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	<itunes:summary>Our new Bike Switzerland podcasts will cover everything related to our cycling tours, our crew and cycling in Switzerland. 
Episode 1: Top 10 reasons to Bike Switzerland</itunes:summary>
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		<title>May Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bike Switzerland Welcome Center is OPEN ! Man, I&#8217;ve been waiting for this moment for 8 years ! We&#8217;ve finally got our own place ! And it&#8217;s not just anyplace, it&#8217;s not a compromise. It&#8217;s perfect. The new &#8220;Welcome Center&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2012/05/may-newsletter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>April Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tour de Suisse: It&#8217;s &#8220;Official&#8221; Switzerland&#8217;s premier professional cycling event, &#8220;The Tour de Suisse&#8221; is partnering with Bike Switzerland this June to give cycling fans something new and original. Some quick highlights here: Ride the same roads as the pros &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2012/04/april-newsletter-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Work for Bike Switzerland</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of our staff from last year are returning. However, we&#8217;re always open to new collaborators. We&#8217;re therefore considering applications for the following positions: Bicycle Guide Van Driver To find out more information about these positions, follow this link.]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bike Switzerland Shop Preparation…when&#8217;s the party ? I&#8217;m not entirely sure, but of course you&#8217;re invited. We signed the lease on February 1st and so the windows at 22 Rue des Grottes are all ours ! At the moment, however, &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2012/02/newsletter-february-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>January 2012 Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our NEW permanent location! Bike Switzerland has finally found a permanent home. After years of wandering from shop to shop, we have finally signed a lease at a perfect location. Starting in March or April of 2012, you can find &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2012/01/january-2012-newsletter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletters/ December 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reserve now to keep 2011 prices Just a reminder that prices will be going up slightly on January 1st.  So, in order to lock in 2011 prices, you just need to get in a 600 chf deposit (per rider) to &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/12/newsletters-december-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter / October 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/10/newsletter-october-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special Price on guided tours until December 1st Anyone signing up for a guided tour before December 1st will receive 300 chf off any guided tour in 2012. This means that you&#8217;ll have to put down your 600 chf deposit &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/10/newsletter-october-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Special Price on guided tours until December 1st

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This means that you&#8217;ll have to put down your 600 chf deposit through our website (or b[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Special Price on guided tours until December 1st

Anyone signing up for a guided tour before December 1st will receive 300 chf off any guided tour in 2012. 
This means that you&#8217;ll have to put down your 600 chf deposit through our website (or bank transfer) before this date and we&#8217;ll deduct 300 chf from your final price.
Keep in mind that we&#8217;re only doing one of each of our tours in 2012, so spaces are tight.



New Clothing for 2011….in the works
We&#8217;ve hired a crew of designers to put together even more new offerings for 2011. 

We&#8217;re still not sure which ones will make the final cut, but here are a few of my favorite at the moment
These are not your ordinary &#8220;custom&#8221; jerseys. Most clubs, teams and companies simply have their designs printed on a standard jersey offered by the manufacturer.
Our jerseys, however, are designed stitch for stitch this year. This means that we&#8217;re able to add lots of cool details:
♦ Ventilated      side panels,
♦ Side      pockets
♦ Colored      piping at the seams
♦ Lasered      cut cuffs and waist for perfect fit



 
I&#8217;m going to Italy next month to film some of the manufacturing process so that you see just what we&#8217;re doing.
 We&#8217;re also working with several other manufacturers to introduce a line of Bike Switzerland helmets and gloves.
Oh, and ladies…we&#8217;re also going to get you some regular (non-bib) cycling shorts this year


New &#8220;Podcasts&#8221; and iPad/iphone compatible websites





Podcasts: We&#8217;re going to do our best to put out bi-weekly &#8220;podcasts&#8221;. You&#8217;ll be able to view them in a variety of ways: on our blog, on our youtube channel , and you&#8217;ll be able to download them through itunes and play them on your iphone and/or iPad devices. The podcasts will cover everything related to our tours, our crew and cycling in Switzerland. Our first podcast was released just yesterday. Here it is:

Ipad/Iphone compatible sites: Because our websites were designed using &#8220;Flash&#8221; technology, our cool animated pages don&#8217;t show up on your iphones or ipads. So, we&#8217;re in the process of re-doing our websites in HTML5. 
This means you&#8217;ll be able to surf our sites on your devices and enjoy a bunch of new features. The Bike Switzerland Rentals site should be done by November 1st and our new www.bikeswitzerland.com site by the end of the year !


 
Bike For Sale
Wow…we sold our bikes fast ! About 60 bikes in just three weeks. We hope everyone is happy, (no complaints so far).
Anyway, at one moment, I thought we were going to run out of bikes and so I took everything off our webshop. As it turns out, however, we do have a few models left.
We currently have one of each listed below:
2010 Alpen Challenge (used): 
590 chf + TVA (Retail price: 1,500 chf) / Sizes: 15 inch, 19 inch
2009 Alpen Challenge (used): 
490 chf + TVA (Retail price: 1990 chf) / Sizes: 15 inch, 17 inch

2011 Street Racer (used): 
1090 chf + TVA (Retail price: 1990 chf)/ Sizes: XL
2011 Street Racer (New): 
1,490 chf + TVA (Retail price: 1990 chf)/  Sizes: Small and Large
2011 Street Racer ULTEGRA (new): 
1,890 + TVA (Retail price: 2,490) / Sizes: XL


Stay tuned to upcoming blog posts for news about:
♦ Latest      news on our tour of Gran Canaria
♦ Latest      news on our Tour de Suisse tours
♦ New      Internship positions with us for the Spring and Summer 
♦ Our      final choice for our 2012 bikes
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		<title>Bike Switzerland News /August 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bike Switzerland 2012 Dates Don’t sit on the bench in 2012! Jura Tour: June 22 – July 3 Challenge Tour: July 10 – July 20 Lite Tour: August 10 – August 21 Why only three dates? We had five tour &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/08/bike-switzerland-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/04/april-newsletter-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Shop in Geneva: Doors open Although having a physical location is great for Bike Switzerland is great, there is one big disadvantage: the monthly rent ! The operation, however, has grown a lot over the last couple of years &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/04/april-newsletter-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>February 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/01/february-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bike Switzerland&#8217;s &#8220;Tour de Suisse&#8221; tour ! For years, people have been asking us to organize a trip around professional cycling&#8217;s annual Tour de Suisse . Afterall, there are many tour companies that offer similar tours following the Tour de &#8230; <a href="http://www.bikeswitzerland.com/blog/2011/01/february-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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