I am a keen XC rider living in Canberra. My brother lives in Basingstoke and wants to spend about 500 pounds on a bike for road/exercise use. I can give him some recommendations from Australia, but he will need an lbs for maintenance etc as it’s not his forte. Can anyone recommend a shop that he could get to for decent bike advice and service? Cheers.

Pedal On in Tadley seem pretty decent to me. Good
range of bikes and kit, decent staff… 🙂

I live in Basingstoke and use Cycle Kingdom in Fleet. Their service is good and they specialise in Specialized!

Thanks wonderful people 🙂

Banjo in Newbury good too, very friendly helpful staff who all ride.

Pedal on gets my vote. Spent far too much in there in the past….

Just looked up the Giant pricing at the above shops…I’m in shock – you guys get a rough deal on the complete bikes!
I just bought an Anthem 29er here and paid just a little bit more in dollars than you are paying in pounds! Guess you don’t get stung as much for spares as we do…but I use CRC and Wiggle too!
Thanks again for the recommendations.

+1 for Pedal On – great guys – very helpful and good pricing too!

+1 Pedal On

Another one for Pedal On 🙂

Hargroves in Winchester?

Short train journey away. I don’t use the Winchester shop but do use two of their others regularly (nearer home / work)

More for Pedal On. Great shop and mail order too pedalon.co.uk

+1 for Banjo and Pedal On. Your not too far from wokingham either, so depending on what you’re after Mountain Trax is worth a look. Always found them to be very helpful, especially when I sheared a bolt head off a pivot on my blur the day before a biking holiday!

Pedal on for me as well, i try and get up there whenever i can, and im about 45 miles away!

Bob in there is very knowledgeable and a really nice guy.