We just received a drop of second hand road frames, with some pretty tasty ones including a 10th Anniversary Eddy Merckx and a fairly rare Edi Strobl. Pop in to have a closer look.

The first of our De Rosas came through the door today; a 55cm Merak to be built with a carbon Campag Athena 11 speed group. Very tasty.

We’re now stocking a fairly comprehensive range of Time’s pedals. Tom and myself (Alex) have been using their ATAC MTB pedals, favouring them over SPD type pedals, so it only made sense to get a bunch in, along with a few of their road pedals. Pop in to see what we’ve got, and we can explain the different types.

So, we’ve been a bit lame updating this recently, but during that time we’ve had some exciting new things come into the store.

Firstly, we’re now a Sidi stockist. To many, Sidi need no introduction, having been the go-to brand for anyone wanting high end road and/or MTB shoes. Handmade from Italian leather, and packed with neat features, Sidi shoes ooze quality. Typically, we needed to try some out so I (Alex) went for the Dominator 5 Lorica, and Tom’s using the Dragon 2 Carbon (pictured below). Definitely the most comfortable cycling shoes I’ve tried, and I’m looking forward to giving them a winters worth of abuse to see how they hold up.

Next up, is Nuun. Nuun produce electrolyte based hydration tablets. There’s a bunch of different companies on the market offering products like these, but we’ve tried Nuun before and they’re definitely one of the best, and have a huge choice of flavours. Added to water they provide an instant rehydration solution for all athletes, plus, they work wonders for a banging hangover!

We also now have a stock of Brother 631 road frames. We’ve been stokcing their track frames for a while now, and the new road frames look every bit as good as their track offerings. Can’t wait to get some tasty builds done on these.

And lastly, here’s some pictures direct fro the Woodrup workshop of my completed 853 track frame. I cannot wait to get my hands on this. Love that workshop too.

We just got another batch of t-shirts emblazoned with our legendary logo, along with a new ‘Cogmoth’ design.
There’s various colours in both designs, plus we have a new limited run of sweet tees with a pink-purple fade logo.
Also this time, is a selection of sweats and hoodies with both designs.
Check the pics below, or pop in and pick one up…tees are £15 (fade tees £17), and sweats and hoodies are £35. Bosh.

We just received a whole bunch of these Fitzrovia Bicycles hi-viz vests. Available in all normal sizes for £10, bargain!

We recently decided to commission some custom framesets from Woodrup in Leeds. We’ve been stocking their frames for a little while now, but fancied having some in store that show off some of the seriously impressive workmanship from Kevin Sayles, Woodrup’s main frame builder. For this first one, we’ve specified a bi-laminate front end, which basically means the top and down tubes are brazed into a complete fillet brazed headtube and lug assembly. All the lugs are hand filed, and the downtube lug features an ‘FB’ for Fitzrovia Bicycles. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited about it. To follow will be a track frame, and possibly a belt drive ‘Chimera’ frame. Watch this space!

Click for more pics of the progress of this frame
Click for Kevin Sayles’ flickr page, there’s some seriously nice stuff to see!

The ever rad guys at Brother will be releasing a lugged steel road very soon. We saw it at the Bristol Bespoked show and it looks great. For now, check out the promo vid…