Tokyo Fixed / Kinoko Cycles

Anyone got more info on this?

Not much to tell at the moment, TF have only one two frames under the Union brand, both made by Donhou. I think they are hoping to do some more in the future but it will most likely be wacky custom builds.

On a long enough timeline everyone becomes a roadie, except andypancake.

ftfy

"Our shop in Peter Street in Soho has been the heart of our operation for years now. Fast becoming known as the ideal place in central London to find high quality parts, talk to experienced and enthusiastic staff and generally be surrounded by the best frames, clothing and art that modern cycling has to offer, we've enjoyed our tenure there.

However, we're extremely proud and extremely excited to announce our imminent move to Golden Square in Soho, and the launch of our new shop, Kinoko Custom Cycles. Our aim is to move from being the best place for incredible steel and rare parts to a singular destination for London's cyclists. That means we've got a full fitting center with 2 top-level qualified fitters, a huge workshop, a massive space for bikes, parts, clothing and art and even our own in-house baristas in Daily Goods.

Our increase in space also means an increase in the things we can offer. We mean to be the best place in England to get a custom bike, and our work with artisanal and boutique bike builders like Tonic Fabrications, Cherubim, Donhou and Independent Fabrications affirms this aim; but we're also stocking some of the top names in performance road bikes. Cannondale, Trek and Focus will all be gracing our showroom, alongside custom frames and our own Tokyo Fixed models. The same goes for our clothing and components - we're still going to be championing small brands like Vulpine and Paul Components, but they're going to be sharing pride of place with Castelli team kit and Shimano groupsets."

Now that you know what we plan to do, how does this affect you? Tokyo Fixed at 4 Peter Street will close its doors on Saturday 11th of May. Kinoko Custom Cycles will open its doors to customers the following week, with a grand launch party to be announced soon. The web-shop will remain open, and no order will go unfulfilled. Our website will change to represent its place as the online store of Kinoko Custom Cycles, and the URL's will redirect accordingly. For the meantime, our huge moving sale continues in-store and online. We'd recommend you check it out, as we're place huge discounts on a significant amount of our stock.

Rad as fuck!! Seems like natural progression for the shop. Good luck to you all.

And and Eingang repped!

is everything moving over or is it like a 2nd store?

Reading is fundamental

Shhh.... that's long.. im meant to be working

Does this mean they will be open during Saturday and will close at the end of the day? If so I will pop in to say a fond farewell

"Our shop in Peter Street in Soho has been the heart of our operation for years now. Fast becoming known as the ideal place in central London to find high quality parts, talk to experienced and enthusiastic staff and generally be surrounded by the best frames, clothing and art that modern cycling has to offer, we've enjoyed our tenure there.

However, we're extremely proud and extremely excited to announce our imminent move to Golden Square in Soho, and the launch of our new shop, Kinoko Custom Cycles. Our aim is to move from being the best place for incredible steel and rare parts to a singular destination for London's cyclists. That means we've got a full fitting center with 2 top-level qualified fitters, a huge workshop, a massive space for bikes, parts, clothing and art and even our own in-house baristas in Daily Goods.

Our increase in space also means an increase in the things we can offer. We mean to be the best place in England to get a custom bike, and our work with artisanal and boutique bike builders like Tonic Fabrications, Cherubim, Donhou and Independent Fabrications affirms this aim; but we're also stocking some of the top names in performance road bikes. Cannondale, Trek and Focus will all be gracing our showroom, alongside custom frames and our own Tokyo Fixed models. The same goes for our clothing and components - we're still going to be championing small brands like Vulpine and Paul Components, but they're going to be sharing pride of place with Castelli team kit and Shimano groupsets."

Now that you know what we plan to do, how does this affect you? Tokyo Fixed at 4 Peter Street will close its doors on Saturday 11th of May. Kinoko Custom Cycles will open its doors to customers the following week, with a grand launch party to be announced soon. The web-shop will remain open, and no order will go unfulfilled. Our website will change to represent its place as the online store of Kinoko Custom Cycles, and the URL's will redirect accordingly. For the meantime, our huge moving sale continues in-store and online. We'd recommend you check it out, as we're place huge discounts on a significant amount of our stock.

Redux

Have you seen the mark-up on SRAM? Please take this artisanal NItto quill stem and stick it up your arse.

http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2013/05/tokyo-fixed-kinoko-cycles/

dtm

cross frame looks good, hope it's not to exxy.

Does this mean they will be open during Saturday and will close at the end of the day? If so I will pop in to say a fond farewell

Saturday is our last day, so normal hours Saturday but we won't be open on Sunday. Pop on down, it'll be appreciated.

Have you seen the mark-up on SRAM? Please take this artisanal NItto quill stem and stick it up your arse.

Well, we've been stocking SRAM for a while, but I see your point. It's more just being able to offer more variety and more services to you guys, rather than relentlessly seeking trend-money. We'll have a proper fitting room and serious road bikes, as well as artisanal Nitto quill stems.

cross frame looks good, hope it's not to exxy.

The Indy Fab or the Trooper? The Trooper is looking good at the moment, hopefully it'll be about the same price as the Wide Open. The Indy Fab Gravel King will almost certainly be eye-wateringly expensive, but will make someone very happy.

I think it overall is exciting news.
as long as you keep up the good customer service, you should be safe from turning into rapha cafe.

Am I one of the very few people who is a little annoyed with the move? I ordered something over the weekend and was told they should arrive within a week, but it might be longer.. no worries there as I am not in any particular rush of getting them. But the fact remains nobody has told me they will be closing their shop for a week or so and if my order is still not with them by Sat then it will be another couple of weeks wait... Like I said I am in no particular rush to get my stuff, but would be nice to have been told the potentially long wait. Especially I had just returned the same item (OK, it's a pair of shoes) of a smaller size to an online retailer and it cost me £11 to post them back. The online outlet did offer me to pop round and swap, but I thought Tokyo Fixed was closer I know the faces etc, so why not deal with them? If I had known I might not get my shoes for maybe another couple of weeks, I would have swapped with the online store and saved myself £11. And would be wearing my shoes by now.

That's it, lunch time rant over!

Well, I'm sat here in work and thought I would Google the new shop name.....

But I bloody Googled "kiniko" in an open plan office, gah.

Some nice results though.

Am I one of the very few people who is a little annoyed with the move? I ordered something over the weekend and was told they should arrive within a week, but it might be longer.. no worries there as I am not in any particular rush of getting them. But the fact remains nobody has told me they will be closing their shop for a week or so and if my order is still not with them by Sat then it will be another couple of weeks wait... Like I said I am in no particular rush to get my stuff, but would be nice to have been told the potentially long wait. Especially I had just returned the same item (OK, it's a pair of shoes) of a smaller size to an online retailer and it cost me £11 to post them back. The online outlet did offer me to pop round and swap, but I thought Tokyo Fixed was closer I know the faces etc, so why not deal with them? If I had known I might not get my shoes for maybe another couple of weeks, I would have swapped with the online store and saved myself £11. And would be wearing my shoes by now.

That's it, lunch time rant over!

Apologies for that the staff should have let you know.
Chances are when the shoes arrive in our warehouse Roy or Jacob will be in touch and should be able to get them to you, even if the new store isn't open by then. If you'd like to make sure of that just drop us an email with your order info and we'll make it happen.

Excellent stuff, well done max for making the jump. Not brand suicide at all.

Apologies for that the staff should have let you know.
Chances are when the shoes arrive in our warehouse Roy or Jacob will be in touch and should be able to get them to you, even if the new store isn't open by then. If you'd like to make sure of that just drop us an email with your order info and we'll make it happen.

Morgan sorted it out for me on Friday already. He got in touch as soon as he saw the post and bought the shoes down to the shop pretty much as they arrived on Friday! Should have come back to give him a big thumbs up! And you Jammy!! Cheers mates! You guys rocks!

Apologies for that the staff should have let you know.
Chances are when the shoes arrive in our warehouse Roy or Jacob will be in touch and should be able to get them to you, even if the new store isn't open by then. If you'd like to make sure of that just drop us an email with your order info and we'll make it happen.

psssshhhh too late bruv

Mmm kiniko

Called Tokyo Fixed on Saturday to pay for a couple of bits, got "dunno how to do that over the phone mate", which didn't bode well, but then "right, we'll use the online shopping backend, what's your card number?"

Nice that the effort was made, I appreciated it when it would have been easy to have "computer says no'd" the question.

Roadies can fuck off.

Just sayin.