Yubas back in stock

As we near the end of the summer season and enter the fall, we're getting some more things back in stock. We recently got a new shipment of Yuba Mundo cargo bikes, ready to ride! Also, for local customers, the Xtracycles are here!. And we have a few Big Dummy frames in stock and ready for us or you to build into the cargo bike of your dreams. Those are on sale right now. So now's the time to think about making the switch to grocery-getting on your bike.
For people looking for hub motors, we're getting more eZee and some Crystalyte kits in so keep an eye on our website or call our store for current supply information.
Happy Riding!
-Elise

Hub Motor kit supply

The eZee hub motor kits continue to be in high demand, so we're sold out again while we wait for resupply. We've got a few more coming by the end of August and then more on the next shipment, expected about a month later. Thanks everyone for your great patronage, and for those of you looking for eZee kits, we hope to supply you soon!
We now have one Bionx P250 in stock and expect a few more kits in the next 3 weeks. The manufacturer just opened a new facility which has higher capacity, so we hope to see less of a delay in getting Bionx kits in the future.
We also expect some more Crystalyte motors by the end of August, so if you are looking for those, stay tuned as well. The good news is that more people are electrifying their bikes, and we hope that means more people usnig their bikes more often!
If you would like, you can reserve any of our kits with a $100 deposit by

contacting

us.

We have lots of bikes, and electric kits too

We just returned from our train trip, and found that Greg had the store in good order. Most of all, we have a lot of new products on the floor. We’ll be expanding the website a bit to go into more detail, but here is a brief rundown:

• Bicycle cargo trailers from Bob and Burley, to carry groceries, camping gear, hardware, whatever... we have both kinds of trailers in stock as of today, and if there is demand, we will be getting more.

• Lots and lots of bicycles from

Marin Bikes

in california. We are especially focusing on their commuting and city bikes. The

Muir Woods

is a great, inexpensive steel framed urban assuault vehicle (pictured below, $455 MSRP, with our in store price lower). The Novato is a slightly more expensive aluminum version of the same ($570 MSRP). And the Belvidere and Corte Madera are very nice 700C wheel commuter bikes, purpose built with fenders, racks, and all the fittings, at very affordable prices, $635 MSRP for the Corte Madera, and $530 MSRP for the Belvidere (our in store prices are often a bit lower for items in stock). Last but not least are the more style and comfort oriented bikes, including the Euro-stye step through frames on the San Rafael (pictured below) and the Stintson.

• We have the comfort/semi-recumbent bikes from

Day 6

in stock. We carry both the Dream and the Journey models. We’ll post a picture soon!

• We have started carrying frames from

Soma Fabrications

. We can build a complete bike for you, or just sell you the frame. These are high quality, very nice steel frames using Tange Prestige chromoly, the best in the business. They make a

nice 29er (Juice)

, a hardtail mountain bike, a cyclocross frame, a track bike, and a road bike model. Morgan is building up a Juicy 29er that will be available for demo rides (when she doesn’t have it out on the trail). We are also happy to build a custom electric ride that combines the frame, parts, and electric kit of your choosing.

• We now, finally, have some of the eZee kits in stock again. Hurray for that. Get your order in early, these premium electric bike kits are going fast. The price is still $1250, and you can buy one in the shop, or order online through our web store.

• We have an order of Crystalyte gear and NiCad batteries arriving very soon.

• We have a bunch of accessories in stock, and we are way overstocked on tubes and lights, so that stuff is on sale. Drop by, make us an offer we can’t refuse, and we won’t!

• Sadly, the cargo bikes and accessories are out of stock for now. The Xtracycles are all sold out through at least mid August. We have one Yuba Mundo left in stock, but we have a customer who says he’s going to buy that one. Those won’t be back in stock until August at soonest, either. The Big Dummy is very backordered, and though we’ll do our best, the soonest we can hope for is August.

• In better news, our Cycle 9 Dolores bicycles are on their way, and should be arriving in a few weeks. Hurray for that, it has been a long wait! The waiting list is growing, and there are only a few of these that aren’t already spoken for. So get your order in early.

• The BionX electric wheel kits will start arriving in the second week of July. However, most of those are spoken for, we already have a waiting list. Please

drop us a line or give us a call

if you want one, we’ll do what we can to get you one as soon as possible.

• Last, but not least, we have some other great things brewing. Keep your eyes open here, and we’ll announce them as soon as we can.

Hub motors, ebikes, and Xtracycles

We are very low on stock of the electric bike products - apparently there was some pent up demand around this area.

However, we have a number of things on the way within the next few weeks, and most should be arriving by mid to late June, with some stragglers showing up in July. This includes Crystalyte kits, eZee kits, NiCad batteries, more LiFEPO4 batteries, and some custom Cycle 9 kits for electrifying your bike.

Unfortunately, the stock situation isn’t looking so good on the Xtracycle front. In the past week, we’ve sold all the stock we had of Xtracycle kits, including our demo! Not to fear, if you want to try an Xtracycle-equipped bike, we will have one of our personal bikes available in the store for test rides. However, the kits themselves aren’t expected to arrive until August at the earliest. The same is true for the Yuba Mundo (we have only 2 left, and they are sold out from the distributor until August), and the Big Dummy. Longtail bikes must be the rage. We do have waiting lists for all these items (except Yuba, since it is not sold out yet), so just drop us a line if you want to get on the list.

Bikes by Breezer and Marin

We just wanted to mention another exciting development we've had lately. We had the great fortune of signing on to be a dealership for two great lines of bicycles. Some people don't need an electric assist or cargo bike, they just need a reliable, great ride designed from the ground up for riding every day. Things like integral

fenders and racks

, integral

lighting systems

, swept back handlebars for reduced wrist strain, a more upright riding position to see and be seen, wide slick tires that roll fast on the pavement but can handle the gravel or grass too. These are the kind of bikes that we used to morph our old mountain bikes into with a lot of effort and not always satisfactory results. But now, these companies are doing it for us, designing the bikes from the ground up, purpose built as transportation bicycles.

The first line we'll mention (because we signed up with them first) is

Breezer

. This California-based company was founded by Joe Breeze, who is one of the legends involved in getting the sport of mountain biking off the ground. They now focus exclusively on bicycles as beautiful but practical commuting vehicles. Bikes like the

Breezer Uptown

pictured here:

We're excited about these bikes, they are well built and top rated for commuting. We have a bunch of these on the way, and they should be here before our grand opening.The second line of bikes we will be carrying are from

Marin

. Marin is another California-based company that was involved in the mountain bike business from the early days, building high quality cycles. One of our parents had their first Marin in 1987, and it was a great bike. Marin still makes mountain bikes, but they also produce a really nice line of commuter and comfort oriented bikes, and we've got a shipment of these on the way, starting at very reasonable prices. But the bike we're most excited about is the humble

Muir Woods

. This is a steel bike, that reminds us of the good old days when bikes were simple, reliable, and very durable. For those who've only ridden an aluminum bike, steel has a special quality to it - it is more forgiving. But, this is also a great platform for adding an electric assist due to steel's resilience. We have a range of bikes from Marin on their way, and if we don't have the bike in stock that you are looking for, we are happy to order one for you (same is true for Breezers).

Thanks to everyone who came out today

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain today to try out the electric and sports utility bicycles.

Johnny's

is a fun place to spend a bit of time, sipping some coffee, chatting with the owner Ben, and enjoying a Guglhupf pastry.

We have one of our bikes located at Johnny's for the next few weeks. This is a standard mountain bike, with the

eZee kit

and an

Xtracycle Freeradical

installed. Feel free to stop by to try it out! Also, if you enjoy music and enjoy bicycling, make sure to ask the owner Ben about his

I-ride bicycle stereo

. These are neat little stereos for your bike, to which you can attach your iPod or other favorite mp3 player. We have them

in stock, in our online store.

(If you're a local customer, the Paypal store may try to have you pay shipping, but we'll refund it).

We'll also be doing more electric and sports utility/cargo bicycle demos, including

Earth Action Day on April 26

.

Keep your eyes on this space for other demo dates and times.

Electric bike demo rides at Johnny's Sporting goods

Every Saturday, Johnny's Sporting Goods in Carrboro has something going on. This coming weekend 4/5/08, they'll have a taco cart and garden sale.

If the weather is good, we're going to bring the bikes out for people to test ride. We'll have electric bicycles, folding bicycles, and a sports utility bicycle or two. We'll also bring along a few of the small items like flash flags, cup holders for your bike, I-ride stereos, and other doodads to enhance your biking experience!

We plan to be there from 10AM-1PM. Johnny's is at 901 W Main St in Carrboro, and the store is in the back.

Where art thou hub motors?

Demand on the electric bikes and kits has been beyond our expectations, so our stock has gotten very low. There's nothing like being in the business of selling electric bikes.... and having not much left to sell! We have a group of the

eZee kits

on backorder, due to arrive now in early May, but we've already pre-sold most of them. If you want to get your claim on one of these, we suggest you order now. As a bonus for pre-ordering, we'll give you the old price, rather than the new upgraded kit price (a difference of $30-40). We also have more Crystalyte gear on the way, and a new addition will be the top-notch BionX hub motor kits.

These are the only kits we will be selling that have regenerative braking, and as a bonus, these are made in North America (Canada, to be precise)! They also have an advanced monitor and display system that is much nicer than any other kit on the market.

We also have an order in for some of the FalconEV kits, including the Forsen, Dragonfly, and Bull. And, last but not least, we have our shipment of Cycle 9 electric bikes in production, to arrive in May also.

So, within a few months, we hope to be stocked back up, unless the popularity of this stuff continues to skyrocket and we sell out again...

Hurray, we now have an online store!

Cycle 9 now has an online store, please have a look and let us know what you think.

Unfortunately, we are already sold out on the eZee hub motors. That's a nice setup, so we'll be sure to get more, hopefully they will arrive early April.

In other news, we now are carrying the Downtube folding bikes, for local sales. These are the bikes we took with us on a recent bike tour of Tuscany, Italy, and they're great bikes. However, we're only selling those locally, due to an agreement with Downtube.

We also have the Anyrider line of folding bikes on the way. These are a great, basic, low cost folding bike for someone on the go.

Stuff has arrived

Lots of stuff has been showing up at our "warehouse" here! So, we need to do something about it, like sell it or something.

Time to get our shopping cart whipped into shape!

For those looking for the PHET LiFEPO4 battery packs, we have a bargain in store for you... (in a relative sense, anyway). A few of the packs arrived with cosmetic damage from shipping. Nothing major, and the packs are still fully functional. However, we'll be discounting these, to $545 each (the normal price will be $595). That's a great deal for such a nicely packaged LiFEPO4 setup with PHET's full warranty. Either keep your eye on our website for the store (they'll be listed under Closeouts and Seconds), or if you want to make sure you get one before they're gone, just email us,

info@cycle9.com

.

Other things soon to appear on the Cycle 9 store: eZee hub motor kit, Crystalyte 406 kit, E-bikes (for pre-order), and lots of neato accessories for making your bike a fun place to be!

Pre-order sales begin

We are building up stock on various items. We have eZee kits on the way, LiFePO4 batteries, Xtracycle Freeradical kits, folding bikes, and electric assist bikes.

We are building out our product pages with all the gory details as fast as we can, so keep your eyes out there. Our shopping cart will be coming soon, too.

In the meantime, we are offering a pre-order discount of 15-20% on many items including the folding bikes and the electric assist bikes. So now is the time to save big by pre-ordering. For more information about pre-sales orders, please

drop us a line

.

Pre-orders for LiFEPO4 packs

Please

drop us a line

if you would like to get on a waiting list for the new PHET LiFePO4 battery packs. We will only have a few packs come in on the first shipment, and we expect these will sell quickly based on pent up demand for this great new technology.

We will post pricing information here as soon as possible.