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As an architect, I can really enjoy looking through photos of the new Kinoko Cycles space. I’ve always wanted to design a complete bike shop, from the floorboards to the millwork and it looks like the designer went to town on the buildout. As part of any successful project, photos are of the utmost importance and the shots on the Kinoko Flickr look great. One day I’d love to check out the space in person!
So my post earlier today touched on this news, but here’s the official word from Tokyo Fixed, or now, Kinoko Custom Cycles:
“Our shop in Peter Street in Soho has been the heart of our operation for years now. Fast becoming known as the ideal place in central London to find high quality parts, talk to experienced and enthusiastic staff and generally be surrounded by the best frames, clothing and art that modern cycling has to offer, we’ve enjoyed our tenure there.
However, we’re extremely proud and extremely excited to announce our imminent move to Golden Square in Soho, and the launch of our new shop, Kinoko Custom Cycles. Our aim is to move from being the best place for incredible steel and rare parts to a singular destination for London’s cyclists. That means we’ve got a full fitting center with 2 top-level qualified fitters, a huge workshop, a massive space for bikes, parts, clothing and art and even our own in-house baristas in Daily Goods.
Our increase in space also means an increase in the things we can offer. We mean to be the best place in England to get a custom bike, and our work with artisanal and boutique bike builders like Tonic Fabrications, Cherubim, Donhou and Independent Fabrications affirms this aim; but we’re also stocking some of the top names in performance road bikes. Cannondale, Trek and Focus will all be gracing our showroom, alongside custom frames and our own Tokyo Fixed models. The same goes for our clothing and components – we’re still going to be championing small brands like Vulpine and Paul Components, but they’re going to be sharing pride of place with Castelli team kit and Shimano groupsets.
Now that you know what we plan to do, how does this affect you? Tokyo Fixed at 4 Peter Street will close its doors on Saturday 11th of May. Kinoko Custom Cycles will open its doors to customers the following week, with a grand launch party to be announced soon. The web-shop will remain open, and no order will go unfulfilled. Our website will change to represent its place as the online store of Kinoko Custom Cycles, and the URL’s will redirect accordingly. For the meantime, our huge moving sale continues in-store and online. We’d recommend you check it out, as we’re place huge discounts on a significant amount of our stock.”
Sounds like Kinoko Custom Cycles us going to be pretty legit.
Super Ted is one of those individuals that just makes things happen. He’s a skilled designer, craftsman and a staple in the London scene. Here, Spin London swings by Ted James Design to check in with Ted.
Stoked to see some riding from the almighty Ninjacats. Sol, I’m pretty sure you could have done a bigspin in there!
I’ve really enjoyed every issue of the Ride Journal and Issue VII looks to be worth the scoop as well. If you’re in London, don’t miss out on the release party next Thursday, February 7th. See more details at the Ride Journal’s Facebook. If you can’t make it, pick up a copy here.
Check out Juliet Elliot riding for Met Helmets.
Photo by Angus Sung
Man. This is so, so sick. Rudy from the 5th Floor has a custom Death Spray Custom fork on his track bike and I’m digging it a lot. See more at the Death Spray Custom blog.
This is what you’d expect from the Mutiny team. Beautifully shot and top notch riding.
When Steve Blick first told me he was going to London for the 2012 Olympics, I asked something along the lines of “are you excited?”. Being someone who travels all over the world for Oakley‘s “two wheels division”, I can imagine that being at the Olympics might be daunting. But not for Steve. In fact, he said he was most excited about riding around his new Beloved Imperial Works Morton Concept. Here’s a back story:
“It started with monsieur @blick wanting to have a great ride in London for three weeks, so we approached Slate at Rapha for a taker, not wanting to send it back across the pond. He eventually said they would support the project, the only brief: just make it feel like Rapha.
Well, @blick is about black, stealth, and we (Beloved) don’t usually do black, staying classic silver with components, but with Rapha, the games in London, we got the idea / concept for an Imperial Works Morton, the common thought = gold. So in our interpretation, we figured out the small gold bits per IW: plate our steel downtube bands and the badge; next what was to be black: the Paul bits (crank/brakes/rev.levers), ano the Nitto bits (stem/bar/post), Conti all black tires, Brooks saddle (of course an “Imperial” classic B-17) & leather tape, fenders, and of course black powdercoat; and lastly what was to stay classic silver: bolts, rails, spokes, nipples, headset – a stainless King, stainless Phil BB cups, and pedals found that nice balance. A little magic was born on doing build.
It will live in the new Rapha London Cycle Club post the games, perhaps used as the
store’s special “work bike” here and there.”
See more of this beauty below in a full photo gallery and a video that Steve made while in London.
To help raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis, a group of riders headed out for London from Paris on their track bikes. So far they’ve raised €10,500 for the cause. Expect a full video in September. Check out more here.
The 5th Floor is throwing a ride from London to Windsor and I wish I could be going!
Posy shared with me this new video featuring Oscar and some friends, riding through London for New Era.
August 18th – 31st, Cadence will be at the DSM in London. Be there!
I think this one is my favorite. It really captures the spirit of competing for your homeland. Check out more from the Women’s team pursuit here and Chris Hoy’s victory on the track here. Great Britain really has the all-star track cycling team.
Photo by Jason Sellers
When Jason posts a photo, you know it’s gonna be good. Like this one of Sol doing a footjam on a bank in London. Ninjacats!
Coffins, track bikes and Chas talking about bib sharts. ‘Nuff said. Thanks to 48×17 for the video from Tokyo Fixed Gear’s The Hunt.
Want more from the Hunt? Check out Imagehunter‘s set! The black and white came out great for these photos. Thanks for sharing Martijn!
Photo by Juan Trujillo
This past weekend was London’s first track bike only criterium. Thrown by Tokyo Fixed Gear, the Hunt took racers to a snaking course in Hillingdon, where they raced for victory. Francesco Martucci from Italy took first place this year. Juan Trujillo took some photos from the race and you can see the rest here.
