We’re away..
Thursday, 11 March 2010
...for a couple of days but back at the weekend so any orders through the site or our eBay shop after 3pm today will be posted on Monday, not Friday. We’ll still be checking emails so don’t be shy
Racks, Decaleurs, Mudguards...
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
...cables and calipers have all arrived from Velo Orange.
Along with a re-stock of the usual suspects (bars, stems, headsets, levers, rims, pedals...) we’ve got some great new items from VO -
Bath Alleycat - 13th March
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
The first Bath Alleycat of the year is about to take place this weekend - Saturday 13th March. Freshtripe has donated a few prizes so if you want to be in with a chance of winning them, meet at
Akrigg At It Again...
Thursday, 4 March 2010
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Soyo Sauce
Friday, 26 February 2010
We have some of the new, thicker, more aggressively patterned Soyo SV track grips in stock for those who find the regular Soyo grips a little thin.
Velo Orange Threadless BB
Friday, 19 February 2010
As mentioned yesterday, here’s a bit more info on the new Velo Orange Threadless Bottom Bracket. Having now got our hands on one, taking it out of the box reveals a stunning piece of kit; the inner
It’s Arrived...
Thursday, 18 February 2010
...through one of the worst snowstorms to hit the USA, yet thankfully all in one piece - our biggest VO delivery for quite a while. There’s a couple of new items like the excellent value for money
Machine(d) of beauty
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Lovely pieces of engineering from Shimano; the post on these Dura-Ace 7400 Aero seatposts are machined down from a solid billet of aluminium and then hollowed out! Weighing approx 260g, they are
Snow Joke
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Due to the snowstorms in the US our delivery from Velo Orange is a little delayed. They have managed to get back into their premises having been snowed in/out though another snowstorm last night has
Bom-bar-ded...
Monday, 8 February 2010
...by Nitto handlebars. There’s some new recruits to our listings - we now have three different Promenade bars in B602 (above), B603 and the zero rise B617 styles. Also appearing for the first time
Website Update
Sunday, 7 February 2010
You may have noticed a slight change in the ‘site if you’re a regular customer. We’ve simplified the ‘Bits’ menu so that items are easier to locate - while we are fond of the old layout, it wasn’t
sMASHed to pieces
Monday, 1 February 2010
It was a stellar build based on a custom-painted Langster with a dream spec (Goldtec, Campag, Thomson, Ti Rolls etc.) - it
Warp Factor
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Got a little Christmas money from your Nan? Not sure what to spend it on? Well if your Nan is Zsa Zsa Gabor you might be interested in this, the Factor001 from Beru F1 Systems. Not the snappiest of
Bargain Bits on the ’Bay
Friday, 22 January 2010
A New Year clearout/tidy up has meant that some bargains have found their way onto our eBay shop. There’s toe clips, pedals, grips, Campagnolo bits, leather seconds and other assorted items - all
Selle Selle Selle!
Saturday, 16 January 2010
We’ve got a few of the above in our eBay shop - 1992 Selle Italia Turbo Forced Ventilation. New old stock, in their original sealed packaging and complete with the Selle ‘Seal’ attached to their
A few people have asked us about a newsletter, or an email update, about when things come in or what projects we’re working on...
So we’ve decided to start a blog, to let you know exactly what’s happening - all you have to do is subscribe to the RSS feed to keep bang up-to-date with ‘tripe..!
