If you subscribe to the RSS feed or check back frequently, you’ll see that we got quite a few SRT707 “touring” shoes back in stock about a month ago. Many have emailed asking when or if we’ll get the other sizes back in stock. Good news! Q Cycle is putting the SRT707 back into production, just for the US market, and we should see all the sizes back in here before the end of May. Please keep checking or sign up for the feed so you know when they’re back in stock.
Exustar Bike Pedal Love From VeloNews
August 24, 2010Just 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.
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.
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We Have Ourselves A Winner! Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #4, Special White Carbon Edition
July 27, 2010Welcome 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
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Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #4: Special White Carbon Edition
July 18, 2010Welcome 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 
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We Have A Winner for Funny Foto Kaption Kontest #3!
July 13, 2010Wait, 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
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Funny Foto Kaption Kontest, #3: Special Tour de France Edition!
July 2, 2010Welcome 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!
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Congratulations To Kaption Kontest Winner #2!
July 2, 2010Thanks 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
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Friday’s Fun Foto Klever Kaption Kontest #2 (June 25-July 2)
June 25, 2010Welcome 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!
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We Have A Winner
June 25, 2010Thanks to everyone who participated in last week’s Friday Funny Foto Kaption Kontest! And we were right: your Kaptions were much funnier than ours:
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
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New Q Cycle Feature: Friday Foto Funnies (with Klever Kaptions)
June 20, 2010So here’s the Deal, Lucille:
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
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!
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