Holiday Hours

December 24th: 10-3

December 25 & 26: CLOSED

December 31st: 10-4

January 1st: CLOSED

New toys…

We’re getting new stuff all the time here at Kyle’s.  Most recently we unboxed this excellent 2010 road offering from Jamis, the Xenith Team.

Sweet bike at a sweet price. Full Red groupo, BB30 with ceramic bearings, Easton EA90 SLX wheels with cermaic bearings, tapered headtube, all hung on a light and stiff ultra-high modulus carbon frame. As it sits it weighs in 14.5 pounds, and that’s for a 56 cm bike. Price? $5500.  Come check it out.

Stupid weather…

Well, if the meteorologists are to believed, the next few days are going to be cold. Really really cold.  It’s really the perfect chance  to get in here and try our trainers if you haven’t.  It’s also a great chance to get in here and finish some last minute shopping without having to fight crowds at the mall. On the other hand, Mark has still been riding, so the weather can’t be *that* horrible.

SNOW!

Holy cow was that storm intense. We weren’t even open Wednesday, but next to nothing else was, so it was probably fine. The good news is that we’ve got gear if you want to ride outdoors, and we’ve got awesome trainers if you want to stay indoors. Plenty of parking too:

New lights…

Winter Service Special Time

 

Bicycles and Icicles 2:

Bicycle boogaloo

Kyle’s Winter Service Special

 

Mechanics with nothin’ to do means lower prices for you.

 

Kyle’s Bikes wants you to get a jump on preparing your bike for the spring.

Now through February 8^th. February 9^th is too late(BRR is Feb 6), bring your bike in ASAP.

 

Pro Tune Up—Big Overhaul reg $200, now $100

Our most comprehensive service

Includes labor for:

• Brake adjustments, front and rear, pad installation(if needed)
• Derailleur adjustments, front and rear
• True wheels
• Adjustment of all bearings(hubs, bottom bracket, headset)
• Lubing everything(chain, cables, pivots, pulleys)
• Removal and deep cleaning of cranks, chain, cassette, derailleurs

• Bike disassembled, frame cleaned, and waxed
• Bearings overhauled, not just adjusted
• Cables replaced (if needed)
• Handlebars taped/grips changed(if needed)

• Component Parts & Incidentals(if needed) are extra, labor for installation is included

(Possible incidentals include: brake pads, cables/housing, tape/grips, chain, cassette, bearings, bottom bracket)

 

This is our second winter with this promotion, and we learned a few things doing a lot of these tune ups last year. We noticed that unless it’s been done fairly recently, new cables and housing is a great way to make a bike shift and brake like new. New bar tape is a sure fire upgrade, and by removing the old tape, it allows us to more easily adjust the position of the brake levers on the bars, providing a more comfortable grip. The last item most folks leave on too long is the chain, a lot of you are riding around on stretched out chains. So most bikes are going to get new cables and housing ($25-40) and tape (road bikes only of course, $15-25), and quite a few will need chains ($15-40). So someone could safely plan on $50 or so for additional parts. This is a fantastic deal and a great way to make your bike ride like new. The $100 covers virtually all the labor that we could perform on a bicycle. Now is a great time to upgrade anything you’ve been thinking about, plus we’ve got great deals on most parts.

 Simply bring your bike in(1840 SW White Birch Cir in Ankeny), no appointment necessary. 515-965-0333 with questions.

 

Closed on Thanksgiving, normal hours on Black Friday

Happy turkey day everyone! We’re gonna be closed on Thanksgiving Day, no surprise there, but we will in fact be open Friday so we can rake in big piles of money from all the Black Friday bargain hunters. We’ll be open our regular hours, with plenty of sales and deals. Scroll down for an example.

Awesome deal on handlebars

Hi everyone, hope the coming Turkey Day and Jingle Cross weekend are fun and go well for everyone. As you know Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, and we’ll be open hoping to lure huge crowds with awesome deals like this. FSA SL-K Carbon handle bars, 31.8 clamp, three widths 44cm, 42cm, and 40cm. This is the newer style short reach, shallow drop road bar, with reinforced clamping areas, slight wing shape at the top, and great feel and excellent light weight. Retail price is $270, we snagged a great deal that allows us to offer these bars for $150.  We have a few in stock but that’s not permission to wait. These will go fast, come get yours. These bars are a great upgrade, and with our experience fitting bikes, they can be installed for the utmost comfort.  

They look great too:

FSA bar side view

Logo and weave

New website

Just a quick update. If you normally just come here instead of our regular website, you should check it out because we just redid everything. This should lead to a site that’s more useful, informative, and generally better for everyone.

http://www.kylesbikes.com/Kyles_Bikes/Welcome.html

New profile on facebook. Be a fan of us.

We’re doing our facebook page differently. Now we’re going to be in there as a business instead of as a person, and Mark will be in charge of it instead of basically nobody. Having troubling getting the “become a fan” button to work, so click this: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Ankeny-IA/Kyles-Bikes/179879674658

then become our fan. There’ll be more frequent tiny updates there than here, and possible facebook only specials/contest/whatnot.