In fact, Backcountry moved out of their shop further up in town sometime last year and moved in to Ilkley Cycles, presumably so both could save a few quid on premises. They are an independent business and are, apparently, unaffected.
OK, I was just sat in traffic staring at the window, great for them, I always got on well with Dad and Son (Andy?) and was sad to see their original shop gone. I assumed they closed for good as they always said it was a struggle and that was the days before everyone turned to the internet. It was pretty much the only outdoors shop I went to, although I think I made most of my big purchases in Karrimor’s Factory shop (near work at the time) or in Aosta, Italy (I’m a Scarpa boots fan and spent a lot of hols in Aosta).
Stu @ Riders Cycle centre in Skipton is the cycle mech I use these days and that’s not often as most stuff I can do myself. Cheap cable inner and outer, bits and bobs from miserable git cycle shop in Bingley.
TBS in Skipton was a shame, Stu seemed to think they could make a go of it with some changes to their model, but the other guy threw in the towel as soon as Trek/Chevin was on the cards. I got the impression that Stu was a bit niffed about all that, but too decent to say it how he really felt, in my company anyway, never questioned him about it since.