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  • Snap Poll: LBS vs WEB
  • Kryton57
    Full Member

    LBS = Support your LBS even if it costs a little extra

    WEB = If you prefer cheap web prices

    Just interested…

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Both?

    LBS if pressed.

    bol
    Full Member

    Both. LBS if close on price.

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    redthunder
    Free Member

    WEB Preferably as always get what I want. Not what some LBS bloke wants to get rid of.

    LBS last resort and rarely used, only to to buy the initial bike.

    oneoneoneone
    Free Member

    WEB

    nuke
    Full Member

    WEB

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Both

    marcus7
    Free Member

    Web, I like working on my bike, on fact I rarely use “trades” so not just a bike thing

    sharkattack
    Full Member

    WEB

    Convenience or death.

    andrewni
    Free Member

    Crc’s shop at their warehouse – best of both worlds. Lbs is very roadie orientated

    avdave2
    Full Member

    Web – mostly for the fact that I can get anything, in any size and variety. I’m not sure the plethora of standards within the bike industry is helping the lbs – harder than ever to keep a comprehensive stock of parts and kit.

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    LBS

    ask1974
    Free Member

    LBS

    khani
    Free Member

    70%-30% LBS-Web..
    I like my LBS, its nice to see someone more miserable looking than me..

    alwillis
    Full Member

    both- too impatient to use the web all the time

    neilsonwheels
    Free Member

    Web.

    I do my own spannering and I am on a very tight budget. That and the fact I like choice, don’t trust anyone tinkering with a bike I am going to be flying down a steep hill on and my LBS’s are useless.

    uselesshippy
    Free Member

    Both.

    SaxonRider
    Full Member

    LBS. On way home from work and so very convenient.

    seadog101
    Full Member

    WEB for bits and pieces

    LBS for bikes and expensive stuff

    Suggsey
    Free Member

    70% web, 30% LBS
    Bike shop is on way home and if the price is competitive and I ain’t got to wait then I will pay the extra.

    Simon
    Full Member

    WEB

    roger_mellie
    Full Member

    LBS for bleeding brakes, replacing bottom brackets etc

    Web for bits.

    footflaps
    Full Member

    WEB

    theflatboy
    Free Member

    WEB – cheaper, turns up at work so I don’t have to spend time going to get the bits and I can do almost all work myself so don’t need workshop services.

    theflatboy
    Free Member

    roger_mellie – Member
    LBS for bleeding brakes, replacing bottom brackets etc

    both of those are extremely easy – try it yourself next time, there’s plenty of online info to help you if needed.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    LBS
    Working out cheaper

    muckytee
    Free Member

    LBS if the price is decent, if I can save over a tenner then it’s the net. I use Evans cycles for wheel builds and headset cups.

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    LBS – great chap and if I can afford that extra £20 which I’d probbaly only spend on wine, why not support LBS?

    He is as good ‘un though, and I know there is a lot of cr**.

    Funnily enough, bought some 3/4 Enduras the other day from him, and he knocked me off 10% at till, which when I got home and checked, made them cheaper than CRC or anywhere else!

    toby1
    Full Member

    Bought a new pump from the lbs this week, had looked at it online, but thought I’d go visit the shop and get it there instead. Gave me a nice wander at lunch and no waiting for delivery.

    I have used both heavily in the past though.

    olddog
    Full Member

    LBS

    garage-dweller
    Full Member

    Both.

    kimbers
    Full Member

    my LBS is an evans, so order online pick up instore or just crc

    piemonster
    Full Member

    Web

    Down to choice, not price.

    pdw
    Free Member

    Web. Much more convenient that trying to get to an LBS to see an inferior selection at a higher price. Might take a different view if I didn’t enjoy doing all my own maintenance.

    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    Web, though most of the shops I use are someone else’s lbs..

    LoCo
    Free Member

    LBS, pretty much always if need something quick and random, if not order off my accounts, although my hording ways mean I seem to have built up stocks of all the hard to find stuff, ODI TLD grips, black, found half a dozen setting still boxed today 😐 Mr Trebus 😳

    Reluctant
    Free Member

    About 70/30 split in favour of web. So much choice out there which one shop can’t hope to stock. I also enjoy the randomness of accidental purchases – i like a little gamble and buy things i usually wouldn’t if the price is low enough 🙂

    PiknMix
    Free Member

    Web, my LBS are brilliant but range of stock is shockingly bad.

    Drac
    Full Member

    Web.

    I don’t have a very local bike shop so it’s easier for me to order parts and things from the web. I do try to use shops I know for these though if I can.

    clubber
    Free Member

    Web usually as it’s more convenient and I can pretty much always get what I want when I want at the lowest price

    LBS if I need it now

    I don’t really need the service that LBSs provide as I do all my own mechanics and have a good idea of what fits.

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