Blonde
New Member
- Location
- Bury, Lancashire
We cycle past Leisurelakes on our way home from work every day (we live just up the road from there). It's a bit stockist for Specialized kit and always has lots of stock in. Take your bike inside with you though! We have heard that it has a good workshop too, but our loyalty is more with Cooksons in Whitefield or MK Cycles in Bolton, so we tend to go there for repairs/builds etc. Bike Factory bloke in Whitefield is very nice and very helpful, but the shop's on the wrong side of the road for us on our way home from Manchester, so we aren't frequent customers. We have also used Harry Hall Cycles and Bicycle Doctor in Manchester many times - both of which are really excellent too. I you actually want quality advice, specific to your stated needs, from experienced cyclists who happen to own bike shops, then MK Cycles in Bolton or the workers co-operative, Bicycle Doctor in Manchester, are the best for that. Leisurelakes has a great stock of kit, but I personally have not found the lads in there particularly knowledgeable (not about road bikes anyway), or very customer service orientated.