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.

Cycle Highlands Ballater

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.

DG2 Wheels – 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. 🙂