If you’re looking for a quality new bike on a budget, now is the time!  In the shop we have several beautiful completes that need to go.  Check below for the bike that might just be yours.

Sizing is as such:

44cm, suitable for riders 145 to 160cm in height.

50cm, suitable for riders 155 to 170cm in height.

52cm, suitable for riders 165 to 180cm in height.

54cm, suitable for riders 170 to 185cm in height. Read more

Now that winter is definitely behind us 2017’s countryside ride’s are back.  This month we’ll be exploring the eastern portion of Shuangliu.  The route begins near the beginning of the Cheng-Zi-Lu Expressway and meanders south through farms and rolling countryside through some of the closest rural areas and farmland surrounding Chengdu’s urban centre.

We pass through a traditional Chinese rural village, an endless network of small country roads and farms before continuing towards Taiping where we’ll catch the end of a traditional country market and stop for lunch.

After lunch we’ll continue riding a loop northwards past Tiantai Mountain Loquat Ecological Park and along the edge of the Longquan Mountain range towards Longquanyi.  The van will be waiting for us there to take us back to the city. Read more

This Friday, March 31st:  Join us at Natooke for the Friday Night Ride!  As the weather gradually gets nicer we’re seeing larger and larger turn outs.  At the last ride we had nearly 100 people descend upon Xiaotian South Street to cruise with us.

As usual expect great music, great people and an incredible ride unlike anything else you can find in Chengdu.  The ride leaves at 8:00 p.m.  Show up early to make sure you don’t miss it!

Got questions about rentals, route, or anything FNR-related, read on below for more details. Read more

As we start seeing longer days and more sunshine, we intend to up the number of events we’ve got each month.  Not only do we want to do more events, but we are looking to improve the variety and see to hosting them at times that works best for everyone.

This is where you come in.  Our rides, workshops and races are only so fun as the people who attend.  We figured it’s best to just ask you what kind of activities you’re interested in.   Read more

Stop in this Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26.  We’ll have a couple awesome things going on.

For one, we’re looking to make room in the shop and this means we’ve got a bunch of complete bikes and parts that must go.  Interested in getting a new ride on a budget?  Stop in and see what we’ve got that will work.  Some completes are marked 40% off their original price! Read more

Over the last weekend of March we’ll be hosting a Spring Clean within the shop. Not only are we moving things around and making more room, but we’re also looking to move a lot of older stock.

This means you can anticipate getting incredible deals on complete bikes. We’ll have brand new complete bicycles available for anywhere between ¥1000 and ¥2000.

Keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of weeks for more specifics as we get some of these new bikes built up. If you’re really curious, feel free to stop in beforehand and get a lay of the land.

But don’t say you weren’t warned: these bikes will go quick and this is likely the last opportunity to pick up a new ride for as much as 75% off it’s original cost! Read more

This Friday we’re celebrating for a few special reasons. Join us for this special ride and beat the gloom. Get out and ride!

In addition to ride as usual, we’re requesting folks wear anything green! We’re hoping to have a mob of people in green cruising the streets.

We’ll wrap up the ride at Dave’s Oasis where riders will be offered specials on food and drink. Ride, hang out and kick your weekend off right!

As usual we’re looking for anyone who’s interested in helping run the show. If you’d like to be behind the scenes and help the Natooke team make the FNR happen, please send us a message and we can go from there! Read more

From time to time we like to host mechanics workshops where you can learn a thing or two about how to keep your biking running smooth.  Having done it a few times, we’ve also got a pretty good handle on the three easiest things to keep your bike running right.  Most simply, there’s three things to check.

1)   Tighten everything up.  Make sure nothing is loose on your bike.  Usually to do this all you need is a set of hexagonal wrenches.  Pick up a bicycle mutli-tool and you’ll have everything covered. Make sure the nuts and bolts on your bike are tightened up nicely.  If you hear any rattling or groaning that means that likely something’s loose.  Don’t expect these sounds to just go away!  If you can’t figure it out take it to a pro.

2)   Lubricate any moving part.  Bikes are pretty simple but it has a lot of little moving parts.  Pick up a basic bottle of bicycle lubricant (don’t use any old oil or grease) and use it on any bit that isn’t stationary: your chain, derailleurs, brakes, and even inside the housing of your bikes cables!  Lube insures everything moves smoothly and can make a bike that feels sluggish and rough ride easy and quiet. Read more

It’s only for special occasion that we get on the horn early for the Friday Night Ride, but next Friday is going to be especially fun.

We’ll announce the specifics next week, but mark your calendars now and be certain not to miss out because the FNR Green Theme is going to be a spectacular mash-up of good fun. Read more

We love taking care of bikes. See, a bike is something that if you give it regular maintenance and make sure to keep it running smooth will be sure to be useful forever.

A problem is that in modern consumer culture, the idea of fixing stuff is becoming stranger and stranger. For instance if you have a fancy bike, phone or car it’s easy to assume the average person doesn’t have the know-how to repair it. Besides, pushing the sale of a brand new thing is usually much easier.

But it’s not very sustainable. If you pay the price for something nice, you should be able to keep it around for a long time, right? That’s our motto. As bikes have gotten more and more complicated they often seem too high-tech to fix. This is not so.

Take for example a nice carbon frame. They ride great, but if you damage the frame it’s done for. Or is it? Well, carbon bicycle frames are actually repairable. Depending on the damage to a frame it can easily be a relatively quick fix. That frame you crashed out once that has a crack in the seat tube? We can fix it. Read more