Brizzle bike shops

Dazzza
Dazzza Posts: 2,364
edited August 2009 in MTB general
Anyone know of any good ones, im off up there tomorrow so wouldn't mind a look around.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Giant Anthem X

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  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    good in terms of stock or in terms of service... where abouts you going to be
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    ZeroG ain't too shabby. They are on Park Street in the centre and also on North St in Bedminster - I prefer the staff in the Bedminster one. There is another very small bike shop on North St as well called Strada. There is also an Evans in the centre as well on Lewins Mead but not been there myself. Mud Dock is also decent (has very nice Cafe as well) and is also near the centre on The Grove.

    As always with bike shops - they are only any good if they actually have what you are looking for when you go in....bizarrely I can't remember the last time that happened! :?
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    papasmurf. wrote:
    good in terms of stock or in terms of service... where abouts you going to be

    Just parts more than anything, my bike will be home here, just going to cribbs for the day so the sat nav will be coming along should i wish to nose around.
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    There's a Halfords in Cribbs hahahahaha!
    We have a Cyclersugery opposite Airbus on the corner of the A38 and 4174 Ring Road - Postcode BS34 7BR - not too far from Cribbs at all.

    They are not bad at all, they have a good spares stock, most needed items and will price match most competitors.
    The best thing about them is the staff, all MTB'ers and that does make a difference, it's good to deal with people who are passionate about what they do
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  • llamafarmer
    llamafarmer Posts: 1,893
    You've got the Specialized concept store, Evans, Mud Dock, Bike and Psyclewerx all within walking distance of each other in the city centre (and probably others I don't know about). Mud Dock's got a good cafe upstairs as well overlooking the river, so you can recover from all that walking :lol:

    Oh, and the Banksie exhibition's on at the museum too.
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  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    if you're near cribbs then probably cycle surgry would be a good bet, as all the others are right in town and really not worth the detour.. Bristol lots of mtbers fuck all decent bike shops.
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Great advice, anyone know the postcode for a good multi story, preferably with free disabled parking, parents are coming along may as well get free parking from it. ;)

    So far the city centre and cycle surgery sounds good. 8)
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    BS2 9AB for the main shoppijng centre in town...they are doing £1 hour at t the mo aswell.
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Ideal right that's sorted then. :D
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • llamafarmer
    llamafarmer Posts: 1,893
    Is that Cabot Circus? If so you can leave the parents to shop if they don't want to follow you round all the bike shops. Good little day out there :lol:
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  • Milkie
    Milkie Posts: 377
    I'd hire a bike for a couple of hours, and ride it to all the bike shops. There's some nice urban riding in Brizzle, Christmas steps is a must, up n down. :)
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    Dazz, buy LOADS of new bits and then sell me all your old ones off nice and cheap!:wink:
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    llamafarmer wrote:
    Oh, and the Banksie exhibition's on at the museum too.

    If you've got 3 hours to kill queueing up, even after being open for 3 months the queues are still long.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    edited August 2009
    Well looked around, couldn't find any bike shops in the city centre and cycle surgery is 6 miles north and it was late so gave it a miss.

    Ended up parking in broadmead which was pricey, i asked about bike shops and people said there was sod all in the area wtf?! :?

    Anyway i went though the mall, cabot circus and everywhere else in that main area of shops and i couldn't find anything, primark was bonkers so im assuming that was the new shop being opened up there.

    The sat nav wouldn't find cabot circus so im guessing it's not that old.

    I did however have my tea in Yo! sushi, that was shockingly expensive, £6 for a very nice sapporo beer and three dishes, hoi sin duck and rice in a seaweed roll, salmon and asparagus sticks and yo! californian roll selection, came to about £17 was very nice mind.

    All in all had a very nice day, drivers are fairly considerate as well down this way they're nutters by comparison.

    Oh and cribbs was nothing special, never seems to change, i had a nice gym junkie boost smoothie though.
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    cabot circus has only been open about 6 months, but evans cycles is just behind there and the specialized concept shop is only about 10 mins walk from there.

    but ah well...glad you had a nice day anyway :D
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Only just behind it, godammit i had a feeling i missed out, never mind i'll do more investigating and get postcodes of the shops programmed in.

    Few nice ladies about too. ;)
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • t0ph0id
    t0ph0id Posts: 191
    welshkev wrote:
    cabot circus has only been open about 6 months

    More like a year now!
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    t0ph0id wrote:
    welshkev wrote:
    cabot circus has only been open about 6 months

    More like a year now!

    Harvey Nicks had a big opening fanfair with Heather Sweet on 24th Spetember last year and I popped in for a look at 11:30 at night.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    t0ph0id wrote:
    welshkev wrote:
    cabot circus has only been open about 6 months

    More like a year now!

    well doesn't time fly....that 5 months makes all the difference!!!!!!

    i was only saying that it's quite new that's why it was probably not on his sat nav :lol:
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Well it's a sony u51 and they provide sod all map updates, in the future i'll be grabbing me a garmin, much better support.

    The sony is still a very good unit mind, just getting on a bit.
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X

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