Not had an issue finding the correct size but found it hard to find a demo in any size. Most the bike shops near me didn’t offer any proper demos, so I had to travel around a bit to find the demos.
The shops that did have a demo fleet were independent shops.
Buckingham Bikes had a selection of Trek and Orange mountain bikes. The service was great unfortunately my personal preference was for a Transition Bandit so didn’t end up buying from them.
Also Marshal Cycles and Chaineys Cycles both arranged for a Transition Bandit to be delivered to the store for me to demo free off charge.
I found it rubbish that my local Cycle Surgery didn’t have a demo policy at all. I went in asking what demo they could sort out and they just looked at me with a blank expression. After badgering them and a call to head office they said they could maybe sort out a demo on a Specialized if i paid the £80 to courier the bike to the store.
Evans said apart from riding round the block they didn’t offer any proper demo and they didn’t even consider my request to speak to head office to see if they could arrange something.
I thought it was quite silly that the two big chain stores couldn’t sort out a demo from some of the biggest bike brands and distributors.
While some pretty small independent bike shops could easily sort out a demo from a relatively small bike brand.