Monday, November 03, 2008

Dealer news

Following on from a hugely successful Cycle '08 at Earl's Court we have a few new dealers on board.

Ahoj češi! Rebel Bike in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic are now stocking Singulars. I'm extremely happy about this as I have strong ties to the Czech Republic myself, having lived there for a few years before moving to the UK, and my partner being Czech. They are a great little shop with a big online presence, drop in and say hi to Zdeněk and the guys and check out some of our bikes. They have a couple of demos built up they'll be happy to let you take for a spin as well.



Up until now we've not had any UK dealers between London and Dumfires, having Longstaff Cycles in Stoke on Trent on board changes that. They are an extremely well regarded shop and frame builder with a wealth of experience and knowledge. We're delighted to have them as part of the Singular family. Located right next to the Peak District they'll be a great location for taking a test bike out as well.

The Netherlands has been one of the great success markets for Singular to date, thanks to Jelle at singlespeed.nl who's been doing a great job via his online store. However one of my main goals in building the dealer network is to put my bikes in a retail space so that people can see, feel and try before they buy. Therefore I'm very pleased to say that Bike 2 Build, the premier cycle retailer in the country, is now carrying Singulars. They have two retail stores, one in Vlaardingen, and the other in Ermelo.

Cheers, met vriendlijke groet, and na shledanou!

Sam
Smaller Gryphons prototypes in!



I had the first Gryphon built over a year ago really just as something I wanted to ride myself. Basically just took the Swift and gave it a few tweaks to make it rigid specific and drop specific. I loved riding it and people kept saying they liked it as well so finally I had a few more prototypes made up in smaller sizes. A couple of folk around the traps are riding them, Dom left me in his dust (or rather mud spray) on Saturday aboard one and seemed to be liking it, Stu's been liking it so much he left it in a tree... Anyhow, as I'm about to order a batch of new stock I'll get some of these in as well - should be here Feb-March.