East Anglian cycle shops

steveb1020
steveb1020 Posts: 55
edited May 2012 in Road buying advice
Hi Have £1500 to spend on a road bike can anybody recommend any good cycle shops to visit in east anglia and to get properly measured thankyou

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  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Fat Birds in Norfolk:

    http://www.fatbirds.co.uk/

    Phil Corley in Milton Keynes:

    http://www.philcorleycycles.co.uk/
    “Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.”
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    The are lots of great bike shops in E Anglia. Can you narrow the area down a bit.
    Madgetts of Diss
    Pedal Revolution Norwich
    Borwells Norwich
    LifeCycles Lowestoft

    Specialized in Norwich is good but maybe not for std midrange road bikes.
  • steveb1020
    steveb1020 Posts: 55
    Sorry been on holiday thanks for the replies going to life cycles to look at giants cheers
  • stevie63
    stevie63 Posts: 481
    I have to chip in here as someone who lives in the east and I found that when I went into fatbirds last year that the guy in the shop didn't even bother to talk to me or ask if I needed help and ditto the same for Madgetts even though on both occasions I was the only person in the shop, so I won't be shopping in either of them anytime soon.
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Nowt wrong with Madgetts, good shop, good staff, maybe you caught them on a off day......
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Or maybe they do not want to hassle their customers and assume that you ask for help if they need it - works for me.

    Maybe a hello or whatever but I do get annoyed with over attentive shop folk - see you can never please everyone.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • stevie63
    stevie63 Posts: 481
    No didn't get even a hello in either shop. I am a manager with a retail section and I would have serious words with any of my staff who didn't greet customers as they enter
  • Beatmaker
    Beatmaker Posts: 1,092
    Paul's Cycles In Dereham should definitely be on your list. They have a good deal on the Giant TCR Advanced 2 at the moment, it's down from £2250 to £1549.
  • wakou
    wakou Posts: 165
    Chelmer Cycles in Chelmsford, Essex, if you are further South than Norfolk...
    "I had righteous got my wheel backmost from a fettlin' at the LBS and was hunt transport to equitation it. As it was Refrigerated in the AM......"

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