson, Winnakee Land Trust, and Woodstock Land Conservancy. We have worked with OSI to purchase additional land in Kingston to be added to the Bluestone Wild Forest, and are primary sponsors (along with our sister group GUMBA) of the Minnewaska Mountain Bike Festival at Lake Minnewaska State Park held in May. We also give away dozens of bikes to needy kids in Kingston every holiday season.

We lobby for cycling legislation from New York State, County and local governments. We work with policy makers to keep trails open for bikes and road safe for cyclists.

The club has land stewardship agreements with NYS DEC, and we maintain over 100 miles of singletrack and double track trails at Bluestone Wild Forest, Onteora Lake, and Taconic Herford MUA.

The bike club is partnering with Scenic Hudson to plan and install a trail system at Illinois Mountain in Highland, NY. Our members have been trained by the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and have hosted the IMBA Trail Care Crew in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

Get involved and join the club. It's just $15/year and you get discounts at local shops and your support helps your local cycling culture prosper.

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