Its key features include a durable tig-welded steel frame and hi-tensile steel fork for stability and resilience. The Kent Trouvaille is a sleek, durable mountain bike perfect for both beginners and seasoned riders. Built with a lightweight hydroformed aluminum frame and internally routed cables, this bike offers an appealing blend of style and strength. It boasts a Microshift Advent 9-speed drivetrain and ProWheel alloy crankset, ensuring a smooth and reliable ride on any terrain. The bike features an SR Suntour XCM fork with lockout and 100mm of travel, providing excellent shock absorption.
I was still very into mountain biking so I got myself some lights and I’d ride the trails at night. Yeah, there’s animals but you know they are mostly more scared of you than you are of them and riding a trail by the light of a full moon is pretty much a magical experience. Cycles UK is one of the leading independent bike retailers in the UK.
I have both front and rear brakes with really good brake pads and I use them PLUS my legs to slow down and stop. The Schwinn World Sport was a not fancy but decent sport touring bike of it’s day. The lugged frame was made in Taiwan for Schwinn and the main triangle is 4130 ChromeMoly tubing. The internet help me decode the bike’s serial number and told me that it was made in 1984. The dealer sticker told me that the bike had originally been sold by Stewart’s Wheel Goods, just over the bridge in Duluth.
I did have to swap a big spacer on the rear wheel from the drive to non-drive side and re-dish the wheel. There were just enough threads on the spokes to do this. I also replaced the flimsy rubber rim strip with a double layer of gorilla tape and I repacked both the front and rear hubs and trued both wheels. Steve’s gift cog came in the mail and I mounted it to the wheel using loctite. I’m not one of those hipster kid fixie riders who run no brakes and skid stop so the loctite should be sufficient.
I really wanted to make the bike into a fixed gear, but it turned out the one thing I didn’t have in my parts stash was a fixed cog. But when I posted about my initial conversion on my blog, my pal Steve in Minneapolis dug through his parts stash, found a 16 tooth Surly fixed cog and dropped it in the mail to me. Even so, I ran the purchase past Christine and she said OK.
According to Morrow, the pandemic has impacted every aspect of the supply chain. “We were declared an essential business so for the most part we have remained operational,” said Morrow. In the late nineties, all major bicycle manufacturers had moved their production processes overseas and most continue to do so. Purchased a 200,000 sq ft facility in Clarendon County after being inspired by Walmart’s commitment to bring Made in America goods back to their shelves. Kent began a bike assembly program under the name Bicycle Corporation of America, which eventually morphed into a full-blown bicycle manufacturing facility. I reached the point where I had to spend some more money on this project so I rode my Allant over the bridge to Duluth.
We have bike shops in Essex, Kent, London, and Hertfordshire selling the world’s leading cycle brands, including Trek, Specialized, Cannondale, Whyte, Orbea and Raleigh. We offer free shipping on accessories over £30, click and collect, 0% finance (subject to status) and hassle free returns. “This is a very exciting evolution for Kent Outdoors and will create an important center of gravity for the business as we continue to grow,” added Eby. Now I should be clear, I didn’t strictly need this bike. I’m retired, I have three perfectly good bikes and to be honest, one would really do just fine for the riding I’m doing these days. You’ve got a problem that I don’t have and I’m sure that’s a bitch, but dude, I suggest you stop stealing bikes.
The Orp is an electronic horn & light combo that I used to think was too loud but given how distracted everybody is these days I’ve decided it is damn handy. I did have the proper freewheel puller in my tool kit to remove the freewheel, but I didnt have a bench vise for leverage. I did, however, have a big wrench and the seatmast from my Bike Friday Pakit that worked great as a cheater bar. A casual observer of the work in progress would think that I was building a unicycle. The two pictures above show my first cut at customisation. The mirror, the bell, the light, the yellow cable housing, the bar tape and the Jandd frame bag were all things I had in my bike shed.
Their products shine with meticulous design and robust build quality, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable riding experience. Comfort and safety are integral to each Kent Bicycle, featuring responsive kent bicycles brakes, comfortable seats, and ergonomic designs. There’s no feeling quite like cruising down the open road, the wind brushing past your face, and the thrill of moving at your own pace.
Did you know that we have a bicycle plant in Clarendon County? Bicycle Corporation of America, known as BCA Bicycles under parent company Kent International, owns and operates two locations here. The largest Clarendon site is located off of Hwy 521 in the Manning area and the other is located in Summerton across from Scotts Branch High School.