Exustar Bike Pedal Love From VeloNews

August 24, 2010

Just posted yesterday on VeloNews.com is a long write up on our top of the line, Ti spindle, injected carbon fiber road pedal marvel, the poetically named PR200CKTi.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/08/bikes-tech/wrenched-ridden-bike-reviews-exustar-e-pr200ckti-road-pedals_136199

Not mentioned in the review was the availability of the PR200CKTi-XS (we’re guessing they lost interest partway through typing the arcane model name) which is a 4.5mm shorter spindle version for smaller riders.  A much narrower “Q Factor” and even a few grams lighter.


We Have Ourselves A Winner! Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #4, Special White Carbon Edition

July 27, 2010

Welcome back to the Q Cycle Funny Foto Kaption Kontest. If you’re not familiar with the rules, they’re available here, but the idea is simple:

Each Friday Monday time we get around to it, we show a new Foto  and a sample Kaption. You write a funnier one via the Comments feature (you can also play via Facebook if you prefer).  Then on Friday,Eventually we show you the winner. Hilarity ensues. Funniest Kaption wins very cool Exustar schwag.

Here’s  Funny Foto #4:

Our Kaption: Naw, Fridges are for wusses. This here’s a Kegerator!

Honorable Mentions:

Now to pick up the hot water heater and I’ll be ready for the annual Ride Across China. –Kurt (Nice kaption, too. But we’re going to rule you ineligible for awhile because you already won FF&KKK #1. Also, if it uses Hot Water, why do they need to Heat it?).

Gotta make a beer run...—Armand  (via Facebook)

And The Winner:

Schwan’s Home Delivery, Chinese style –Frank Brichetto

Congratulations, Frank! You win Schwag! (And we promise those pictures you showed us of Commodore Bill in drag had nothing to do with the judge’s decision.)

And speaking of schwag, here’s this week’s:

BC60WH CARBON FIBER WATER BOTTLE CAGE WHITE

Durable, lightweight, carbon fiber water bottle cage in white. $49.95. Wait. What? White carbon fiber? Um, yes. It’s become a trade term in recent years, so no more of your back-talk.

It’s lightweight, lasts forever, doesn’t lose shape, and provides you with a nice bit of on-upmanship on the Sunday Morning Ride.

PS: New Funny Foto Klever Kaption Kontest starts Monday soon!

–Yeoman Bob


Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #4: Special White Carbon Edition

July 18, 2010

Welcome back to the Q Cycle Funny Foto Kaption Kontest. I am pleased to report that following last week’s Corporate Mescal Binge, the staff is more less fully recovered and no one seems to have lost fingers and toes in the process, although there are some interesting new tattoos to be seen around Q Cycles Global Headquarters this week.

A Hula Dancer, Frank?

If you’re not familiar with the Kontest rules, they’re available here, but the idea is simple:

Each Friday  (or so) , we show a new Foto  and a sample Kaption. You write a funnier one via the Comments feature (You can also play via Facebook if you prefer).  Funniest Kaption wins that week’s very cool Exustar schwag.

And speaking of schwag, here’s this week’s:

BC60WH CARBON FIBER WATER BOTTLE CAGE WHITE

Durable, lightweight, carbon fiber water bottle cage in white. $49.95. Wait. What? White carbon fiber? Um, yes. It’s become a trade term in recent years, so let’s debunk that particular myth right now:

Carbon is not white, it’s black. (Unless you compress it enough, and then it becomes clear, in which case it’s known as “a diamond”.) So two things:

1. Exustar’s “White Carbon” is actually long-filament thermoset glass fiber. It’s cut from sheets of pre-preg, wrapped around a special mandrel and cured. (It could be done with thermoplastics, too, but there’s no particular advantage.)

2. This is good. High-impact glass (usually E-Glass) is a better material to make things like bottle cages out of because a thin sheet of it has better impact resistance than the same thickness of carbon, and because a bottle cage doesn’t need nearly as much strength as, say, a down tube.

3. Black “carbon” cages aren’t really carbon either. They (and other non-structural “carbon” bits ) are just glass, or even short-fiber (also called flox)-embedded plastic with a printed cover layer that looks like woven carbon.

Our Exustar “white carbon” cage makes a stylish and high-performance addition to your machine. It’s lightweight, lasts forever, doesn’t lose shape, and, now that you know the story, provides you with a nice bit of on-upmanship on the Sunday Morning Ride.

But back to this week’s Kontest:

Our Kaption: Naw, Fridges are for wusses. This here’s a Kegerator!

Your (much funner) Kaption: (Just click the Comment button)

You can also play the Kontest on our Facebook page.

Speaking of which, want to stay up-to-the-nanosecond on all the latest Q Cycle stuff?  Follow us on Twitter , too!


We Have A Winner for Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #3!

July 13, 2010

Wait, what?

You say it’s Tuesday already? Last thing I remember is Commodore Bill ordering up shots of something called Dos Gusanos …and the rest is very, very hazy. (All I can say is, good thing the waitress agreed  not to press charges.)

But be that as it may, at least we have a winner for last week’s Funny Foto Kaption Kontest (Special Tour de France Edition):

Our Kaption:

Whoa! Chuckhole!

Honorable Mention:

Why, why, why, why am I NOT wearing body armor?” – Frank Brichetto

“…I thought they said these tires were pliable, not pileable.” –Sergio Silva (via Facebook)

And The Winner is:

HTC realised too late that the Salvador Dali designed wheels were a bit of a mistake. –Alex Oates

Congratulations, Alex! You win a pair of  very cool Exustar Road Gloves!

CG930 SHORT FINGER GLOVES

·        Pull-on tab

·        Shock-absorbing gel padding

·        Back: gel knuckle protectors, breathable mesh.

·        Palm: Armara microfiberleather with gel padding and synthetic suede reinforcing. Silicone finger grips.

·        Thumb: terry cloth for high-performance sweat wipery

·        Closure: adjustable Velcro straps

·        Machine washable

·        Sizes S-M-L-XL

·        $26.95 retail.

We’ll be back Friday (assuming we aren’t  permanently eighty-sixed from the cantina) with a new Kaption Kontest.

–Yeoman Bob


Funny Foto Kaption Kontest, #3: Special Tour de France Edition!

July 2, 2010

Welcome back to the Q Cycle Funny Foto Kaption Kontest. If you’re not familiar with the rules, they’re available here, but the idea is simple:

Each Friday, we show a new Foto  and a sample Kaption. You write a funnier one via the Comments feature (You can also play via Facebook if you prefer).  Funniest Kaption wins that week’s very cool Exustar schwag.

And speaking of schwag, here’s this week’s:

CG930 SHORT FINGER GLOVES

·        Pull-on tab

·        Shock-absorbing gel padding

·        Back: gel knuckle protectors, breathable mesh.

·        Palm: Armara microfiber leather with gel padding and synthetic suede reinforcing. Silicone finger grips.

·        Thumb: terry cloth for high-performance sweat wipery

·        Closure: adjustable Velcro straps

·        Machine washable

·        Sizes S-M-L-XL

·        $26.95 retail.

And here’s this weeks special Tour de France Edition Funny Foto:

Our Kaption (yours will be much funnier, we know):

Whoa! Chuckhole!

Your Kaption: Well, that’s what the Comments button is for, isn’t it?

Winner (and new Kaption Kontest) announced next Friday, July 9th Actually, we’re going to move the announcement of winners to Thursday, July 8th and then start the next Kontest (#4) on the 9th. Don’t forget!


Congratulations To Kaption Kontest Winner #2!

July 2, 2010

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s Friday Funny Foto Kaption Kontest! Here’s the results:

Our Kaption: Don’t be so impressed. That’s clearly a Gruber Assist battery pack under the saddle.

Well, we thought that one was pretty good. Even Maven Anne liked it. But as usual, yours were better.

Honorable Mention:

OK, I’ll let you go this time, but if I catch you again, I’ll make it even more embarrassing.” —Cheryl Garcia

http://www.qcycle.com/9-function-multi-tool-t12.html

And Da Winnah is:

“…now look, I paced you doing 55…” –Sergio Bravo

Way to go, Sergio! You win a 9-function Exustar multitool!

Thanks again to everyone who entered; we’ll have the next Kaption Kontest (#3) up in just a bit.

—Yoeman Bob


Friday’s Fun Foto Klever Kaption Kontest #2 (June 25-July 2)

June 25, 2010

Welcome back to the Q Cycle Foto Kaption Contest. If you’re not familiar with the rules, they’re available here, but the idea is simple:

Each Friday, we show a new Foto  and a sample Kaption. You try to write a better Kaption via the Comments Feature (You can also play via Facebook if you prefer).  Funniest Kaption wins some very cool Exustar schwag. Speaking of which, here’s this week’s:

9- Function Exustar Multitool T12

Right size for jersey pocket or under-the saddle use. Contains (as the name suggests) 9 must-have tools:

  • (8/6/5/4/3/2.5/2mm) Allen/Hex keys
  • Phillips-head screwdriver
  • Flat-head screwdriver
  • Sorry about the crappy photo. This is aprés PhotoShop, too. (You think this one’s bad, click on it to see what we had to work with)
  • #17.95 value

And here’s this weeks Funny Foto:

Our Kaption (yours will be much funnier, we know):

Don’t be so impressed. That’s clearly a Gruber Assist battery pack under the saddle.

Your Kaption: Well, that’s what the Comments button is for, isn’t it?

Winner (and new Kaption Kontest) announced next Friday, June 1st!


We Have A Winner

June 25, 2010

Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s Friday Funny Foto Kaption Kontest! And we were right: your Kaptions were much funnier than ours:

Q Cycle Exustar Foto Funny

Our Kaption: On their way to pick up Daphne for the Senior Prom, Biff wondered if Mom & Dad weren’t taking this whole Green Family Lifestyle thing way too far.

Honorable Mentions:

“Shit, I forgot the blender” —Sergio Bravo

How Jed, Jethro, Ellie May and Grandma actually got to Beverly Hills. —Sherry Garcia (Great kaption, Sherry. But the twentysomethings on our Judge’s Panel didn’t get the joke. Kids these days.)

And The Winner is:

I’m sorry son, there is no way in hell I’ll have enough lycra to make a bike jersey for your sister AND you. —Kurt

Congratulations, Kurt—well done! You’re the winner of a $45 BBW 04 Race Hydration Pack!


Thanks to everyone who entered; we’ll have the next Kaption Kontest (#2) Up in just a bit.

—Yoeman Bob




New Q Cycle Feature: Friday Foto Funnies (with Klever Kaptions)

June 20, 2010

So here’s the Deal, Lucille:

  • Every Friday starting today, we’ll post a funny cycling photo brutally ripped off from somewhere on the InnerTubes.
  • Included with the photo will be some totally weak-sauce an incredibly hilarious Kaption authored by the collective wit of the staff here at Q Cycle Global Headquarters.
  • You, however, will think of one (or more) even funnier and/or wittier Kaption(s), which you—clever scamps that we know you all are—will have no trouble coming up with and posting to the Comments section of the blog post.
  • If your Kaption is the funniest of the bunch (as it doubtlessly will be), you win that week’s incredibly cool chunk o’ Exustar Schwag. Plus  Fame, Fortune, and Unlimited Bragging Rights…not to mention an almost embarrassing amount of attention from very attractive members of the gender(s) of your choice.
  • In case of a tie (same basic Kaption idea), the first and/or better-worded version wins.
  • Winners will be selected by the Q Cycle staff at our weekly Around Town Cruise & Two-Wheeled Pub Crawl…which probably means Maven Anne will tell the rest of us to shut up and  then she’ll pick the winner herself.
  • Judges decisions are final. Prizes will be awarded to entires from the USA and Canada only.
  • Winner(s) plus runners-up will be announced the following Friday, along with a new Foto Funny.
  • By entering you give us full nonexclusive license to the use of your Kaption, whether it’s selected or not.
  • Ready to Play?  Of course you are! But first, here’s this week’s Schwag:

    BBW04 RACE HYDRATION PACK

    600D polyester. Mesh shoulder straps, air flow back padding, position-adjustable sternum strap.

    1.5 liter capacity lus plenty of room for all your tools, necessities, and aprés-ride goodies.

    Size 20 x 7 x 41 cm. Retail $44.95

    So here’s Foto Funny #1

    Q Cycle Exustar Foto Funny

    Our sidesplittingly funny Kaption:

    On their way to pick up Daphne for the Senior Prom, Biff wondered if Mom & Dad weren’t taking this whole Green Family Lifestyle thing way too far.

    Can you better? We should hope so. To suggest your own (and much funnier) Friday Foto Funny Kaption, just use the Comment Feature below. If you Kaption is selected by our panel of judges (as it doubtlessly will be),  the BBW04 Race Hydration Pack is yours!


    Who’s Your Q Cycle Rep?

    April 13, 2010

    If you’re an Exustar consumer, this won’t be much of a deal, but Commodore Bill just spent the last month (when not fighting wildfires, of course) putting together a network of 13 Q Cycle sales reps to better support our Exustar retailers.

    The list follows. You can also click on the map for a giant-wall-sized version suitable for framing. Orders from consumers and retailers are still welcome right here, of course. And don’t forget to check our Twitter feed or  front page for special pricing on this month’s product specials!


    Ref #
    Rep/ Territory
    Phone/Fax
    Email
    1 Fred Faustman So Cal 605 LB SLO 818-943-0850 bikeguy321at-sign yahoo dot com
    2 Joe CortezSo Cal OC -SD 310-200-3140 jccycle2 at-sign att dot net
    3 Jeffery WinnickMA, VT, NH, ME 860-985-7433 / 860-217-1788 jeff at-sign tcsales dot com
    4 Robin WinnickCT, RI, West MA 954-494-7789 / 860-217-1788 robin at-sign tcsales dot com
    5 Keith MurphyUpstate NY, PA 610-909-1306 murphbmx at-sign aol dot com
    6 Bill Cohan

    New York City & NJ
    201-446-0251 wcohan3614 at-sign aol dot com
    7 Dan WilsonDE 302-383-6177 /972-346-6453 ddubcyclist at-sign comcast dot net
    8 Scott JamesNorth TX, OK, AR 214-704-2712 scottjames31 at-sign verizon dot net
    9 Emmanual CelestinoSouth & West TX 512-739-9032 emmanual dot celestino at-sign figointernational dot com
    10 Bryan KaneshiroHI 808-486-3116 / 808-398-0237 blzkaneshiro at-sign msn dot com
    11 Ed TylerFL 561-847-1874 / 772-365-0419 tylercyclesport at-sign qmail dot com
    12 Rusty ShacklefordWA 206-369-9938 rtshack at-sign msn dot com
    13 David MiddentsAZ, NV, UT 602-549-4731 / 480-893-2558 d dot middents at-sign cox dot net