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Why Jack Kane Custom Racing Bicycles?
Would you prefer to work with someone who works at a shop part time and “likes bikes” or someone who has dedicated his life to understanding bicycles and riders?
There are very few shops in the United States where you can collaborate directly with an owner with over thirty-eight years of industry and shop experience and his staff. You may not be able to see our bikes in your local bike shop, but the experience of buying a bike with us is like no other. You work with us over the phone, through email, use photos, even video, if necessary. Have doubts? Send us an email () or give us a call 910.455.1011 and we’ll address them. It costs you nothing and it will ensure you are not missing out on an awesome bike. We aim to heighten your cycling experience. You ride with a purpose. Let our bikes support your purpose.
The Superior Buying Experience
- Understand your riding goals
- Pick a frame
- Design, Paint, & Build
- Ship your dream bike to your doorstep
- Cause serious bike ENVY
We drive for a collaborative partnership DIRECTLY WITH YOU. It is more than just designing your bike and picking the generic components you want. Numerous companies already do that. You come to us because we’ll make your riding experience better. Superior attention to detail from the frame selections all the way to the ride qualities of a type of tire. You are going to notice almost immediately our passion for the best final result. We would not have customers driving over 500 miles or customers as far as the West Coast riding our bikes if we did not deliver.
A Partnership to Enlighten Your Riding Experience
The Kane Kreative Experience
We want to know:
- The type of riding you do (Races, group rides, solo rides)
- Your riding style (Do you stand up a lot in the saddle, stay in the drops, crash a lot? etc.)
- Your current set up / have ever been fitted?
- Your current bike. What do you love about it? What do you want to change?
- Flexibility and past injuries. These affect your riding style.
- Age, weight, height, inseam
- What you are bench marking to? (Past bicycles, brands, etc.)
- Your cycling experience?
- Do you want to spend more money on the frame or the components?
- Components, Gruppos, Accessory options are here
- Wheel selection – Do you want everyday wheels, race wheels, or an in between set?
- Your budget
Sizing
You can have the most beautiful bike, but if it is not fitted properly, it will sit in your garage. We have spent years building bikes for people by creating a thorough measuring process. We ensure we select the right frame to fit the individual. Please have your measurements ready or we send a quick check-list — Some customers go to their local bike shop (LBS) and pay for a fitting on their current bike.

More than just Component Selection
Every component serves a purpose on your bike. If you want the lightest bike, we’ll select the lightest components. If you want the stiffest components, we’ll recommend the stiffest components. If you want carbon everything, we’ll follow suit. If you have numbness issues or suffer from fatigue due to your bike, we’ll work with you and suggest the necessary parts to relieve any problems.
After Sale Support
We do not leave you high and dry. If you’ve noticed, you cannot simply order a bike on our website. You work directly with us. We build a relationship. We allow you to make as much or as little of it as you would like. We have warranties. The point is, we appreciate your business and understand in a market place like the bicycle industry, competition is fierce, but you chose to invest your money wisely. We never take that for granted. You can always call (910.455.1011) or email .
Paying for your One of a Kind Bike
- We ask for a $1,000 deposit, pull the frame, and get to work!
- Once the bike is completed, we require the full payment before shipping.
Extra Tips
- Not sure what you want? It happens. Tell us your budget and we’ll come up with a lucrative build package. We have blown the socks off riders with what we put together.
We thrive on the unexpected.
- Send any designs (hand drawn, computer generated, jerseys, etc), for your paint schemes.
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- Be patient in the design stage. Ideas can take time to evolve. You may have numerous ideas and it can take time to narrow the list. Once we have the design, the painting is fast.
- Click here for our Build Options list
- All paint jobs are approved/rejected at Jack’s discretion. Copyrighted material cannot be reproduced without permission.
Complete Bikes or Framesets
- When you purchase a complete bike from Jack Kane Bicycles, every single detail from every conversation is put into the bike. All of our fit details and measurements are done ahead of time for you. All you have to do when you receive your bike is put on your pedals, align your handlebars, and put on your saddle. All of which are already measured and marked for you. With us, you have professional blueprints.
- Purchasing just a frameset, prevents us from protecting the beautiful paint work. We have no way of ensuring the components are correctly put on the bicycle. We want to protect your experience with us. We have seen the majority incorrect fittings and damages come from non-Kane mechanics over tightening the components. Unfortunately, just because a bike shop is open doesn’t mean they’re the best.
Here’s a scenario: I’ve cooked with Martha Stewart, took notes observing her, but the Food Network hasn’t picked up my show. Why not?! She has years upon years of experience and knowledge. This is the same for some fitters that go to “fit school”. Just because one attends a class doesn’t mean he/she gets it. Jack would not still be in the business thirty-eight years later if he wasn’t a pro.
- We are vocal about this because we hate it when third parties try to instill doubt or brand new dream bikes are scratched before its maiden voyage.