End of Season Offers

This post does exactly what it says on the tin:

For the bike trade, 2013 is well and truly upon us and that means we need to free up some showroom space from the last remaining 2012 bikes.

We have the following bikes available in the following sizes only:

Mondraker Dune R Large - was £2599 - Now £2199 

Mondraker Foxy R Medium - was £2599 - Now £2199 

Mondraker Factor Medium - was £2199 - Now £1849

Mondraker Tracker Large - was £1299 - Now £1099


Specialized Camber Comp FSR Large - was £1500 - Now £1249

Specialized Carve Comp 19" - was £1000 - £799


And we also have a couple of Ex-Demo Models available too.  These have been ridden but are in very good condition and come with full warranty:

Specialized Roubaix SL3 Ultegra 58cm, Ferrari Red - £3000 rrp.  Now £1999

Mondraker Foxy RR Large custom build with E.13 wheels and chain device, Fox 32 RLC QR15 Kashima fork, Formula R1 Racing brakes, Rockshox Reverb and Raceface finishing kit, 2x10 XT.  £5200 rrp. Now £2600 full bike or £900 frame only.

New Eddys

After a brief delay we've had some shiny new Merckx in to complete the lineup.

The award winning AMX-1 alloy bike at a more accessible £999 price point is in, as is the stunning EMX-3 Centaur at £2199 with Fulcrum racing wheels and campag Centaur carbon groupset.

Below is the new EMX-1 peleton.  Now, this frameset doesn't have the internal cable routing of the EMX-3 but it has the same CL+ full carbon layup, carbon fork, Shimano 105 shifting, Shimano wheels and FSA/Prologo finishing kit, and it's £1599 (I know, we cant quite believe it either)

We now have an EMX Test Bike available that you can book to ride too

Time for Time

There are certain companies that just have to forge their own path in pursuit of excellence.  Time is one of them.  Time produce boutique carbon fibre framesets in France using a very very controlled carbon process. Time weave their own carbon fibres and form them around wax moulds allowing better control of layup, wall thicknesses and voids.  There is no carbon fibre bike that rides quite like a Time.

The model below is the Fluidity S 'Black Label'; a bike described by Cycling Plus Magazine as: "The best sportive frame on the market" - http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-time-vrs-fluidity-12-45799

Book your test ride with us today

Pashleys are just nice

A lot has happened in such a small space of time, so much so that we haven't really had time to get stuff updated so there are a lot of updates coming at once!

First off, We've had our first delivery of Pashley.  Pashley are synonymous with British quality, having been handbuilt in Stratford-upon-Avon since 1926. www.pashley.co.uk

 

6 months in, what's going on?

As some of you might be aware we've really neglected the blog recently and we've found Facebook ( www.facebook.com/KineticCyclesWelwyn ) and Twitter ( @kineticbicycles ) an easier medium to quickly keep people up-to-date as oppsoed to long, rambling blog posts.

But enough of that....

So, it's a week shy of 6 months since we opened the doors and a lot has changed.  The stress and chaos of preparing a shop to open have been replace with the stress and chaos of a business that has grown far quicker than any of us anticipated.  We have had a fully booked workshop since the 2nd month and we've doubled our staff.  We've gone from an initial portfolio of 4 brands to a burgeoning portfolio that now includes Specialized, Ridgeback, Genesis, Pashley, Moda, Mondraker, Eddy Merckx, Yeti, Singular and Time, alongside clothing from Endura, Fox Racing and Pearl Izumi and quality accessories from the likes of GoPro, Brooks, Camelbak, Evoc to name but a very, very few.  And that's not to forget the BMX and scooter boys too!

So what's next?  Well, after a summer that lasted for about a fortnight we've got our first christmas to look forward to.  Alongside the traditional christmas trade, we're also going to be promoting a range of awesome stocking fillers, a christmas idea gift list and Emma is going to be putting together a cycling twist on the traditional Christmas Hamper.

On a non-festive note, we've got a swanky new website being built by our friends at www.lemongrassmedia.co.uk which will be going live in early October.  This will have a groovy news feed as well as info on us, our brands and an online booking system for the workshop.

As much of a cliche as it is, by liking us on facebook it provides an easier access point for information on what we've got going on, events and rides we will be holding and a viewpoint into the murky world of running a bike shop. - www.facebook.com/KineticCyclesWelwyn or Twitter @KineticBicycles

Cheers

Jon

Kinetic Cycles

Free Garmins

Yes, it's true, all you have to do is purchase a road bike at £2000 or over and receive a free Garmin Edge 500 GPS enabled computer.

Dont just attempt to beat your mates on Strava, but make sure you do with some new wheels!

Moda Strettos now in stock

We've been waiting a while but we've had the first of our Moda Stretto full carbon bikes in stock.

This model is equipped with full SRAM force including Carbon cranks, American Classic 420 Aero wheels and Barelli carbon finishing kit @£2199.00

Kinetic Cycles Welwyn Garden City, Stockists of Moda, Specialized, Genesis, Ridgeback, Singular and Mondraker

Kinetic Cycles Welwyn Garden City - Stockists of Moda

We're really excited about this, Kinetic Cycles has just taken delivery of our first shipment of bikes from British brand Moda . Moda bikes have been receiving rave reviews and the ride quality, specification and value for money truly has to be seen to be believed.

More to follow really soon.....

Mondraker Foxy RR Demo

A Work in Progress on our Mondraker Foxy RR Demo Bike.  Built with E.Thirteen XCX wheels - Custom Extruded Scandium Rims, 6 Pawl Engagement (instant Pickup), Through Axle Compatible, 1400g Trail Wheelset!  also featuring the new RaceFace Turbine and SixC Components.  This bike will be available to demo by appointment, as will the wheelset alone.

Spring Cleaning (pics, pics and more pics)

Well, despite the weather we've been run off our feet!  However, we've made time in our busy schedule to get the shop in order.  We're still adding brands and as such it'll constantly be evolving over time.

You can check out how things are looking at the moment on our facebook page http://on.fb.me/Jo277p

New Brands Ahoy

For anyone who has been a regular reader of the blog, you may well have noticed that we've been a bit slack on putting up posts over the last few days.  Well, it's not slackness, it's just the fact that we've been run off our feet all day every day.  However we've found some time in our days to take on some new brands.  We're pleased to announce that we've added Mondraker bikes to our portfolio of Mountain Bikes; Mondraker are one of the continent's biggest brands and are developing a real following in the UK with their range of performance suspension bikes including the World Cup winning Summum and gravity-enduro winning Dune.  The full range is available to view online at www.mondraker.com  A range of bikes should be in stock with us this week and we are also planning on building a very special Foxy (140mm travel) demo bike.

Alongside Mondraker we'd also like to point our that we are also stockists on RaceFace - Canadian component specialists, E.Thirteen - Innovative chainguides, wheels, cranks and more! and Evoc - Sophisticated Luggage.

All will be instore soon so keep checking back for updates.

Jon

New Website

Some of you may have noted that our previous website was terrible, worse than terrible, non-existent.  Now, however, it's slightly less terrible.  I've almost certainly coded something incredibly badly somewhere along the line and we will of course keep adding to it as the days progress.

Happy trails, hope the rain doesn't dampen too many people's spirits, summer is almost here, I promise!

All the colours - Lovely Fox Clobber

The heavy downpours of the last 48 hours can tell us two things:

Firstly Veolia Water's rain dance is clearly working and more importantly; Summer is almost here!

What better way to cheer one's self up than with some lovely spring/summer clothing?

We've just taken delivery of even more clothing from those lovely people at Fox.  It's not just the usual raft of technical riding clothing, oh no! We've been asked by a number of people if we're going to be offering any casual clothing, so we have obliged.

In addition to Riding Jerseys, Gloves and Shorts, this week we've had a raft of tees, hoodies, shorts and accessories arrive for both men and ladies.  A small selection of which you can see below.

Pop in and take a look, we're sure you won't be disappointed.

Kinetic Cycles

2A Church Road

Welwyn Garden City

AL8 6NE

ZipVit offer! (free gels!)

ZipVit Sports Nutrition is used by some of the world's top athletes, including Cervelo Test Team and Team BMC, to celebrate their new range of products, we've got a great in-store offer, spend £10 on any ZipVit Nutrition products and receive 3 free Blackcurrant Energy Gels, spend £20 and receive 6, it really is that easy!

Turn This:

Into This:

Easy Peasy!

Dont forget to quote this offer at the till.  For details on the range, see www.zipvitsport.co.uk

A week on

So It's been a week since we opened our doors (well, 10 days to be precise) and how have we been? in a word, busy.  Our workshop has been kept on it's toes with a variety of repairs, we've had bikes going out the door and Fox MTB clothing is proving very popular, so popular I've just ordered a load more including casual shorts, tees and hoodies!, this should all be in stock by the weekend.

We've got a few workshop spots available for next week so if you have a bike in need of some TLC, give us a call on 01707 331373 or drop us a mail info@kineticcycles.co.uk

Jon

Easter Opening Times

Not the most exciting of posts this, but, there might be something more fun later.

Our Easter opening hours are as follows:

Good Friday: 9am - 6pm
Saturday 7th: 9am - 5:30pm
Easter Sunday: CLOSED
Easter Monday: CLOSED

kineticcycles.co.uk
01707 331373

Cyclescheming and pink detailing

Kinetic are happy to announce that from today onwards we are officially a partner store for Cyclescheme and are therefore able to offer tax free bikes for work.

for more information on the scheme, you can visit www.cyclescheme.co.uk or contact us on 01707 331373 to discuss your requirements.

The pink on the poster got me thinking, so here is some pink detailing on the new Singular Kite. I hope you like!

A pile of Singulars have arrived

A heap, a pile, a selection, call it what you will, we've had our first delivery of framesets from Singular.  Modern geometry, traditional themes.  We currently have a medium and large Swift and a medium Kite available.  The large Swift you see there is to be built into our very own demo bike and will be available to be ridden by appointment.

www.kineticcycles.co.uk

Kinetic Cycles - Welwyn Garden City

So, We're Open!

What a manic weekend.  Although we weren't technically going to open until next weekend we thought, as we had so much done, we'd open our doors a week early to gauge some public response, which was brilliant! Thanks for all the positive comments we have received it really does make a huge difference.  We're still learning our till system and as our PDQ machine still hasn't arrived (this should be rectified by the time you read this) there were a few gremlins we have ironed out.  The shop is looking a tad bare in places but we have more bikes, clothing and P&A arriving on a daily basis.

We're already taking workshop bookings, so if you have a need for servicing, please get in touch.

Our opening times are as follows:

Monday - Closed
Tuesday - 9am - 6pm
Wednesday - 9am - 6pm
Thursday - 9am - 8pm
Friday - 9am - 6pm
Saturday - 9am - 5:30pm
Sunday - 11am - 4pm

01707 331373

We're opening Saturday

We've had a couple of mails asking how things are progressing, and the answer is, thick and fast!

We've slapped a lot of white paint on the walls, put up some shiny racking and laid a lawn! (all will become clear).  Aside from all of this, we've got bikes due in tomorrow, 60 of the buggers! which (mostly) need building for saturday; fun and games.

I'm sure we'll get a chance to pop some photos up tomorrow, but in the meantime, put Saturday 31st March in your diaries as that's when we're open, by hook or by crook.