Its taken a little while of course being a one man band does not help, but im getting there. I have sold and refurbished a small number of cycles aided by a very good powder coater and some excellent parts suppliers and branded them Kings Road Cyles and they seem to be catching on.
I have of course tipped my hat to Rivendell cycles who have been an influence on my build style as have Fastboy cycles and MAP. I do have a passion fro 650B and have managed to track down an excellent supplier of rims and tyres. Small businesses like mine are always between a rock and a hard place not enough finance to stock a plump shop and generally not enough room to stock loads of bikes so you look flash in order to attract the magpies, so you go niche market. Is this cutting your nose off to spite your face, I don’t think so because you go with what you know its very dangerous to throw mud at a wall and see what sticks as after 30,60,90 days you have to pay the man, so spare a thought for the little shop he may not have what you need but its more than likely he can get and usually at a competitive price .
