Hello! Bike shop recommendations, please I'm thinking of getting myself a road bike - nothing too serious, haven't been on a bike in a few years, but need to get some exercise. I'd like recommendations for a reliable/reputable local shop. I've been stung by Halfords before (letting me ride away an essentially unroadworthy bike) and I've heard mixed things about Evans, so I'd probably like to avoid the chains. Does anyone have any opinions/recommendations/anti-recommendations? I'm in S6, and keep driving past Butterworths on Catch Bar Lane - any good? What about Langsett Cycles? I'm sure there's loads more out there. I just want somewhere I'm going to get decent advice, fitted properly, and sold a bike that's not going to kill me on the way home!
HappierCloth replied:
A few of my friends work for planet-x bikes http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/ and I know a few people that have bought from them and love them.