The Best Custom Bike Builder - Including Fixies - In Los Angeles

Your custom Fixie or Fixed Gear bicycle should do many things well. It should be light, quick, and geared perfectly to fit your riding style and needs. AND it should be dy-no-mite to look at. If you live anywhere near the real Hollywood at the corner of Venice and Motor, one block from Sony Studios, then you can walk to Palms Cycle and meet Cap Rancier, the king of Custom. Cap has been creating custom bikes for his customers and the movie industry for over 30 years. His bikes have appeared in movies, TV Shows, commercials, print ads, and music videos. With the fixie bike boom, he has been able to turn his artistic talents to an entire new genre of bicycles. This video will give you a taste of the potential waiting for you. Check out Palms Cycle if you want to be the King of Crank Mob.

No Place Quite Like Palms Cycles

From the moment you enter the front door, you know this is no ordinary bike shop. If the owner, Cap, is there (instead of tending to his antique car collection), he might give you a big howdy from clear across the store behind the counter. If his daughter, Candace, is in charge, you can count on feeling like you are the only customer ever to visit the store.

You certainly will notice the Hawaiian theme throughout the shop. You almost expect Hawaiian steel guitars and ukeleles to be playing in the background. Then there are the period bicycles. Not so surprising maybe, since Palms Cycles in only a block from Sony studios and a couple of miles from Fox. The bikes are for sale, but also for rent to the studios.

If you ask, Cap will be more than happy to show you his antique car of the day. He always has a couple parked in back, and the one he drove to work that day. If that isn't enough, you might get lucky and meet the 4th generation, Ashlynd. She is only 5, so not very good at fixing bikes yet. But one sort of expects that she might follow her great grandmother's lead some day. We'll do an article later about Grandma Rancier, who is a very young 91.

None of these fun elements distract you from the excellent bicycle selections, good stock of the best accessories, shoes, helmets, and other necessary bike stuff. And, of course, you don't stay in the business for 78 years unless your service department can do the job. With Cap fixing up the vintage bikes and cars, you might suspect he can turn a wrench on the latest rides.

SE Fixed Gear Line, Speciale, Draft, Premium Brew Stocked at Palms Cycle, West Los Angeles

Here are two videos that give you a close-up-and-personal look at the latest and greatest in SE's line of fixed gear and single speed bikes.

Fixie Bikes- Do It Yourself or Let Palms Cycle Help You 310-838-9644

Cap Rancier is a miracle maker. Whether with cars or bikes, old rusty hulks become primo show pieces. His talents are being showcased in a new way with the latest bicycle fad, fixies. Fixed gear and single speed bicycles are all the rage, and they commonly start out as a fixer upper. A solid, but lightweight used frame becomes the foundation for a very cool new street machine. Check out this video for an example of a slamming fixie designed by a customer, executed by Cap and staff. If you can Imagine it, Palms Cycle can build it.

Fixed Gear aka Fixie Bicycles Huge at Palms Cycle in West Los Angeles

Fixed gears used to be just for the track. Not anymore. Palms Cycle in West Los Angeles now carries a wide variety of Fixed Gear and Single Speed bikes for those who enjoy the fun and challenge of going without clusters, multiple chain rings, and derailleurs. Some of these bikes have one brake, some none. Flip Flop hubs provide free wheeling options. And braise ons are in place on some bikes to create the potential of conversion to a more complicated ride. Featured in this video is the Masi line, a respected name in road bikes.

Palms is now featuring a ride for all riders, all styles every Sunday at 4:00. Call the store to confirm the ride each week, but it does go out pretty much every week. Some of the rides are challenging, but no one will be dropped.

Los Angeles's Oldest Bike Shop May Get Historic Status

Candace Rancier, manager of Palms Cycle, and grand daughter of the first Rancier's to own the shop, was interviewed on the national nonprofit radio program Living on Earth for release the week of June 27.

Find the review here.

In addition, the Palms-Village Sun wrote that the location of the shop is being considered for historic society listing. Read the details here.

The artwork to the left was originally part of the sign on the building, but was removed because of damage. It is easy to see that the eclectic personalities that bought the shop in the 60's continue the tradition with the most unique shop in Los Angeles County today.

Bicyce Restorations, Bike Painting, Powder Coating, Detailing

Palms Cyclery is the very best bike shop in West LA, maybe even all of Los Angeles to get your antique or old school bicycle completely restored. Palms Cyclery is also the place to come if you are doing a movie, tv show, advertisement, article, or music video that needs that very special bicycle. They sell or rent any kind of bicycle you can think of for the purpose of movie, tv, music video, and theatrical props.