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As of this morning the most expensive item they have left in stock in a 11 speed campag chorus rear mech for £188
Looks like they have removed a lot of stuff
Glad i bought £1200 (RRP) of Castelli riding gear for £340 the other week!
Yes- put a random order in yesterday afternoon. All little bits and bobs I'll live without and nothing worth more than a tenner. All now out of stock and one the hyperlink is broken.
No dramas either way if I get them or not but suspect it might be the end for the last of their staff any day 🙁
This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a 404 page.
As of this morning the most expensive item they have left in stock in a 11 speed campag chorus rear mech for £188
They did seem to have a bit of a weekend purge and relist of stock a couple of weeks ago.
But I strongly suspect this may be the final end of things, I have a couple of things parked in my basket, but I'm not likely to check them out now TBH.
Their eBay outlet has stuff on but most things seem to be getting Bid up by FOMO sufferers.
Their eBay outlet has stuff on but most things seem to be getting Bid up by FOMO sufferers.
Folk have been paying over the odds in the eBay store for years
Yup
I have a couple of things parked in my basket, but I’m not likely to check them out now TBH.
Why not? Think the wind down has been handled well. I cancelled an order on Monday and was refunded via PayPal within a couple of hours. Have lots of smaller orders in and they're all trickling along. If they aren't dispatched by end of next week then i might suspect they won't be seen but as of now, I don't see why folk should be too concerned
Glad i bought £1200 (RRP) of Castelli riding gear for £340 the other week!
When I did my order yesterday I did think if you were the right shape for Castelli gear you could save a fortune. Unfortunately I've never been the right shape for Castelli gear.
Folk have been paying over the odds in the eBay store for years
LOL. I recall the morning I told my wife I'd just bought a new roadbike overnight. I'd put in a stupidly low bid (less than half RRP) for a bike which had a different seatpost to the standard model and woke up to find it hadn't been beaten.
Yup, been there too. Rageley Big Wig that didn’t have the best photos and must’ve put people off. After days of staring at the photos I realised it was just a bit grubby. On arrival, the tyres (and everything else for that matter once clean) looked basically unused. Did very well for myself there.
OTOH, noticed all kinds of stuff from cheap to expensive going for more than listed on the CRC/Wiggle sites, with postage then also being added on top.
I think on the final day they should send every account holder a grand total of all the money spent with them over the years…
Madness, think of the arguments, the divorces the long periods of angry silence over dinner or you are a divorce lawyer looking to meet 2025's billing target early.
The order that I placed yesterday has just turned up.
I imagine there's more than a few champagne glasses clinking at competitors up and down the country and we will see price increases for parts.
What's the verdict. Was there a viable business of stack'em high sell'em cheap. Is the liquidation a result of a badly run business, negative cash flow due to external economic factors, shady financial practices or a combination?
I think on the final day they should send every account holder a grand total of all the money spent with them over the years…
I must be well into 5 figures..
Just as long as they send me one with the amount that I've saved over RRP. I'm basically a cycling Warren Buffet...
Were Vitus & Nukeproof always on probikeshop? Full lineup and apparently in-stock from the dip sample of bikes I've just done
no i dont think so
Probikeshop are coming back in April according to their web page .
Were Vitus & Nukeproof always on probikeshop? Full lineup and apparently in-stock from the dip sample of bikes I’ve just done
Probikeshop is part of the Signa group (who also owned Wiggle/CRC) so more than likely always had access to Nukeproof etc... or it could be the last of Nukeproof orders coming from the factory and being sent to Probikeshop rather than Wiggle/CRC as they are still in Administration and not liquidation like Wiggle/CRC
Probikeshop was indeed part of the Signa group. Should be coming back soon as they where saved by a capital input from some of their initial investors from long ago.
Will be on a lot smaller scale then before as only like 1 out of 5 or even less employees will be remaining.
I was never a big spender at CRC, but they were always my go to place to buy stuff throughout my biking life, and never had an issue with them. So I do feel for the people there and how this affects them.
while there’s not much I can do about it, I did send them a thank you message and wished them all the best for the future, through their contacts page. I hope it made someone smile…
There really is nothing left on their website. Unless they have more stock in transit I can imagine the administrators completely pulling the plug within a few days.
There is but nothing that wouldn't fit into a Transit.
Their websites have gone.
👆Just noticed this. I wanted to looked to see where my order is, but there's no way to look at the tracking now🙄
Yep i have like 4 orders still processing from around the 12th eeek. Sure it'll be fiiiine
Very sad about this. I spent a fortune there over the years. Bought many bikes from them. More forks and shocks than I'd care to add aup. Very much a part of my mountain biking life. They sold stuff I actually wanted to buy whereas when I'd walk into my LBS I'd have the choice of Altura commuting clothing and nothing else. Over the years the LBS got better and I spent more with them but for the majority of my cycling experience CRC were my default vendor. Really sad for everyone that's lost their livelihood over this.
Looks like the app is still working and you can navigate to your orders through that, as I’ve had to do the same thing!
The final delivery of stuff I didn't need, but at that price it seemed rude not to, turned up yesterday afternoon
A mate just got his too. The pick of the bunch was a Brand-X Ascend dropper post for 30 quid
RIP Chiggle. It looks like this really is the end
I placed orders on the 12th and 14th, wonder if they will eventually arrive. Used Paypal so hopefully can get back from them if not?
They've ruined the market for years by selling way below RRP and in recent years their customer service has been dire. You reap what you sow.
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Trisportsresort is still open on eBay...
I had shipping notification yesterday afternoon but Evri tracking shows they are still expecting it. One last bit of CRC excitement for me!
I checked about an hour ago, and it was showing my order (15th) was in transit and due tomorrow.
Fingers crossed that (a) Evri delivers (b) everything's there (c) the remaining staff are OK
There really is nothing left on their website. Unless they have more stock in transit I can imagine the administrators completely pulling the plug within a few days.
There was loads still in stock (1000+ Brand -X droppers for example) but I reckon they've sold (or are selling) what's left via the liquidators. Presumably the sales of £30 droppers reaches a point where it cheaper to sell them for pennies on the pound in bulk than keep the lights on.
I was kicking myself as I was waiting to see if some nice TT bars for my track bike dropped any further (they were already £450 -> £81) 😂 and a spare dropper for each bike would have been nice at those prices.
Wiggle website is now off-line - just a holding page...
I placed my last orders on the 12th - I checked last night and tracking had been added to say it should arrive by Tue 19th (today) --- obviously the site is down now so I have no way of tracking but I assume it'll turn up at some point..... I'm in no rush as it's all stupidly cheap spare parts and some clothing for the future that I ordered.
I have one order that was updated as shipped on Friday night but Evri shows still waiting for the parcel, it was only a couple of jerseys and not too expensive, I would expect that Evri are working on a cash up front basis with Wiggle/CRC by now, so probably just stuck in a backlog.
It will be interesting to see what is next for the brands.
My last one (some nukeproof pedals, bushing tool and six rebuild kits) says eta 27th
An order I placed on the 11th turned up today. £325 of DHB gear. RRP would have been nearly £1k.
Two more orders are still in the pipeline. I’m sure they’ll turn up eventually. Thankfully these are for much lesser amounts!
Interesting to see that the holding page says they’ll be back soon. I wonder how it’ll compare. I hope DHB & Prime gear etc will still be made but I’m not holding out too much hope.
“Interesting to see that the holding page says they’ll be back soon.”
Just go look at evans, and squint a bit until the logo goes blurry and pretend it says wiggle.
I was kicking myself as I was waiting to see if some nice TT bars for my track bike dropped any further (they were already £450 -> £81) 😂 and a spare dropper for each bike would have been nice at those prices.
I held out as long as I dared for some Prime wheels, got them for £300 (instead of £900). Two days after I'd placed my order, the whole lot were taken offline.
Still got one order outstanding, a dhb wetsuit (for open water swimming) which was £26 instead of £180! No info yet on when (if...) it'll arrive.