Passion Trail Bikes

04/02/2026

Volunteer on an adventure with a purpose! They Bay Area Ridge Trail is on a search for MTB bike leads for Ridge to Bridge on Saturday, April 18th

Food and a sweet RT denim cap are provided to all volunteers. Help ensure rider safety as you guide them through the beautiful and challenging Marin headlands.

If you're available, please send a note to Natalia Cortes at [email protected]

Ride Details
Ride Start Location: Fort Baker, Sausalito CA
Lead Arrival Time: 8:30am
Ride Departure Time: 9:30am
Mileage: 28 miles
Elevation: 4.8k ft
Route: All Trails | RWGPS
Group Size: 10

02/23/2024

In today's RideFox newsletter, a vintage picture of Bob Fox looking very much like a younger, fitter version of Wagner Moura's Pablo Escobar. Happy 50th anniversary everyone!

06/06/2022

Ok, who are the knuckleheads who nominated Passion for this? Honored to have a the accolades for a store that closed five years ago, but if I want the plaque I have to pay $200.

We are happy to announce that Passion Trail Bikes has been selected as the Winner for the 2022 Best of Belmont Awards in the category of Sporting Goods. Notice to other winners in Belmont is happening over the next few weeks. The entire list of winners will be posted on our website after all recipients have been contacted.
The Belmont Award Program purpose to support and offer public recognition of the contributions of businesses and organizations in and around Belmont. It is your option to have us send you one of the 2022 Awards that have been designed for display at your business. As an Award recipient, there is no membership obligation. We just ask each Award recipient to pay the cost of their awards. The revenue generated by the Belmont Award Program helps to pay for local business support and partnership programs.

There are several award types, sizes and shipping options. We can also supply you with a digital award image, made during the award production process, at no extra charge for use on your website or social marketing.

08/05/2020

https://ridgetrail.org/loveyourwatershed/

  Learn more about the project, then voice your support with an email by Monday, August 10. An email template can be found here.   THE PROJECT: Southern Skyline Ridge Trail The San Francisco Public Read full story

01/30/2020

Whether you're in favor of the construction of a pump track in Belmont, or opposed to it, consider showing up at the Park n Rec Commission meeting at 7pm on Wednesday February 5 and saying a few words, or just pat the backs of a few other folks who speak out that evening.

02/13/2019

Facebook isn't the place I've been posting anything about the recent goings on in my garage. Not that I have been posting much at all, but when some project bike or bike part moves me or catches my eye, I might post it up over here:
https://www.instagram.com/passiontrailbikes/
And I'm still building some mighty fine wheels here with a few tools I couldn't part with.

269 Followers, 131 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Passion Trail Bikes ()

09/06/2017

For a small business on the Peninsula, attempting to pay a living wage is an impossible battle. Plenty of folks used to be able to live here on blue collar or laborers salaries. Its increasingly rare that they can anymore.
https://howmuch.net/articles/where-the-working-class-can-afford-to-live

Illustrating how much money is left at the end of the year for a typical American Working-Class family

04/28/2017

There are no photos of this bike complete and unridden. It was built in a bit of hurry so I could do one Wednesday Wride on it before packing it into the truck with the rest of the gear and family, destination Moab. In fact, this bike is still under construction as I wait on a brown leather saddle and decide if that Race Face bar is too bright for the rest of the graphics.
The graphics, by the way, come from the amazing dudes down at Stikrd.com in San Jose. I asked them to incorporate Passion's colors into an otherwise stock set of Ibis decals, and they went one step further by working Passion's wheel logo into the Fox for decals. I got exactly what I asked for, a bike that blends into my favorite trail environments.
The build isn't too fancy, but solid, quiet, simple and tailored for me. Loving it so far.

03/31/2017

There are no longer any repair stands in the building. Suitably, Peter Donahue's bike was the last bike to come out of a stand here. With no planning on my part, and unless I fire up the register once again tomorrow (later today?) Nigel was the last customer to be rung up here, also very appropriate as both of those guys were with me from before the beginning.

03/17/2017

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I need to be completely out of this building in exactly two weeks, the last day of March. I've made good progress selling off displays and fixtures and you guys have done pretty well with clearing Passion out of the finest bicycle parts and accessories known to man. What remains in the shop isn't really so fine anymore but it's priced accordingly. The display cases have found new homes so our wares are not so carefully arranged on whatever folding tables and scraps of plywood I could muster. I'm in the shop today til 6:30 and Saturday 9:00 to 6:00 and ready to try any ploy to convince you that these parts and clothing are better off in your house than in mine. My prices will never be lower than this weekend.

I'll spend Sunday with family and then return to Passion on Monday to begin boxing merchandise up and moving it out. My Summer plan involves Craigslist and Ebay sales for remaining overstock and a couple swap meets in the Fall. I'll be in the shop most of next week but with very unpredictable hours. Shoot me an email if you'd like to meet me at the shop, but your best bet is trying to get in here today or Saturday.

03/17/2017

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This week as we fret and fiddle with all of our clocks I get to provide the conflicting evidence that both nothing lasts forever and some things never change. You don't have to know me very well to see I am sentimental old fool who has trouble letting go of things particularly when they are things r...