Milton resident and mountain bike enthusiast Joe Sloane will be giving presentations at the upcoming opening celebration a  new LL Bean store in Dedham.

The new L.L.Bean, one of the anchor stores at the new Legacy Place (web site here) is opening July 24th and will hold events all that week end (L.L.Bean web site here).

Joe will be giving a presentation “Great Local Mountain Bike Rides” every half hour from 7:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, July 24th. Sloane is a member of the New England Mountain Biking Association. He was awarded the L.L.Bean outdoor hero award last year for his dedication to preserving the outdoors. Joe was instrumental in establishing the Trailwatch program, a program that promotes safe and cooperative  trail use at the Blue Hills. (read more here.)

So join Joe and share his passion at L.L.Bean. It’ll be fun!