Frank’s Cyclery, LLC, is a specialty retail bicycle sales and service company dedicated to offering the highest quality products and services to the cycling enthusiast. We are dedicated to fostering long-term relationships with our customers and take personal responsibility in helping them reach their cycling enjoyment. We aim to be the premier bicycle shop in the Triangle area with a nationally known service department that is second to none.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
[Weather] We are open today, Tuesday, February 2, from 10am until at least 5pm. If you plan on coming by between 5pm and 6pm this evening, please call before stopping by the store. The roads by Frank's house are still in bad shape, and he would prefer to drive home during daylight hours. Thanks for your understanding.
[New Store Hours] We apologize for the lack of posts and information over the past month and half. Frank has been busy with numerous custom builds since right before Christmas. Look for quite a few new posts in the coming week. On another note, we will be closing at 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday starting immediately. Over the past two years, we have seen a huge drop-off in the number of customers coming in between 6pm and 7pm especially at the beginning of the week. So, we have decided to close at 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday to help reduce our overall business expenses and give Frank a chance to get home before 8pm. We will still be able to offer appointments at any time after our normal operating hours when set-up in advance.
Tuesday-Wednesday 10-6
Thursday-Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-4
All Other Times By Appointment
If you have any questions or comments concerning our business operating hours, feel free to contact Frank via e-mail.
[Chris Cocalis of Pivot Interview] Here is a link to a Dirt Rag interview of Chris who is the founder and owner of Pivot Cycles as well a good friend of mine. The interview has some great information about the brand.
[Chris King InSets] We were one of the first shops in the country to get the new Chris King InSets and tools. Since the middle of September, we have been quietly installing these new InSets in bikes and/or frames purchased from us. The InSet headset comes in three sizes and is designed to work with oversized head tubes which use a pressed-in headset. Giant and Pivot are two manufacturers who use this design on their frames. Look for a custom Serotta Meivici AE project bike next Spring utilizing the 1-1/8" to 1.5" Tapered headset. Enjoy!
[Special Sale] In honor of the Race Across The Sky movie this week, we will be having a sale this week only from Tuesday until Saturday. All normally priced merchandise in the store is 10% off and all sale merchandise is an additional 5% off the sale price. The sale is only for in stock merchandise. All special orders, Chris King product and previous orders finalized this week will not be available for this sale. Thanks!
[Race Across The Sky movie] The movie Race Across The Sky will be playing for one night only this Thursday, October 22, at the Brier Creek movie theater here in the shopping center as well as at the North Hills movie theater. Movie starts at 8pm. The movie is about the 2009 Leadville Trail 100 bike event held in Leadville, Colorado and its surrounding areas. We had a customer do the event, and he will be at the Brier Creek show. If anyone wants to talk to him about the event, send us an e-mail and will try to coordinate something with him.
[Pivot Mach 4 in Black and Red] We built this black anodized Pivot Mach 4 highlighted with several red anodized Chris King components. This build started with Pivot's special X9/XT build kit that they offered this summer. Our customer asked to upgrade the wheels to custom built wheels with DT Swiss XR4.2d rims laced to Chris King red anodized ISO hubs. Also, we installed the first Chris King InSet we received in red of course to highlight the hubs and other red anodized bits on the frame. Thanks for looking.
[Interbike 2009] Interbike this year was a little more subdued this year due to the current economic climate. But, we still enjoyed ourselves plus our time in Las Vegas and saw some really great product. Attached is a slide show of the pictures took while at the outdoor and indoor show. Some highlights this year:
Moots. Moots' new RSL road frame is simply amazing. We never thought they could improve on the discontinued SL frame. But, they did indeed hit the ball way out of the park on this one. Think complete bike weight for a titanium bike that matches most carbon frames on the market. In addition to the new frame, Moots debuted a new lighter stem, anodized frame/stem/seat post parts and a new branded Alpha Q forks. And don't forget the special 10th anniversary decal set for the MootoX YBB celebrating its special birthday.
BH. The new G5 probably is one of the best carbon frames that Frank has ridden in a while in his humble opinion. Sporting a new custom EDGE Composites fork, the bike just rode incredibly well with a great balance between stiffness and ride quality. A great upgrade to the line along with the already wonderful Connect and Speedrom frames. Check out the pictures of the G5 built with EDGE wheels Frank took at the EDGE Composites booth.
Pivot. The Fox rear shocks on all the frames going forward now have improved valving. Pivot and Fox worked very hard to further improve the rear shock valving and now have even better ride characteristics especially in the second stage of the shock travel. We came away very impressed with the improvements in what we already thought was one of the best full suspension frames on the market. Pivot also unveiled 'Lunchbox' kits in several colors which allows riders to add some color to their Pivot frames. The 429 is now offered in a black anodized color as well. Pivot also came away with two MTBR awards.
Serotta/SICI. Some of our customers know we are now the new Serotta dealer for the Triangle. We are excited to now offer custom steel and carbon fiber frames to our customers in addition to our wonderful titanium offering, Moots. One item in particular coming from Serotta and SICI is a new fit bike. As most know, Frank is a tool freak, and this new fit bike is just plain out of this world. We are looking forward to adding this new tool to our fit stable when they become available next year. Look for more details and our insight about Serotta in the next few weeks.
Chris King. We love all things Chris King, and they did not disappoint us at Interbike. We are one of the first retailers in the United States to get the new InSet tools and headsets and have been quietly installing them on customers Pivots and Giants in the weeks leading up to Interbike. More information to be posted soon about these new headsets. Later this year, we will start receiving the new Swift road hubs. These new hubs have reduced weight via titanium ratchet rings and will be available in lower spoke counts. We rode the new hubs and are very excited to be able to offer these as an option with Frank's hand built wheels. We are also quietly working on Chris King about other products which we hope to be able to offer at some point next year. Stay tuned.
Enjoy the photos. This information and these photos are only a sampling of what we rode and looked at Interbike. If you have any questions or comments, send us an e-mail or stop by the store. Thanks for looking.
[Twitter] We have had a Twitter account since early May. If you want to follow us on Twitter, our account is FranksCyclery, www.twitter.com/frankscyclery. Enjoy!
[Ridley X-Fire] Summer is coming to the end and the smell of cross is in the air. Cyclocross season is almost upon us, and we just built up this very nice 2010 Ridley X-Fire frame. The X-Fire is one of Ridley's two carbon cyclocross frames. The frame was built with SRAM's Force group which has been updated for 2010 as well. Wheels are hand built using DT Swiss 240s hubs laced to DT Swiss RR1.2 rims. Tires are Challenge Grifo XS clinchers. Stem is a Thomson X4 with Thomson also supplying the Masterpiece seat post. Saddle is a Fizik Arione. Here is an e-mail I received from our customer after getting in a few rides on his bike, "This bike is really something...the top tube is 3 inches shorter than the Ottrott (I lined them up at home) and yet the overall fit is dialed in - making me more efficient and powerful than I've ever experienced. So much so that after taking it for a full hour in Umstead I couldn't resist going hard on the road afterward. The bike itself is very light, instantly responsive but totally stable - and I'm certain it wishes its rider knew what the heck he was doing around gravel corners! So the short version is that I haven't fully explored this baby's potential because, and am excited that it may take a thousand miles or so on dirt before I've pushed it as hard as it can go. And you know what Frank? I can hardly wait!Thanks again for a terrific build, a fantastic bike, and a phenomenal fit."
