online bike shops other than Wiggle/CRC

[photography27]

can anybody recommened any good online retail cycle stores other than Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles?

 

[Garz]

Ribble

PBK

 

[Fab Foodie]

Parker International
Dotbike
Bike+

 

[HLaB]

I've only really used often the PBK, CRC and wiggle sites and find them much of a muchness when it comes to service and delivery; I usually shop around these for the best price.

 

[MichaelM]

Parker International
Planet X
Merlin Cycles

 

[P.H]

Good for what?  I tend to use different shops for different stuff

Road - Ribble and Parkers

Touring - Spa Cycles, Bike Plus and SJS

MTB - Merlin and CRC

Also some of the Ebay shops are cheaper and offer equally good service as the best, High on Bikes and Charlie the Bike Monger are two good ones.

 

[andrew_s]

I use Spa, Dotbike, SJS and Bike+, or Parkers or Ribble for those rare occasions when I want roadie bits rather than touring bits

 

[wilko]

I have also bought a few bits from Evans Cycles and that includes a bike.

 

[PpPete]

Also some of the Ebay shops are cheaper and offer equally good service as the best, High on Bikes and Charlie the Bike Monger are two good ones.

And the rather unusually named "Wooly Hat Shop" is good for MTB bits.

 

[Davidc]

Wiggle and CRC give money to Cycle Chat via their links. (Temporarily on Shaun Admin's reply to my post)

Adding to the general replies SJS are worth a look.

 

[jayonabike]

I've used Evans loads, including buying a bike and have had no problems whatsoever. And they price match as well.

jay

 

[MJN]

I'd second Evans too. Ticks all the boxes in my book - good range, great customer service, good prices (plus no-quibble price match), free (and fast) delivery and a workable site (search function not the best though).

Having been away from cycling for a number of years I thought I'd give all the usual suspects a go to see who would be my 'online supplier of choice'. I've been ordering from Tredz, Chain Reaction, Wiggle, Parker International and Evans.

To be fair, they've all been good and fairly comparable. Notable highlight/lowlights that spring to mind are:

Tredz: Low: Some items were not in stock but the lack of stock info on the site hides this and the out-of-stock emails were rather delayed.
Chain Reaction: High: Huge range.
Wiggle: High: Lots of reviews, free energy supplement with the orders!
Parker: High: Good for a few 'rarer' items.
Evans: High: Quickest delivery, good customer service, local store near where I live!

My sample size is limited given I've only done a few orders from each, but all in all I've decided I'm going to aim for using Evans the most, however the local store aspect plays a major role here as it's obviously very convenient for returns.

Mathew

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Not used personally but brilliantbikes.co.uk are getting some good reviews from Brompton Talk lately, and it seems they are a friendly bunch who get back to your queries etc quickly and might get things in for you if not in stock.

 

[HJ]

There is also Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op, best used at sale time, and Planet X Bikes for exotic stuff.

 

[Spokesmann]

SJS can be very useful, a company called High on Bikes is good for service too. Evans are top notch in my experience. Shame the independent high street sellers are fewer and are between, apart from Halfords down here we only have 3 others, mostly MTB biased though.