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<\/a><\/div>\nBorn in Cape Town, where an outdoor lifestyle is interwoven with an urban backdrop, Rook has produced some killer single speed rides, ready to mash through your city circuit.<\/p>\n
It all started a couple of years back where the guys were finding track bike frames and building \/ selling fixies on Bike Hub. \u201cWe saw there was an appetite for something like this\u201d Says Lee one of the co-founders. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved bicycles. Especially track bikes and the fixed style of riding. South Africa needs some grit and attitude pumped back into street cycling and over the last couple years we\u2019ve developed a brand and range that reflects our stance on that”.<\/p>\n Starting with their steel frame series, the Rook One \u201cWe\u2019re super obsessive with build quality vs bang for buck and it shows in every bike that we ship. We\u2019d like to see a Rook frame still shredding in 20 years!\u201d. Hi-ten steel with geometry that gives you the go\u2019s. This is not driving miss daisy – it\u2019s an urban mash machine.<\/p>\n The guys have also developed a light build; The Rook Race. An aluminium frame with a carbon fiber fork. \u201cThe Race series is all about light weight agility. Inspired by events such as Red Hook Crit, the Rook Race is nimble through a city circuit. A track bike designed for the road\u201d.<\/p>\n Rook Cycles strive to bring the thrill and challenge of fixed gear riding to South Africa. Skiddies, track stands, fixie tricks \u2013 a few of the fun elements riding a fixed gear brings to your ride. Each Rook bicycle ships with a flip-flop rear hub so you can start off in freewheel mode and switch to fixed when you\u2019re comfortable.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a time and place for geared, expensive, high maintenance road bikes\u2026 And we respect that. But there\u2019s so much fun to be had on a fixed gear and so much less hassle. We\u2019re not just selling bikes, we\u2019re riding hard, and having a blast doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n You can customize your ride too, they\u2019ve curated an in-house accessories range so you can make your ride unique to you.<\/p>\n Rook is based in Cape Town but like to see themselves as a South African brand. Shipping is included to any address in SA \u2013 check out their online store at rookcycles.com<\/a><\/p>\n The Rook One Starts at R5650 for a complete, and the Rook Race at R8650 complete.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a>Cape Town born but plugging into global fixed gear culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>The Rook One Steel Frame in 3 paint jobs. Matt Black , Ice White and limited edition Blue\/Green Flip. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>The Rook Race: Choose your bars, carbon fork standard. Only in black-on-black.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>When riding in fixed, lock your legs to lock the back wheel and skid! It\u2019s mad fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n