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Spoiled for choice in Bristol - Bike UK, Psyclewerx, Bristol Bike Workshop, Evans, Spesh concept store, Strada, Zero G, Jake's Bikes and Mud Dock are all good shops within 10 minutes of the centre.
Further out of town Bools in Fishponds and Webbs of Warmley are both nice little shops run by top people.
Cadence, John's Bikes and Avon Valley Cycles in Bath are ace too.
Highly Recommended -
Red Ape Bikes in Bishop Auckland - Gavin is helpful and friendly - everyone who I've recommended them to has been very happy.
Bikesport in Darlington - bit expensive but very helpful
Sort of local - Westbrook Cycles in Stokesley is pretty good.
The polar opposite compared to Iron Horse in Darlington and Cycleways in Newton Aycliffe who I avoid like the plague.
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Currently strongly disagreeing with that statement <resists temptation to avoid the swear filter and post mini-rant-ette> 👿
Spokes Cycles - Perth Road Dundee.Good bunch of lads, seem to know their stuff and always very helpful
+1. Don't use them much myself as I do my own spannering nowadays but I recommend them to others and the feedback has always been very good.
LimitlessMTB; Chiclana de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain.
Spanish run but the owner speaks pretty good English.
Ken Foster's (Chorlton, S Manchester) - Local and very helpful.
Devereux Cycles, Ashton on Mersey (S Manchester). Great prices.
Ralphies Taunton 🙂
Webbs of Warmley
Bummer, forgot to mention them when I wrote my bit. Great coffee there too!!
Moose Cycles in Colliers Wood. Build good wheels, good mechanic and generally just helpful (even if I'm having a bad day and just can't get the mudguard off to fix a puncture!)
Also pretty good on unbiased advice - they don't try to sell me what they've got in stock if they don't think it's the right answer, which is very unusual in my experience (female asking advice in a bike shop...)
[url= http://www.corridori.co.uk/ ]Corridori Cycle Sport[/url] in Epsom
or
[url= http://www.head-for-the-hills.co.uk/ ]Head for the Hills[/url] in Dorking
Both really friendly helpful shops
Rock and road Southampton, great shop great staff!
My LOCAL LBS is Evans HQ :|. Know loads of people who work there so do use them for bits.
Unfortunately as far as spanner men/wheel builders are concerned, the only two I've regularly used are 45+ mins away in opposite directions. - Don't use anyone closer
Revolver in Bourg Saint Maurice is my usual choice. Stephane doesn't carry loads of stock, but he's great for advice and will get most repairs done "next-day".
Intersport (just next door) have been really good this season as well. Good bunch of mechanics in their bike section, been really helpful to us and a few of our clients.
Another one here for Devereux Cycles in Ashton on Mersey.
Greenwheel Cycles - Peterborough
A new shop with LOTS of enthusiasm and great service - recently had an ongoing issue with a shock I sent away, via them, to get serviced (and was damaged by the service centre), and they have been really helpful and fought my corner all the way. You may think it's their job to as I paid them BUT I've had previous similar situations where other shops don't give a toss after they've got your cash, or moan and grumble when you want aftersales service....
The only bike shop I` d feel confident to do work on my bike is [url= http://www.bikeshedwales.com/ ]The BikeShed in Cardiff [/url] not so much a LBS here in Caerphilly .. but worth the 15 min drive.
Nevis cycles in Fort William have a superb workshop, and the staff are pretty friendly. Def worth the slight detour if you're up this way
Westbrook Cycles in Stokesley (North Yorkshire)
Great service, they are always getting me fiddly bits and pieces in that they probably make no money on. So if I have big money to spend it goes there.
Big Peaks in Ashburton. Excellent honest service and good coffee!!
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Dave's Cycles in Aldridge.
I have never been that keen on them they always seem to treat me as a noob. That is why I never use them unless I have no other choice even though they are by far my closest LBS. I prefer to travel to Swinertons at the Chase they really are good so friendly, they do have one lad that is a couple of sarnies short of a picnic but he is friendly enough.
Pro-bikes Hucknall
Al at Garage Bikes Morley evey time since they opened, ok they dont sell bikes but plenty of spares and accessories also come to think of it im not there to buy a bike too. Just trying to keep mine running in top form and he has never let me down yet, oh and they have free coffee and sweets the main clincher :O)
Another vote for [url= http://www.bikeshedwales.com/ ]http://www.bikeshedwales.com/[/url]
Spoilt for choice here, Paul Hewitts at the bottom of the road, Bill Nickson in the town centre, Merlins a couple of miles away and the missus has just started working for the leisure lakes so will hopefully be making use of her staff discount soon.
Twelve50 bikes in Frodsham, quality shop and good lads that own the place too - they even have their own beer!!
Yep, the Twelve50 lads are boss. Pretty much everything you'd want from a bike shop. Allthough I did not know about the beer....
Velocity Cycles - Cosham, Portsmouth
+1 for webbs of warmley. Too customer service. Just been down there for a couple of hours chatting while he was working on my bike. (chatting and drinking coffee)
Another recommendation for The Bike Chain in Edinburgh. Great shop with great staff.
Also have to mention Basecamp Bikes at Laggan. They saved the start of my stag weekend! Turned up from Edinburgh and realised that I had forgotten my SPD shoes. They kindly lent me a pair of flat pedals. And also allowed me access to their first aid kit when I picked up some nasty trail rash. Service above and beyond! Excellent.
+1 for [url= http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/ ]JE James[/url] (Sheffield)
The absolute bestest LBS I've ever had, ever. No fuss, no worries, always very helpful to the point of awesomeness, excellent value, masses of stock.
The best thing about them is that they never once tried to tell me what they thought I should buy / do. They just let me buy stuff off them and hand stuff over occasionally for very rapid fixing. In essence, all you need from an LBS.
Shame I now live 180 miles away 🙁
Cycleworks Leatherhead.
Everything you'd expect from a good LBS, except free coffee...
Peasrson cycles in sutton good shop for roadies. Mechanic is top notch and the manager is a good friend of mine
Twelve50 Bikes, Frodsham. Even though I didn't get any bloody beer. Royles in Wilmslow have helped me out with some pretty obscure stuff recently.
I cannot recommend Chris of b-spoked cycles enough, mobile bike mechanic, SW London based - picks up and drops off at my work.
Cleans my bike before and after it goes into his workshop - its like its had a showroom valet every time it is serviced. I think he may have OCD.
http://www.b-spokebikes.co.uk/
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Cycle Shack, Heath Hayes, Just south of Cannock Chase
a really helpful proper LBS
http://www.cycleshackonline.co.uk/
Rideon in Rawtenstall Just up the road from Lee Quarry
And Crosstrax in Leeds
Mountain Trax near Wokingham. Splendid chaps.
RT Cycles, North Ayrshire.
In Edinburgh: [b]The Bike Chain[/b], and [b]The Bicycle Works[/b]. Have a very good relationship with both!
When I started out biking down in Chorley, [b]Merlin Cycles[/b] were excellent and very patient with my naivety at the time!
Pro-bikes Hucknall
+1
Scott Gamble - a belching farting legend of the peleton. Taught me how to build wheels, which has done him out of loads of money and saved me loads (must admit his are exceptionally good), and made me very happy. Pity he's a roadie!
Also, Leisure Lakes at Breaston (listed as Derby) - Andy, Luke, and especially Gavin are top blokes. Always happy to talk bollox, and never try to ram crap down anyone's throats. My bike-per-year shop.
Agree with Mr Agreeable but he failed to mention the best in the Bristol area Bad Ass Bike! My local, ace!
Gear in Glasgow,
iCycles in Innerleithen
Both have gone above and beyond for me.
[url= http://www.flyingfoxbikes.com ]Flying Fox Bikes[/url] in Alva.
I get on very well with the staff and they go more than the distance to get me a deal on whatever I'm after.
I thought it was just because they knew me, but no, they seem to do that for everyone...friendly bunch and always willing to help. Knowledgeable and sell some rather nice kit.
No longer local but
Harry Perry Cycles in Woolwich SE18 was always top notch, not so good for MTB but the own Paul is a proper club man and encyclopaedic knowledge of bikes.
+1 for the team at The Bike Chain Edinburgh...