Easter over and there’s new stuff in the shop! The summers Dakine order is starting to come through, Gloves and new packs in stock with jerseys and shorts to follow. Mavic clothing is also going out on the shelves now with gloves summer jerseys and shorts. Some new bikes out too but look out for the Cube Reaction in SID blue and the Carbon Trek Elite 9.8 in 17.5 which is now sold out at Trek!
[The shop is now live but it’s all very new. Please let me know if anything looks at you funny. Meanwhile we also have blogs and a few useful pages and the forum is open. Thanks. Will.]
If you come to us you’ve got the choice of TREK, SPECIALIZED and CUBE? BIG Names under one TINY roof With Trek we stock a range from the Trek 1.2 to the Trek Madone, the BEST range of road bikes available with most coming in some form of compact, double or triple options. Specialized have the Allez, Roubaix and Tarmac the later 2 used by the Pros so there’s not much wrong with these! Cube make some lovely road bikes in Aluminium, Carbon and Titanium with great price points!
From Racing to Sportive to Triathlon we can help recommend a bike and if your so inclined we can recommend what to build your custom bike with, based on experience and compatibility not just on blurb!
Whatever bike you go for .. We make sure you fit the bike! ... there is nothing as important!
We’ve got mountain bikes for real mountain bikers from a few hundred to a few thousand we can help you with everything.
We’ve got the expertise in store to recommend the best kit for XC, DH, and just your average riding along. We can recommend what to build your custom bike with based on experience and compatibility not just on blurb!
We can get bikes from lots of manufacturers but our mainstream brands are Specialized, Trek and Cube. Some stand out products from these guy’s this year:
Trek EX Series: Lots and lots of features on these bikes with some quality new colours throughout the line up this year
Trek Remedy Series: Just like the EX feature packed bike and we have it on demo along with some others check out the demo bike page for full info!
Cube AMS: The All Mountain System from Cube covers two travel options and loads of different kit specs with maximum value for money
Cube DTC bikes: The dual trail control bikes like the Stereo Sting and Fritzz are totally redesigned this year check them out if your looking for an alternative to the norm!
Lots of folk don’t need,or like,dropped handlebars or mountain bikes and for them it’s HYBRID bikes all the way!
We understand this, so look no further than Gill Cycles. We’ve got the excellent Specialized Sirrus and Globe range, the TREK ‘7’ range which includes both suspension and ridged forked hybrids and the fantastic CUBE bikes with suspension and disk brakes just for you …
Some of these beauties have HUB gears, some have disk brakes, others have suspension forks and there’s even belt driven ones.
With this range you can pick one or you can tell us what you do and let us help you pick the right bike!
Check out the CUBE HOOPER above it’s no Ugly Duckling!
‘Commuting’ means different things to different people. Some want to get there FAST and might choose a ‘Road’ or fitness bike. Others prefer steadier pace and love ‘Hybrid’ bikes … some are happy with a Mountain Bike with slicks others want specific commuters with singlespeeds and belt drive.
We’ve got lots of commuter kit
Lights,
Mudgaurds,
Panniers,
Waterproofs,
Everything really; we even build specific commuter wheels if you want!
We know that the Bike your Kids are on are Important ! They have to be tough, well built, have proper brakes, and look the part! So we only sell bikes that do all this Specialized, TREK and CUBE.
We sell little mountain bikes for little mountain bikers and expect only the best from the product because we don’t want to see kid’s on heavy klunkers on the trail! We want them having fun on a bike that’s right for them!
Take the CUBE Team 240, light, strong, maneuverable, stable, great quality and made to DIN Plus standards it’s the business !
A considerable amount of time goes into choosing clothing and it’s almost as important as the bike your riding!
So you’ll be glad to know we agonize day and night over the main clothing brands we stock! This year we have:
Dakine: Packs and clothes and long finger gloves for those of the baggy persuasion quality gear ridden by those in the know! Including the staff!
Mavic: Good quality line of new clothes, gloves and shoes with a full range of gear, road to mountain. After all you know when Salomon are involved it’s got to be.
ENDURA: good gear here we get our own TEAM KIT made by them which is available to you AT COST !
SEALSKINZ: brilliant waterproof socks and gloves.
Stock is always being updated so call in for a look around!
We stock a wide range of ‘Gear’ including
Giro Helmets
Park Tools
Mavic Wheels
Stendec
Crank Brothers
Easton
Thomson
Straitline
Hel Braided Hose
Torq
Monster Energy
RRP Neoguard
everything a biker needs! And if we ain’t got it in, we’ll get it for you as long as it’s not aardbeien!
We’ve got one of the Greatest (in capability) and Smallest (in Size) Workshops in the Business !
Our Shimano Service Centre will tackle anything on Wheels (just about) every kind of bike has been in here… Tandems, Recumbent’s, Mountain, Hybrid, Road and more.
We offer lots of services from building wheels to servicing forks and hydraulic brakes but we’ll also fix a puncture in a buggy if you want!
And all our prices are extremely reasonable!
At the moment we’re doing some Hel Braided line kits off the reel and fitted in the workshop. They’ll fit pretty much any system and in our opinion are better than any other system out there. Just ring if you want more info! But I’ll leave you with the thought that we’ll fit your whole bike up with new hoses bled and ready to go with Stendec performance brake fluid in the system for £70. Can’t say fairer than that!
Because we’re always Busy you will probably have to book your bike in, so give us a ring on 01229 581116
We’ve got a little SALE on right now Last Years’ kit and a few bikes things like that at at least 15% off. All perfectly good just not this years colours! Best get to the Shop to see the stuff there’s always offers going on!