I Had the day off yesterday so went for a Ride via Pangbourne was a bit surprised to see Mountain High are having a Closing down sale, popped in to have a look, and had a quick chat with the fella in there, seems it’s a final close down, not moving, not refurbing, just closing...
I doubt my commiserations were much comfort, since living in the area I’ve probably only bought 4 or 5 low value items from them (I doubt I’m unique)…
I thought having weathered the worst of the downturn, most remaining LBSs were safe-ish, it seems I was wrong. I think it’s slightly interesting that a couple of New Bike shops have opened in Reading in the last year or so (1 of which is an Evans), probably hoovering up a good chunk of the local business, in a large town with a growing number of cycle commuters.
I think the biggest shame is that MH did at least organise regular local rides and were a little more involved locally than some other shops, not that this helped them business wise with mercenaries like me gong straight to CRC for all our kit regardless, but still I think the impact for cycling in the area is more than simply a shop closing…
Discuss…
