Scotland, best places to try...?

supafly1982
supafly1982 Posts: 631
edited January 2012 in Routes
Looking for good places to try out bikes, have a look, feel, sit on. Shops etc would be good, within 2 hours drive of stranraer would be handy, ie glasgow, dumfries etc

Do you know of any good places?

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  • trailpuppet
    trailpuppet Posts: 381
    What kind of bike?
    Not much in Dumfries. Ae bikes may be able to get Trek or Specialised demos.
    Break pad at Kirry is your best bet.
    Castle Douglas cycle or Mark At Next Level bikes also in CD.
    MSP in Dalbeattie have some nice Cube and Merida stock :D
    Scotby Cycles and Palace Cycles in Carlisle.
    Alpine Bikes in Glasgow, Inners and GT
    Cycle wise at Whinlatter.
    Keswick Mountain Bikes have a good sale on ATM before moving to new premises
    Biketreks and Wheelbase if you fancied a road trip to the Lakes. Check their web site for Orange demo days.
    Wheelbase down the road inStaveley and Evans in Kendal

    Sad fact of life these days there is usually a £50 or so charge to demo a bike :cry:

    Have fun"......
  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    cheers Trailpuppet, i was chatting to Davy at the brakepad, hes going to let me try a trek EX, idealy its a light 140mm but different bikes performs differently so might find one with less travel, at dalbeattie on saturday so might pop n there, cheers :)
  • trailpuppet
    trailpuppet Posts: 381
    Mae bother. I am working Sat.
    http://www.mpgcycles.co.uk/contact.asp
    Shop has a good rep locally
    Couple of workmates have EXs and rate them
  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    good stuff, hopefully we will be finnished long before 5, traveling arrangements have changed, my m8 hit a dear and his cars trashed so another friend is taking us, hopefuly he wont mind a slight detour.

    What EX? i fancied a EX8 but my friend who is a bike mechanic and XC wippet says theyare pedalbobtastic lol, i had a shot of his st4, it was pretty stiff but flew up the hills

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