Corner Cycle

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So here we are starting a new decade, the shop is still a bit messy, the bathroom is a mess, and whole shop could use some paint, but we're here to serve our customers first, so we'll deal with the appearance of the shop someday when we're not so busy!
Below is a synopsis of my store, I refer to "our" and "we" frequently through out these web pages because I've been lucky to have excellent people in my employ with whom I trust my business, without them my business wouldn't be what it is today. This year will be my 34th year in the bike business, over 24 years here on the Cape.
It feels like it was yesterday that we were pulling Campy Super Record derailleurs out of their blue boxes and marveling at how nice they would shift a 6 speed block, man how times have changed! I still get excited about the new equipment every year and can't wait for another season of riding, hopefully we can pass on to you some of our passion for the sport whether you're a seasoned rider or someone new to the sport.
This website is meant to inform and purposely not be a slick professional Flash intensive website which I personally despise, I try to update it with some regularity, but my focus is to run my "brick and mortar" (or rotten wood and rusty nails) store. If you have questions about anything bike related please give us a call and speak to one of the real persons that work here. So if you happen to be a web designer I'm not interested in changing this site, I like it the way it is, yes I know it's dated but it works and isn't like every other site out there.
I started as a mechanic at my brother Bill's store located in Plymouth, MA. The road racing scene prevalent in New England dominated the early years of Corner Cycle in Plymouth, my brother's store was a haven for road racers so the roots of this store are still with road bikes. During the '80s, the change to mountain bikes also saw me move to manage the "new Corner Cycle" in Falmouth.
Starting in 1986, Corner Cycle Cape Cod took over Full Cycle, a small retailer who had started in 1977. After two years as manager, I purchased the store and moved its location across the street to a larger storefront and incorporated the store as Corner Cycle Cape Cod Inc.
With the predominance of mountain bikes in the early '90s, Corner Cycle saw a change in the product mix to include more off road equipment and much less road gear. The boom in mountain bike sales coincided with a growth in the popularity of Cape Cod, we had tons of people getting exposed to riding via mountain bikes .
Beginning somewhere around 1999 we started to see a resurgence in road bikes and higher end hybrids, this has drawn many riders from mountain bikes to the road. We still see increases in road sales in the future and continue to see the road market growing.
We offer over 30 years experience in proper fit and setup of either road, triathlon, or mountain bikes, we've been using the computerized Bikefitting.com fit system for over 6 years with excellent results. In order to provide custom sizing and fit we also use a custom built "size cycle", with this tool we are able to simulate the exact specifications of any bike. We also use the Bikecad program from Bikeforest for graphic representation of custom sized frames, visit them at www.bikeforest.com . We pride ourselves in the ability to diagnose problems customers may encounter, either mechanical or biomechanical.
In the past on this page I've had some of the info on our racing teams, because the teams have grown so much we now have a dedicated page for the Junior team linked to the left on this page. A quick note for the masters team we now have 2 Masters National Cyclocross champions, Kevin "the Massachusetts Missle" Hines won the masters 50+ and Jonny "the cartoon superhero" Bold won the 45+. If the Nationals weren't enough Kevin and Jon went to World Cyclocross Championships and placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. Kevin also won the Belgium National Championships the week before Worlds much to the dismay of the Belgians, I don't think they'll have an open championship next year.
Feel free to email us at bikewiz (at) cornercycle.com for advice, but please be patient, as it may take us a while to compile a thorough response. Here is my disclaimer; I'm not an English major if you find grammatical errors I'm sorry, if it's your goal in life to find and correct grammatical errors on the Internet I would suggest you start with Craigslist or Ebay and ease up on guys like me☺