Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - New IRO Website is up

FYI - IRO cycles new website is up. It allows you to build your bike. I "built" a Rob Roy and it looks pretty darn good!

wow pretty slick website they have got now. very very nice. takes a while to load but that just may be my computer.

http://www.irocycle.com/ for the lazy like me.

wow pretty slick website they have got now. very very nice. takes a while to load but that just may be my computer.

http://www.irocycle.com/ for the lazy like me.

It took me a whike to load it also. I sure wish that website would have been available when I bought my Jamie Roy. You can get a pretty good idea of what you're getting.

uh oh, riding an iro just got ironic

Ok, the new website kicks@$$. :D

Wait, I thought we hated flash sites? The ssfg trend sure is hard to follow. . .

Wait, I thought we hated flash sites? The ssfg trend sure is hard to follow. . .

i hate flash. HATE IT. of course, i'm running opera on ubuntu, and there is no flash support at all, so i can't even see the site.

Kind of neat

i hate flash. HATE IT. of course, i'm running opera on ubuntu, and there is no flash support at all, so i can't even see the site.

Is that because you don't know how to install packages? Or because opera doesn't support flash in linux (I always used Firefox)?

Boop

IRO is making a 29er.

Awesome

i hate flash. HATE IT. of course, i'm running opera on ubuntu, and there is no flash support at all, so i can't even see the site.

yes there is.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=657110
or possibly:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413040
depending on your architecture.

But honestly, why not use firefox or iceweasel? both are faster and run better (in my experience) and definitely offer much broader plugin support.
I used opera w/ ubuntu for about two months, then side by side with ff, then finally apt-get remove opera

As far as I know, they are all fixed/fixed or fixed/free. Don't think IRO sells asymmetrical hubs.

Edit: edit too late Steve-O, you'd done been quoted.

Haha thanks, I read their help section and it discussed flip-flops, but never hurts to have reassurance as well.

anybody see a geometry section?

yes there is.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=657110
or possibly:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=413040
depending on your architecture.

But honestly, why not use firefox or iceweasel? both are faster and run better (in my experience) and definitely offer much broader plugin support.
I used opera w/ ubuntu for about two months, then side by side with ff, then finally apt-get remove opera

oh nice, i hadn't come across that yet! i'll give iceweasel a shot as well, but firefox uses too many resources on this old box.

Fun.

pretty cool site, no prices in the build-a-bike though. definitely 100 times better than before, though. i think the site reflects the company much better now

This is ****in' great. Way better than Pedal Mafia ID, in terms of really envisioning how your complete bike will look! You can find geometry info in the build a bike section.

Does anyone know how they determine what size to call a frame? IE, the iro frame i was looking at is called a 59, even though it has a 58 seat tube. How do they determine what size to call the frame?

Seems since compact geometry, all 59 means is large. Besides, even in the day, some companies did c-t, some did c-c.

really great design

I really like the new website. This actually may have swayed me to buy one... Wish I knew the prices though :(

oh nice, i hadn't come across that yet! i'll give iceweasel a shot as well, but firefox uses too many resources on this old box.

sudo apt-get install epiphany-browser epiphany-extensions

pretty cool site, no prices in the build-a-bike though. definitely 100 times better than before, though. i think the site reflects the company much better now

When you are choosing components, it says how much more money that component will add to the total. After you finishing building the bike, you can add it to the cart to see the final price.

about time.
their bikes are awesome, but their old site sucked.

the complete bike price is listed under " buy parts"

who builds a flash site? honestly

Well they still have the html version up, they should probably have a link to that on their intro screen.

thats a pretty cool site. fun to play around on for a bit!

Harley-Davidson has a site quite like that new IRO site. So do, now that I think about it, most of the websites for the "custom" auto teevee shows on Discovery Channel.

Damn that's a slick site. I want more control over seatpost/stem height and stuff in the build-your-own part. Also, the bikes come in different colors but it only gives you black? Or am I too ******** to switch colors? Nitpicking aside, I'd say IRO has really elevated the online tarck bike shopping experience.

about time.
their bikes are awesome, but their old site sucked.

There's nothing wrong with the new site, but I actually thought there was a kind of charm in the old one. IRO seemed like a total no-nonsense company whose website was as bear-bones as their bikes.

Also, I notice that the IRO Mark V is listed as using "Deccadi Italian steel" (sic), so it sounds like our first group buy frames really were a test-run for IRO.

That flash builder is amazing. Probably the best I've ever seen for a configurator, and absolutely the best I've seen for a bike site. Tony probably got lucky with some recent grad that wanted something for a portfolio, because that would be a six-figure job at a big agency.

There's nothing wrong with the new site, but I actually thought there was a kind of charm in the old one. IRO seemed like a total no-nonsense company whose website was as bear-bones as their bikes.

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

the build a bike thing is slick and fun to use, but it really doesn't give enough options. Why even ASK what seat you want when they only offer the one. and why not offer more tire sizes, fixed/free configuration. I only tried a couple but it seems like the configuration you choose limits your options. For instance the only way to get fixed option is under "urban traffic" but there is no option to build a fixed free at all. They have all the parts in stock to sell you a fixed/free equipped version of any bike they make, so why not make that option available in all bulds? Also the selection of tire sizes is quite limited. I'm fairly sure an Angus can handle 25c tires, but they only offer 23c.

Anybody else curious about the IRO 29er? I want one:)

Anybody else curious about the IRO 29er? I want one:)

I mentioned it on the first page, and everybody scanned over it. I think we're on the wrong site if we want to talk about it.

I mentioned it on the first page, and everybody scanned over it. I think we're on the wrong site if we want to talk about it.

truth...
http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61

Looks like they're listing the Rob Roy as in-stock in orange and green if anyone's on the lookout for a RR.

I hate Flash sites, but Iro's is really nicely done. Compare it with the Condor site - takes a while to load, but doesn't make you want to rip your hair out in frustration. Good work, doodz.


There's nothing wrong with the new site, but I actually thought there was a kind of charm in the old one. IRO seemed like a total no-nonsense company whose website was as bear-bones as their bikes.

I agree that the old site was probably more reflective of the company we know and love, but I think the old site was a little too barebones / 'ghetto'. There's a difference between charmingly simple (spartan) and a shoddy unfinished product (sparton, I guess).

Why no 29er info? WTF?

Y'know, in my day we called bikes with 700c rims and flat/riser bars "hybrids".

Y'know, in my day we called bikes with 700c rims and flat/riser bars "hybrids".

I think your day and my day are probably not that far apart.

who builds a flash site? honestly

HTML for markup
CSS for style
Javascript for functionality
Flash for multimedia

I think this falls under a respectable use of flash. It is a multimedia application. I really despite when Flash is used in the wrong places and it is used in the wrong places a lot, but this is not one of those places. Also the site is not flash just the intro / about page (probably overkill there) and the bike builder application (perfectly acceptable use of flash, if it was done any other way it would probably suck). The navigation and all other pages appear to be proper markup. As far as web citizens go, they did everything by the book so all you quit your wining!

That being said, great little bike builder application they have there. Was a little surprised they didn't have bar tape as an option in the bike builder though.

I think your day and my day are probably not that far apart.

I've long suspected this.

HTML for markup
CSS for style
Javascript for functionality
Flash for multimedia

I think this falls under a respectable use of flash. It is a multimedia application. I really despite when Flash is used in the wrong places and it is used in the wrong places a lot, but this is not one of those places. Also the site is not flash just the intro / about page (probably overkill there) and the bike builder application (perfectly acceptable use of flash, if it was done any other way it would probably suck). The navigation and all other pages appear to be proper markup. As far as web citizens go, they did everything by the book so all you quit your wining!

That being said, great little bike builder application they have there. Was a little surprised they didn't have bar tape as an option in the bike builder though.

I might have been a bit harsh about NEVER using flash, multimedia is definitely an application, and the bike builder is too. However, for simplicity a combination of html css ajax whatever always seems nicer to me. I'm not a web designer though, just my two cents.

I might have been a bit harsh about NEVER using flash, multimedia is definitely an application, and the bike builder is too. However, for simplicity a combination of html css ajax whatever always seems nicer to me. I'm not a web designer though, just my two cents.

Thats the problem, design != development. Developing an ajax site cross browser with the amount of coolness this site has would be a pita. Whenever I do web interfaces to my apps (large corporate back end kinda stuff) I am lucky enough I can say "users must use Safari or else..." but in the outside extranet world its a real pain :(

The WebKit guys are doing amazing things though that degrade nicely in other *cough IE cough* browsers that enable me to do some pretty cool effects that not only make my applications more pleasing to the eye, easier and better at displaying what information they need to display.

Blah blah that being said I dislike writing web apps or flash apps. I wish the money was in obj-c / cocoa apps.

Am I the only person who only sees a black screen?

I checked the code and it quits loading right after the <body... tag.

Am I the only person who only sees a black screen?

I checked the code and it quits loading right after the <body... tag.

browser / OS?

It was probably maintenance. It's up now... and pretty freaking awesome.

Quite a change in attitude from the previous site. A hair too slick and impersonal, but it will be a site that sells alot of bikes in the future.

The gallery will be especially nice once it is loaded with user's bikes.

No. The new site still sucks. Its clunky and cheesy. Better looking than the old one, but waaaaay slower and sillier. Ugh. Try again, but next time, forget the flash garbage.