The bicycle doctor
Bought my sons bike there, friendly and helpful.
Eddie Mcgrath
Been loads over the years and very good, now changed hands and is more MTB focused worth a look in if you haven't been in for a while.
Keep pedaling
Lovely shop, friendly with lots of fat bling.
Ken Fosters
Helpful and good all round shop.
Blazing saddles
Friendly and helpful
Where do you go to?
Happy new year LBS
Bike Shed in Cardiff.
I live just up the road, and have been hanging about their shop for about ten years. When I was laid up for many months a few years ago, first with a broken collar bone, then a double prolapse in my lower back, I used to take consolation from stopping in for a chat and looking at the bikes.
Top guys.
Plush Hill Cycles in Church Stretton. Always very helpful and friendly. Would always go to them first if I need to go to a shop.
Bike Scene, Guisborough. 40 odd miles each way but that isn't important AFAIC.
Stanley Fearns - Matlock: quick and efficient service
18 Bikes - Hope; friendly, Knowledgeable and excellent savings
Cooksons in Whitefield (North Manchester).
Condor - Grays Inn Road - road, cross, clothing, bits especially Campagnolo
bikefit - Lambs Conduit St - bromptons, bits, etc
Imperial Cycles - Isleworth - servicing, tub gluing, EPS build, general other stuff etc
Brilliant Bikes - Chobham - Brompton bits, like everything....
Two Wheels - Amblecote - mtbs, tricky things involving suspension and disc brakes, general other stuff...
Dave Mellor - Shrewsbury - clothing, bits, impulse purchases (oops)
Charlie the Bikemonger - bike packing bikes and gear, err... Hip flasks
Andy and his crew at two wheels Amblecote , not local to me as i live in the FOD but have been going there for years, always friendly and helpful. how on earth do they get all that stuff into such a small shop amazes me . best bike shop on the planet
Bache Brothers in Lye, Stourbridge.
Brought together a nice selection of brands. Well stocked. Quick and quality turn around in the workshop too. Sorted out a couple of warranty issues promptly. Good selection of demo bikes.
Banjo Cycles & Specialized Concept Store, Hambridge Lane, Newbury- owned by the same chap. Great service, cheap workshop costs, good range of kit and lovely people.
AW Cycles, Reading- Nice guys and very helpful with huge range of bikes
Mountain Mania, Goring- Great shop with some interesting bikes, staff always have time for you and great service.
The Missing Link, Droitwich- Mboy from the forums runs it. Endless good advice and really nice chap & gave me a fantastic deal on a bike
18 Bike, Hope- Excellent service, great prices and nice guys
The Breakpad - Kirroghtree Sam and Phil always very helpful and loads of knowledge. We buy all our bikes there.
Alpine Bikes - Glentress. Ally, Cameron and Andy are always so helpful no matter how busy they are, and it's a very busy place.
Cotswold Cycles - continued support for the local riders who want to race both on and off road.
Iain.
Chaos Cycles in Bristol. Nothing too posh and they don't even sell whole bikes but for essentials it's great. Friendly staff, very knowledgeable and keenly priced as it's basically an indoor market stall.
Been using Mugdock cycles in Glasgow recently and Keith has been extremely helpful everytime I go in. Also Evans in braehead.. nothings every too much trouble for the guys and girls and always go out there way for you..
Soanes cycles in Colyton
Brilliant service and great staff.
18 Bikes. Always helpful, knowledgeable and professional in everything they do.
Swinnerton's in Stoke - Always happy to look after you.
18 Bikes
Two Wheels
Bache Brothers
CTBM
Next Level & CD Cycles, Castle Douglas
Ae Bike Shop
G&G, Dumfries are all about as local to me as each other and all super helpful.
Biketreks in Ambleside. Always greated with a smile and go out of their way to help you out.
Cycleworld chester-le-street. Popped in once, now i ride with them all the time.they've took me all over and taken my ridin to another level. they'd rather not sell than sell you the wrong thing.
Liphook cycles, road focused but proper old school bike shop 🙂 loads of nice kit always ready for a chat and helps out a lot with the local race scene! No matter what the weather!
Kontour in Polegate for very local bits, always rammed with ye olde bicycle shop repairs, very helpful. Proper old skool.
Evolution Cycles in Eastbourne, very good at sorting out my hamfistedness.
South Coast Suspension for boingy bits servicing, runs on Jaffa cakes!
Cyclopedia in Cardiff. Log fire, a dog and great attitude. Unlike some places, they're happy to fix and find bits for a 20 year old bike. One of those shops where I feel they should be charging a bit more.
garage bikes at morley. competent, friendly and most importantly (given the thread title)... local 😆
Bache bros up the lye
Two wheels amblecote
Bike & run, East Finchley.my lbs,quality humour and banter,plus cycles.
Cycle wise Whinlatter .Helped me out a couple of times this year when they didn't have to.
Cyclopedia in Cardiff. Log fire, a dog and great attitude.
Isn't that quite a tiny little shop on Crwys? Where is there room for fire?!? 😯
I'll have to stop by some time.
At the opposite end of the country is Ride On in Rawtenstall. I have only been in a couple of times, but the people I have spoken to have been great.
Buyabikedirect at charnock richard have always been very good to me over the years, Pete and the staff are very helpful and friendly, also Absolutecycles near ormskirk are great to deal with, Dave and Justin always seem to go above and beyond, so these will continue to get my custom 🙂
Glasgow area :
Sprockets in Kilmarnock - great kit, always good on price and Dave knows his way round the spanners 🙂
Dales - handy city centre, huge range, good pricing, some very smart mechanics.
Mugdock Cycles - nice kit, great spot mid ride, Keith is a gent 😀
Skyline Cycles Glyncorrwg.
Excellent service, advice and friendly knowledgable staff, what more could you want.
Isn't that quite a tiny little shop on Crwys? Where is there room for fire?!?I'll have to stop by some time.
Yep, that's the one. It's pretty small but long and narrow. Now you mention it, I'm not sure if I've imagined them having a wood burner but it's got that kind of vibe.
Fire's next to the counter, and the latest dog is called Frank.Good bunch of guys, always willing to help us out if we're stuck.
Spoiled for choice relatively locally. All very good.
Bache Bros at Stourbridge ,
Overspoke in Bewdley,
Back on Track at Malvern.
[url= http://www.dg2wheels.co.uk/ ]DG2 Wheels[/url] - always found him to be friendly & helpful.
Lovelo Cycle Works in Berko - Great guys, knowledgable just spot on.
Well catered for in stoke
Brian rourkes
Goldtec
Swinnertons
Hampshire way
Liphook
East street and hoops velo
Wiltshire
Pewsey Velo
Bertie mafoons
All great shops with passionate friendly staff
Do my best to avoid bikeshops - but when needs must. The only bike shop I trust my bike, and wallet with, is Sunset Cycles in Cathays.
What is it about Sunset, mooman? I know experience is somewhat subjective, but I have always found them quite cold in there.
EDIT: I should add that I am always open to being convinced. 🙂
Cheltenham Cycles very very good not that I spend much money in there 😉 😉
Northwest Mountain Bike Centre for me, they look after me and the family and support racing by supporting athletes and local clubs, most notably Bruntwood BMX Club. Cheers chaps, will be in shortly with my Xmas vouchers!
+1 Sprockets in Killie 🙂
Stonehenge Cycles in Salisbury. Everything a LBS should be. Oh, and they have a tame Scooby. Not sure if he's fully house trained, but he's certainly tame.
garage bikes at morley. competent, friendly and most importantly (given the thread title)... local
+ a million, happy Xmas team GB..
Not local but the Brake Pad at Kirrioughtree were so helpful with a hire bike for LittleMissMC that we impulse bought her one. Despite my real LBS in Derby being a Frog dealer as well.
Stif in Summerbridge. It's an hours drive, but I will be riding both sides of Christmas thanks to their quick work on my forks. Amazing service!
Melksham cycles, here in Wilts, the shop is a tight fit with more than two customers as they are full of bikey goodness.
Bothy bikes, Aviemore
Do my best to avoid bikeshops - but when needs must. The only bike shop I trust my bike, and wallet with, is Sunset Cycles in Cathays.
Same here, the only shop in Cardiff that hasn't tried to rip me off or given glaringly wrong advice! Both of my current MTB's came from them and the advice they gave was spot-on. The wheel guy (Craig?) is very good! I haven't needed anything for ages so haven't been in there for a good 6 months or more, no online orders either!! I'll be annoying them for XT 11 speed and a new Garmin in the spring though 😀
I know experience is somewhat subjective, but I have always found them quite cold in there.
I rather like the way they don't try to be your mate instantly, people that do that always make me wary. I like being able to go in, get the part/advice I need and get out. If it's quiet they're happy to talk for a bit but if it's busy you still get the advice and service but no time-wasting, how a shop should be.
SaxonRider - Member
What is it about Sunset, mooman? I know experience is somewhat subjective, but I have always found them quite cold in there.
EDIT: I should add that I am always open to being convinced.
I not bothered in slightest if guys in shop greet me like their long lost brother, or a guy who just walked off the street.
As long as they not blatantly rude, do the job I want them to do, in the time they say they will and for a price I am happy with ... then I am a happy customer.
Unfortunately over the years, I have visited most of the better known bike shops in the area looking for the LBS-nirvana, and only Sunset have ticked the boxes.
Ps. Rush from Porthcawl also ticked all the boxes. But they were not local - and I do not even know if Colin still has the shop anymore??
Buyabikedirect at charnock richard have always been very good to me over the years, Pete and the staff are very helpful and friendly,
Good to hear there's another decent option locally.
I'm very happy with Winstanleys' service and only usually stray from them to Jason and Neil in the little hut at Horwich.
The Trailhead in Shrewsbury, small but packed to the rafters with kit & great staff.
Holy Spokes in Leeds. Top guys, great service work and can get most anything in
Slam69 for mtb and fat bike in Gloucester. Really good.
Well, I just returned home from a 3-day visit to Ambleside in the Lakes, and I now have two locals to add:
Ghyllside Cycles
and
BikeTreks
The guy I spoke with in BikeTreks was phenomenal, and full of information. If I lived up there, I think I would be in LBS heaven.
Missing link in Droitwich, as above Mark/mboy & his merry band are more that willing to go that extra mile to help & talk more bike than is healthy (I love it)