What's your best or favourite bike shop?

ianbar

Just wondered what everyones favourites are? Have a week off next week so may swing past some.
My local fab is cliff pratts In hull. Friendly welcoming full of jokes and gear so far my fab.

andrewlwood

I like Condor, tbh. I know not everyone has a good experience there, but they've always been very friendly and helpful, and they have good stock.

RowCycle

Mine is (online) Wiggle.

sumosprintstar

Cyclelane in East Kilbride. Friendly service from very knowledgable guys.

LeicesterLad

South Wigston Cycle Centre - Leicester, Top Bloke, Highly Trained, Very Cheap.

markos1963

Specialised Cycles in Norwich(not the bike brand) Nothing special in terms of location or brands in stock but probably one of the best mechanics in the area.

g00se

markos1963 wrote:

Specialised Cycles in Norwich(not the bike brand) Nothing special in terms of location or brands in stock but probably one of the best mechanics in the area.

+1 Good value and always willing to help out too

CakeLovinBeast

Colin Lewis in Paignton... Top shop!

ShaggyRS6

Victory Cycles in Rainham Kent.

these guys really know what they are talking about

high_tower

Cyclelogical just outside of Newcastle, friendly shop and the mechanic really knows his stuff.

http://www.cyclelogical-newcastle.com/

exlaser

Ride in coventry

MikeWW

Got a few
CycleShack in Heath Hayes opened up less than a year ago. Run by keen cyclists. Very friendly, nothing too much trouble and have a fair amount of stock

Lloyds Cycles in Swadlincote always help me out and provide a great service

Walkers Cycling, Kilmaurs do the same when I'm up riding in Scotland

and Peloton Cycles Rugely always good as well

coombsfh

I am new to cycling compared to a lot of you here but have found variability in the few places I have visited.

Online I have used CRC, Wiggle and Evans and all are good.

Evans in Manchester are very good in terms of not asking for money if they explain somethng and remediate small stuff.

Bikes and Boards in Devizes is the only place I have found a jersey to fit a rugby-player shaped body so props to them.

Cycles Dauphin at the top of box hill in surrey have a LOT of flash kit so appeal to my newbie magpie side. Also remediated a "creaking" noise and trued both wheels for £20 which I consider to be good value.

If I had to choose one place for being useful, it has to be Evans simply because they match any price you can find so long as their competitor has it in stock.

Secteur

Google.

And then choose the online bike shop that has what I want in my size / at the best price.

For browsing, I like Evans. I find the small LBS' a little small and personal for relaxed browsing, and sometimes a bit snobby.

TomParker1

I really like On Your Bike in Birmingham, massive range of stuff and really friendly knowledgeable staff. Helped me out of noob town!

gaddster

(Online) Merlin, pretty much always cheapest and deliver fast too.

neilo23

Here's mine, although it's probably not too handy for you :-)

Click on "Fotos Produkte" (top right, next to the Union Jack/Stars and Stripes) to see why I like it.

http://il-diavolo.com/

Owned by a winner of the Tour of Malta, no less. With one of Indurain's Tour winning bikes on the wall.

CarlosDSanchez

Pedal Revolution, Streetlife and John Borwell all in Norwich, all have been helpfull to me in the past. Will have to give Specialised Cycles a go.

Arghyrou

Holdsworth cycles in Putney, little shop, reasonably friendly, but more importantly... know what there doing! Love them

ademort

Vos in Amsterdam, over2000 bikes and well over 1000 frames and all the gear you could wish for. TBH to save time you would be better off knowing exactly what u want before you go there because if you are just going to browse and eventually choose a bike or frame to be built up you will end up spending hours in the place.Oh, and it is the cheapest place for bikes in Europe. Only disadvantage is the shop is not fancy, no fancy displays just rows and racks of bikes and frames.Looks more like a warehouse than a shop.
Ademort

cyberknight

Lloyds cycles in Swadlincote ,Derbyshire offer great service ant a very fair price, just do not tell them that you are in no rush though.

EarlyGo

Fat Birds Don't Fly in Norfolk. Only company that I ever felt comfortable buying a mail order bike from! Excellent service, very knowledgeable, very customer focused and they build beautiful bikes!

markos1963

EarlyGo wrote:

Fat Birds Don't Fly in Norfolk. Only company that I ever felt comfortable buying a mail order bike from! Excellent service, very knowledgeable, very customer focused and they build beautiful bikes!

I bought my Orbea Onix from there 4 years ago, great service and I would use them more if I were nearer.

TiBoy

I got my Sunday from Fat Birds a few years back, they were fantastic. Because they were building it from the frame up they must have spent at least an hour on the phone talking through the build options.

When the bike arrived there were a few issues, one of the graphics has a small scratch in it and the headset was not running smooth. I called them and the next day I had a complete set of decals delivered directly from Sunday/Sabbath (another great company). Because I was over 200 miles away they paid for it to go to my LBS to have the headset fixed(changed). Great serice indeed.

Hierotochan

Le Peloton Cycles in Winchmore Hill as a quality LBS, personal service and only the best product.

Wiggle/CRC for online offers, cheap tools and bundle deals.

Evans in Waterloo for everything in-between, friendly staff, decent mechanics and they will order ANYTHING in for you (no matter how big/small).

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Secteur wrote:

Google.

And then choose the online bike shop that has what I want in my size / at the best price.

For browsing, I like Evans. I find the small LBS' a little small and personal for relaxed browsing, and sometimes a bit snobby.

See your point with Evans. Spent 20 mins hanging round a £1kbianchi the other day and nobody even approached me.