On-One Bike Parts & Accessories

The seeds of Planet X were founded by Dave Loughran over 25 years ago, mostly driven out of Dave's desire to get the brand new triathlon kit from America, subsidising his purchases by buying four of something and selling three to his mates. He gradually evolving, importing more tri products, and soon became the UK distributor for Powerbar which he grew to be their biggest export account, before parting from them when they sold the brand to Nestle.

Determined never to build a brand for anyone else, Dave started Planet X by making dirt jump bikes - the legendary "Jack Flash". Hooking up with mountainbike journalist Brant Richards (who he used to sell tri parts to when Brant was a Saturday boy age 16, in a bike shop) the two started a weird underground brand, they called "On-One" to sell steel singlespeed mountainbikes online only. Within a few months, it was clear that this online distribution method was the way forward and Planet X moved online, with a change of tack, back to Dave's original love of triathlon and road, and truly changed the market in the UK.

In 2005, after designing the world's first carbon fibre time trial bar, and seeking a manufacturer in Taiwan led us to our biggest carbon frame supplier which opened up the options for amazing performance bikes at unheard of pricing. We're still working with that factory today, and they're working with lots of other big, big manufacturers too. On-One grew, got gears and other materials too, with us offering carbon mountainbike frames at previously unheard of price points, but that wasn't the end. Titus Bikes from the USA joined us after an acquisition.

Today we're continuing to carve our own niche, with Dave back in the hot seat as CEO. Our aim is to offer top quality custom specced bikes, at unbelievable prices, built to order and delivered in days, along with the best value branded stock from all over the world.