Pedal Revolution will be closed over Thanksgiving:  Thursday 11/24 and Friday 11/25.

Enjoy the holiday!

A few recent bikes that are for sale now…

Lil’ Terry Lugged re-furb in perfect condition. 46cm $599.

Ross mtn bike.  Nice lugged steel.  Good shape.  Bearings repacked, new wheels, tires, cables/housing, chain/freewheel.  Great sturdy commuter. 21″ $255.

Trek 6700 Mtn bike.  Good shape, ready for road or trail. $275 – 17.5″.

New custom built Fuji Connoisseur.  Reynolds lugged steel frame.  Very lightweight classic styled road bike 50cm $1049.

New Fuji Feather Fixed/SingleSpeed.  Great colors on these….this is the “pink” but it looks like more of a salmon color. Very nice.  $635 – various sizes and colors.

Here is another Feather in grey.   A recent customer purchased this one for a winter training bike and had us customize it:

New Brooks Alp de huez limited edition saddle – $120:

Alpe d’Huez is one of the main mountains in the Tour de France. It has been a stage finish almost every year since 1976. The first was in 1952, won by Fausto Coppi.

Pedal is sponsoring the BikeMonkey/Murphy (aka Mr. Goldsprints!)  Monster cross race on Saturday at the SF Bike Expo.  It will be awesome.  Here is a link to some photos of the course being set up.  Come on down for all the bike fun.

If you aren’t familiar with Cyclocross racing here is a video link to get you up to speed….

Pure Sweet Hell Excellent Cyclocross film by Brian Vernor

Here is a snapshot back in time of  some hard folks in France around 1926 in a “typical” early century cross race…  More cowbell please!

and some more sweet trench action….

Come out.  See good bike stuff.  Be rowdy. Heckle. Have Fun.

I’ve been tardy on the blogging lately.  Things have slowed down a little over here but a rash of  injuries have plagued Pedal in the last month.  Good buddy and mechanic David is out with a broken shoulder from a crash above Pacifica on the old highway 1.  We wish him a speedy recovery for race season next year.  Mechanic “cat lady” Ken Ho sprained his wrist pretty good in a catastrophic knitting accident two days after David was injured.

There have been a lot of bike injuries lately around town and it seems like everyday a customer hobbles in with a crunched bike and a scary story to go with it.  It’s getting dark early now, please don’t forget your lights and helmets as it’s easy to get caught out after dark without lights right now.

Here are a couple of cool photos of two bike shops from around 1918.  Lot’s of Brooks saddles in the first shot.

I love the salesmen in suits in the second photo.  Notice the chandeliers are made from old rims and the vintage “cheesecake” calendar on the post below the clock.

The bike above is fortunately not the result of a real crash.  This bike was “customized” by us for a cameo appearance on the SF based Trauma tv show.  Yikes!  Keep an eye out if you watch the show for a “fixie” gone wrong scenario.

Here are a few fun new builds from the last couple weeks for sale:

This one is a Handsome Devil frameset built up as sweet Monster Cross bike with the new Soma Junebug drop bar and some nice chunky panaracer tires.

This will take on anything you throw at it.  Great fast trail bike, tourer, or all around stomper 54cm $1,100.  Pick it up just in time for this..

It will be awesome.

Volume Cutter built up with the goods 56cm $1000.  Get your trick on.

Soma Buena Vista built fully geared for a light, fast ride – 50cm $999.

Same frame in a 42cm built for a more comfort/commuter ride 1×7 drivetrain and fatter city friendly tires $999.

Other new bikes and parts in stock:

Breezer commuter bikes

New Breezer Citizen’s in great new colors.  These are really nice riding commuter bikes..internal hubs, great geometry and fit, with generator lights, fenders and rack complete.

Front generator light.

Generator.

Nice internal routing for the lights.

Sloping top tube version.

Coming soon…

Lastly, we’ve gotten some fun new parts in recently….

B43 Track rims in stock in both 700c and 650.

Chukker rims too!  Pre-built rear $180.

Pasela touring tires now in grey! 25 & 28 widths.

Ahearne M.A.P. bar

lot’s of Brooks saddles in stock!

That’s all folks.  Hang tough like this dapper fellow.

If you or anyone you know has had a Terry bicycle stolen recently please contact us with a detailed description, serial #, etc.  to get it back. 

“On October 22, the documentary Race Across the Sky – Leadville Trail 100 and live panel discussion featuring Lance Armstrong, Dave Wiens and other great professional and amateur cyclists are coming to over 450 movie theaters nationwide. For only one night, people from across the country will gather together to hear from Lance Armstrong, Chris Carmichael, Dave Wiens, Travis Brown and others as they discuss the triumphs, difficulties, and experiences that make the Leadville Trail 100 the most extreme one day mountain biking race out there.”

For details and locations please go to http://www.FathomEvents.com/RaceAcrosstheSky

Whether or not you’re a Lance A. fan or a mountain biker this should be really good.  Leadville is a brutal single day 100 mile mtn bike race at high altitude.  I rode parts of the course years ago and cannot imagine riding the entire thing in a race, let alone in a single day.

Some bikes on the floor currently:

Rebuilt Maroon lugged Trek 600 – 60cm w/ a 58cm top tube. $600.

Lil’ rebuilt Halloweenish Puch.   46cm w/ 54cm top tube.   It would favor a smaller person with a longer torso fit-wise.  $499.

KHS Flite 220’s are back in stock! These are the 2010 models.  Still a fantastic value in a tough steel frame road bike – $535.  These come with integrated shifters and will accept wider tires, fenders, and racks.  Above is the “ladies” model in lighter blue and below is the unisex in darker blue.  We have a full size run in stock from 47cm – 60cm.

Also in stock is the KHS Flite 250.  This is a similar bike the 220 with the addtion of a carbon fork and a flat bar.  Excellent choice for cyclists looking for a fast and light commuter but prefer the positioning of a flat handlebar versus a drop bar. Size run from 47cm – 60cm $550.

Pedal has a few front wheel Velocity deep V’s built around a formula hub in the smaller 650 size.  Perfect for those fixed riders looking for a smaller front wheel set-up – $120 each.

Pedal Revolution is conducting a survey and we would like to hear from our customers.  We value your suggestions and hope you’ll take a few minutes to fill one out.  Follow this link  to the survey or click on the image below to access it.  Pedal will be raffling off four of our signature hoodies as prizes to participants.  Thanks for your feedback!

The survey was created with generous donated help from Louda and Marcine at Dynamedia Marketing.

A friend stopped by to show off the new Gamoh basket he picked from us after he installed it on his bike.  It came out really nice with his new handlebar set-up. Here are a few photos of his bar/basket combo:

The basket is japanese made with thick tubing, wood slats, a secret bottle opener and very clean design.  It’s  set up for very easy install on 700-c wheeled frames.

This will carry a case of your fave beverages, your groceries, or your favorite poodle comfortably.

It weighs 5lbs and will carry up to 40lbs.

Gamoh solo $130.

Pedal is excited to carry the Plemon’s leather double-toe straps.  These are handmade right in SF by Casey Plemons.  A nice option with a price point between the Popular Toshi straps and the Soma’s.  $60/set black or brown with more colors on the way!

New Chris King headsets.  All sizes and new colorways! Best price in town or online.

Also just in is the new Soma Junebug bar.  This is another variation of the old WTB Dirt Drops that Mark Slate designed back in the earlier days of mountain biking.  There are a few bars of this style on the market right now, the Junebug being the latest version with a bit shallower drop.  For those who enjoy a bit of extra real estate on their handlebars these would make a sweet addition to a cross bike, touring bike or mountain bike (Yep, some people still ride drops on their mountain bikes!).

Here are a couple top and side comparison shots to a standard road bar for reference:

In an offroad scenario they are intended to be ridden in the drops vs. the hoods for control, hence the more severe slope of the bar.   $60.

Last but not least, we finally have black Randonneurs back in stock!  White ones too! 28 bucks.

We were so impressed with our buddy’s bike/basket set-up we designed our latest custom build with a similar set-up.  This is a Handsome Devil frame built into a sweet everyday load carrying do-all ride. We sell the framesets for $399 w/fork.  This custom build is $1200 w/Gamoh basket- 55cm.

Many sizes.  Frame and fork $500.  Fork – solo $175.

Snap em’ up kids.

SE did a pretty good job on these.  The frames look awesome…loop tail, tapered tubing and a burly landing gear fork to get your fixie tricks on.  They are limited editions and come in the ball burnished natural or Murdered out matte black $989 complete or $550 frameset (decals are removeable).