Take a ride with a couple of adventurous cyclists as they say goodbye to pavement and head deep into the mountains of interior British Columbia on their new 2013 Kona Roves. Designed to be the ultimate cyclocross/gravel-grinding/commuting machine, the Kona Cromoly drop-bar Rove pulls in the utilitarian attributes from our best commuter models, spices it with the efficient and comfortable geometry of our long cyclocross heritage, and dashes it with the awesome compliancy and durability of steel tubing. Outfitted with large tire clearance, eyelets for racks, and disc brakes for great stopping power, the Rove will deliver you come dirt, gravel or asphalt for as many Long Sweet Rides as you dare imagine. Here’s our tip of the cap to the Neverending (and sometimes not altogether smooth) Road.

Click here for more info on the Kona Rove, or come into the shop to check one out yourself...

Introducing the Specialized Roubaix

We've just put our first Specialized Roubaix on the floor. Our feeling is that these are the best road bikes for local conditions. The long wheelbase and Zert's dampers make a smooth ride out of even the roughest bitumen and the relaxed fork and long headtube give it excellent ride-all-day-ability.




Floor Special 2012 54cm Specialized Roubaix Elite Rival Compact $2799

Model Year 2013 has Begun...

Instead of linking to a picture on the internet I decided to have fun on the way home the other night. Introducing the 2013 Kona Honzo. New bikes from Kona, Specialized, Trek, United and Kink are on the floor now. Come check them out.

Popping Honzo's Cherry from bert olio on Vimeo.

Social MTB Ride 17 June- Prospect Hill

Join us in the forest for a casual group ride through some of the regions' best Mountain Bike singletrack and forest trails at Prospect Hill on Sunday 17th June at 10am.

Anyone with some Mountain bike experience is welcome to join us. The pace will be fairly relaxed, and the group will stop along the way to regroup. The start is at the trail head and carpark on Brookman Connor Road.

For more details, visit our facebook event page here. Or contact us at the shop, for more details.

Feature Sale Bike- Kink Whip

We're going to post a bit more information about some of the best deals in our sale right now.

Kicking things off, We've got the Kink Whip.

The RRP on this one was $549, its down to $465.

The features include 100% 4130 Chromoly frame and fork, with integrated headset and spanish BB. Its got sealed bearings throughout, Pivotal post and seat, Alienation rims, and chromoly 3pc cranks. Its loaded with quality and finished with an understated matt purple haze colour scheme.

The Whip is the highest spec'ed BMX on the sale list and there's just one left. It will sell, and it will shred under its proud new owner.

Last minute Mothers' Day Gift....?

http://www.vivabikes.com/

ANZAC DAY CLOSURE

We will be closed April 25 2012 for ANZAC Day.

Easter Trading Hours

Trading Hours for Easter this year will be;

Friday April 6: Closed
Saturday April 7: Open 9am-5pm
Sunday April 8: Closed
Monday April 9: Closed

Kona Hei Hei 29'er Deluxe.

When you need to go further faster....

http://www.konaworld.com/mtb_xc_race_dual_suspension.cfm?content=hei_hei_2-9_deluxe

Australia Day Closed and New Stock

Just another reminder that we will be closed this Thursday 26th January for Australia Day.

If you're looking to shop still on thursday, We've updated our stock on our Bike Exchange site so you can browse all our bikes in stock as well as a few select accessories, even when we are closed.

Heres a preview of our newest arrivals,


2012 Kona Operator Downhill bike


2012 Kona Sutra Touring bike

Love Velo, Tour Down Under and Aus Day happenings

We're all geared up for the Love Velo event tonight, and Tour Down Under Start in McLaren Vale tomorrow.

Love Velo, is an event organised by Onkaparinga Council with local food and wine producers as well as other local business' such as us. Its on tonight at 5-9pm at the Mclaren Vale Visitor Centre.

For tomorrow, the Stage start rolls out of town at 11am, with road closures from 6am till 12:30. Come by and watch the action, mingle with the teams and watch the preparations for the start of the Queen stage of the TDU.

As a result of all the business, we've had to cancel our regular Saturday morning bunch ride for this week. We'll be back on next week, so see you there.

Finally, we're closing for Australia Day on Thursday the 26th of January.

Christmas and New Years Opening Hours

• Friday      23 December           10am - 8pm
• Saturday  24 December            9am - 5pm
• Sunday     25 December            CLOSED
• Monday   26 December             CLOSED
• Tuesday   27 December          11am - 4pm
• Sunday        1 January               CLOSED
• Monday      2 January               CLOSED

Open Seven Days For Summer

We're covering up the "Gone Riding" Mondays....

• Monday 10am - 6pm
• Tuesday 10am - 6pm
• Wednesday  10am - 6pm
• Thursday 10am - 6pm
• Friday 10am - 6pm
• Saturday 9am - 5pm
• Sunday 11am- 4pm

And a reminder, social roadie ride from the shop, 8am Saturdays, 25km+ average for two hours, varied terrain.

Silly Season Has Begun...

First up, just landed, Wishbone 3-in1 Bike Apple-a-Day  Limited Editions have landed! These amazing bikes convert easily from tricycle to balance bike, with the ability to grow with your child from when they're one till five. These are too cool to sum up in one paragraph so go to www.wishbonedesign.com to learn more.

Special Extra: Super Deals on Some Superseded Super Bikes! 

Our final victims of the GFC and the Aussie Dollar's rollercoaster ride of the last couple of years...

All these bikes are half price!

Go to http://www.oxygencycles.bikeit.com.au/ for pricing and details.

Kona Stinky

Kona Coil-Air

Kona Caldera

Kona Cowan

Introducing our 2012 Kona ":Jake the Snake" test bike. This is one of those bikes that should carry a sticker that says, "Warning, May Be Addictive". It's a cyclocross bike, so of course it's perfect for the most fun cycle race discipline, but it's also a kick-ass fast gravel tourer, tough as nails trainer or commuter (even has rack mounts), or just the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Come try, find out why CX is the fastest growing discipline in the world and why both Dave and I predominantly use CX bikes for getting around the 'Vale.

Here's Kona's take on the 2012 edition:

It is one of the most diverse cyclocross bikes ever. It can race, commute, train, tour or just plain ride. We've seen Jake The Snakes cross Africa, win cyclocross races and battle through downtown rain. This year, our classic Kona model takes on more of a racing aesthetic, sharing the same frame features and race-winning geometry as our Major Jake, as well as some bling-factor specs, like new Avid Shorty 6 brakes.

Get on it...

Need to fine tune your bike for Amy's ride? Come in quick, service slots are filling fast. Need to tune yourself for Amy's ride? Come along for a shop group ride, Saturday mornings, leave here 8am sharp for two hours around the 'Vale. This week (29/10/11) we'll do the Willunga to McLaren Vale part of the Amy's Ride 100km loop.


Still need to register for Amy's Ride? Click here 

Happy New Year... well model year anyway. 2012 bikes landing now. Already landed biukes include the amazing 2012 Kona Kahuna 29'er, SRAM 3*10 drivechain, Avid hydraulic brakes and Easton wheels for only $1499. Get in quick.

Ex-Hire Bike sale

We've just updated our hire bike fleet and have the last of our old bikes to clear.


The bikes are Gary Fisher Tarpon, they are simple, robust bikes, 21 speed, front suspension mountain bikes. There is only 2 left, they are both larger sizes, a 19.5" and 21.5". Super cheap price at only $100 ea. Pick up from the shop only.


SOLD OUT!

No Shop Ride 20 August 2011

Hi Guys,

Despite having not missed a beat since we started them this Autumn, this week's shop ride (20/08/2011) will unfortunately be cancelled. Both myself and Dave are under the weather and are unable to ride.

Hope you all have a good weekend without us,

Bert.

(Feel free to drop off donations of ginger and lemons at the shop :) )

Strider Price Drop!

We've just had a big restock of Strider Pre-bikes. With the new stock comes some big savings, with a price drop to $175. We've now got the full range of colours in stock, as well as our biggest range of accessories yet including XL Long seatposts and footbrakes, for when the little tikes get a bit bigger and more confident.

And an added bonus, all the Striders now come with a quick release seat post clamp as standard, so you can easily adjust the seat height, tool free.