Ribble Cycles shop closing...

Adamskii
Adamskii Posts: 267
edited May 2009 in The bottom bracket
I've just been down to Ribble Cycles and they have informed me that they are closing the shop on blackpool road in Preston and moving to online only. With the possibility of a shop at the warehouse at Walton Summit at some point in the future!

Apparently they are going to 'close for refubishment' and simply not re-open. Saturday will be the last day.

I've been going there for at least 10 years so I'm kind of speachless...
It's all good.

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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    prob. the cost of business rates in town. Having a warehouse with a shop within it would make more financial sense.
    M.Rushton
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    A shame - got my bike there. They aren't many good shops in Preston.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • nickwill
    nickwill Posts: 2,735
    passout wrote:
    A shame - got my bike there. They aren't many good shops in Preston.

    Paul Hewitt up the road in Leyland!!
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  • nicensleazy
    nicensleazy Posts: 2,310
    Whats the service like with Ribble?
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    nicensleazy wrote:
    Whats the service like with Ribble?

    Never had a problem, the lads in the shop are (were) pretty good and the two times I've ordered online the goods came within the week
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Bummer - I travel to Preston frequently and the shop is only a few minutes away from the office - it's easier to pop in there for tyres and the like than it is to go to my LBS, particularly for Campagnolo.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Bummer - I travel to Preston frequently and the shop is only a few minutes away from the office - it's easier to pop in there for tyres and the like than it is to go to my LBS, particularly for Campagnolo.

    Similar for me I work in Preston - Ribble means and don't need to give up part of my weekend messing around in bike shops (I'd rather be riding or doing Dad duty).
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • brazzy
    brazzy Posts: 326
    I've been down to the new 'factory shop' at Walton Summit, its OK to find if you follow the directions on their website. Nothing in there at the mo but guy in there said they will be getting bikes etc on display in the next few days.
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