Capital Cycles
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If you are a bike shop, business or perhaps just a very large family, we have a brilliant wholesale idea for you:

We can sell you our bikes for EVEN LESS than you already see on the website. If you want to qualify for wholesale prices, all you need to do is be happy to collect the bikes direct from our warehouse in Witham(Essex) and order a minimum of 5 of each style (gents and ladies count as different styles).
Simply give us a call on 0208 2655586,  let us know how many bikes you want and we will give you a quote there and then. 

Here is a little tip - these are some of the most affordable Classic Dutch Style bikes you will ever find. For £165 delivered, they are simple, enjoyable and are built and designed to represent the timeless love that these bikes seem to inspire.

At this price they are ideal if perhaps you want to buy one for your partner, daughter or mother, but you’re not quite sure how much it will actually be used.  Classic bikes are often like classic cars - the idea of owning one is great, but the actual useage it gets is another thing. WEll, if you think this might be the case for you, spend less and risk less!

This is a bulletin for any of my customers who may have had an eye on the Capital City Ladies Clearance bike (£99 delivered). I regret to inform you that these bikes are now all gone. So, if you are still looking for a good, simple, cheap bike to take you to the station in the morning or to dump outside the office, i would recommend you take the Gents City Clearance Bike - £90 delivered.

Thanks!

Did you know that one of most common places where bicycles are stolen is at a train or underground station! Despite state of the art cctv and a general presence of people, thieves are getting braver and now don’t even seem to care about what time of day they perform their evil deeds.

That is why we feel we have really hit the jackpot with our Capital City Clearance Hybrid bikes - from £90 delviered! You have a basic, simple, robust and FULLY EQUIPPED adult bicycle delivered to your door, AND it comes with all the extra bits you need - full length steel mudguards, rear carry rack, dynamo powered lights, side stand, chain cover and more.  Furthermore, owing to its simple build and modest appearance, even thieves will be pressed to see the point in nicking it. Now it may sound a bit weird for us to say something like that, but it’s the truth. This bike gets you from A-B and the glorious bit is that once you have dismounted at B, gone to work and come back, it should still be there!

It is ideal for that 2 mile jaunt to the station, and with change from £100 even it is pinched you will hardly be out of pocket!

Folding bikes are the answer to so many people’s prayers and with us around, budgets too! Especially when they only cost £99 - delivered!!

Our Folding bikes are handy because:

• They have Shimano 6 speed gears. Most folding bikes at this price will only be single speed.
• They have great, rugged all road tyres
• They are pretty light at around 13.5kg
• Ideal for anyone up to around 6 feet tall
• Stick it in the boot of your car, under the stairs, have as a back-up even!

We are simply about getting affordable bicycles to you, and this sterling little folding bike does exactly that.

All right - so for anyone with eyes, ears and a general sense of what is cool and what isn’t, i think it is pretty much clear that old school retro Dutch bikes are completely and utterly COOL. In fact, they have never really been more cool. With that old fashioned ’sit up and beg’ riding position, the fact that one revolution of the giant wheels seems enough to get you across town and the unavoidable truth that like a classic car, people will stop and look - you now own something really special.

Well we have them and we have them taped. Our Classic Dutch Bikes (£165 delivered) are the most affordable Dutch style bike of this spec available and they are right here for you to take. They have brand defining Sturmey Archer 3 speed AWC hub gears, a Sturmey Archer rear coaster brake, giant 28″ steel wheel rims and a stunning brazed steel frame. For the money, you simply can not do better.

However, since we operate of total transparency we also let you know where you could, should you wish, make improvements. These are simple but beautiful bicycles. In this world you get what you pay for and with us you are getting exactly that. These bikes are not rocket ships but they are stunning and provided you are happy to be gentle and careful with the final assembly, they are truly unbeatable. Then, if you wish to spend a few quid, you can use it as a base to upgrade from - see our blog on upgrade ideas.

Whatever happens, just have fun, be careful and take care. If you ever need to ask us anything, simply pick up the phone (0208 2655586) or email me.

Ciao!

We have just reduced the price of our Capital Compact folding bikes even more! These fantastic little 6 speed gems are now only £99 - including UK mainland delivery.

Simply click here for more details.

The introduction of our large, front wicker bicycle baskets (£25.99 )has been a great success. For almost every Classic Dutch bike sold, a wicker basket follows. They are beautiful, affordable and really simple to attach and remove.

What we want to know is - do you want rear baskets too? If we get a resounding YES from this, we shall make it happen, just give us the word. They will probably cost around the same.

We love the fact that our bicycles are so affordable. We love the fact that our customers (you guys) understand that one of the ways we make them so cheap is because we send them to you ‘flat packed’. For anyone who hasn’t yet bought one of our bikes, don’t panic - when i say flat packed it is far less work than it sounds.

Anyway, whilst we may have a fairly comprehensive guide on our website, i just wanted to let you know that plans are in place to create complete, illustrated guides to help with the assembly of each of our styles of bicycle - the Classic Dutch style bikes (£165), the Hybrid city bikes (from £90) and the little folding bikes (£110).

In the meantime, if you ever have any problems, questions or queries, you can either:
a) Send us an email
b) Call us 
c) Post your question on our forum

All assembly can be done at home, provided you are slow, thorough and careful. With everything, take your time, inspect every nut and bolt and just make sure you test the bike somewhere quiet before going out where there is traffic.

We have noticed that one of the most commonly ‘Googled’ questions is related to the difference between the layout and benefits of a Dutch bike and a Hybrid bike. Well, we are not really techy professionals and that means we cannot bore you with dimensions and angles, but here is what we think:

Hybrid bikes are generally lighter, faster and have more gears. Whilst they do not force you into a racing crouch, neither do they generate the ’sit up and beg’ position that you might be looking for. They have fairly large diameter, thin walled wheels and around 21 gears, ideal for just about anything, except heavy offroading. The reason i emphasise the ‘heavy’ is because i once rode a Dawes Discovery 301 hybrid bike across the Himalayas from the Gobi Desert to Nepal and i kept up with, and in fact had an easier time, than my three friends on mountain bikes.
They are no good for deep sand or mud, but other than that they are great bikes. Good for city commuting and trips over 10 miles.

So what about the Dutch bikes? You don’t buy a Dutch bike if you are planning a fast commute or a sweaty journey. The moment you straddle a Dutch Bike, you rise above it all. You are above the traffic, away from the fumes and somehow, from somewhere, a mysterious smile will inevitably wend its way onto your face. While you are confined to the fact that you are not going to be going anywhere fast, there is something addictively enjoyable about riding a classic Dutch bike. You are comfortable as if riding an arm chair. The wheels are SO large that just one revolution of the pedals feels like enough to get you from Putney to Hyde Park. Our Dutch Style bikes (£165) have three Sturmey Archer gears, not a lot you might think but let me tell you - they are more than enough. I am used to 21 gears but here I only use 2 of the 3 i am given. Even though the bikes are heavier than the hybrids, something about them makes them SO easy to ride. Perhaps its because you know you’re not going to be going anywhere fast and therefore don’t use the energy. Saying that, my girlfriend and i cycled from Wandsworth to Hyde Park two week ends ago and the journey only took about 50 minutes.

Classic Dutch bikes are about pleasure, head turning beauty, rising above smells and sounds and riding for the simple sake of riding something beautiful and eye catching. Their purpose is of course to get you from A-B, but it is not about speed or efficiency, it is about looks and love.

Hybrid bikes serve a very different, but equally important purpose. They are about efficiency, speed, comfort and convenience.

The saying ‘horses for courses’ would come out here, but i fear that might make people think they should only one style or the other. But this is not true. Just like you may own a good, solid everyday car, you may also have a vintage Austin sitting under a dust sheet, for those spectacular sunny days when it is about the journey, not the destination. To have both is not an extravagence; it is merely a privilege - a privilege which we make affordable.