Wiggle and Chain Reaction gone into administration.

[fossyant]

Over 450 people lost jobs.

 

[Jameshow]

Most serious

He's only buying the ip rights and names so the rest is gone. https://singletrackworld.com/2024/0...l-falls-through-mike-ashley-buys-name-and-ip/

Cyclists / runners don't shop in sports direct. It's a place to get your kids trainers and cheap footballs tbh.

Those brands are doomed imho. Just like muddy fox before them ....

 

[wiggydiggy]

Well my last CRC order is showing as shipped so fingers crossed that arrives.

 

[NorthernSky]

Well my last CRC order is showing as shipped so fingers crossed that arrives.

i ordered a few things while the sale was on. sent one item back and it got lost in transit (i think it was stolen to be honest)
i had the receipt and chased them on it and got my refund. that was on monday just. think i was lucky, any later i may not have got my refund.

 

[wiggydiggy]

i ordered a few things while the sale was on. sent one item back and it got lost in transit (i think it was stolen to be honest)
i had the receipt and chased them on it and got my refund. that was on monday just. think i was lucky, any later i may not have got my refund.

If my clothes don't fit I think I'll either lose weight or put them for sale than risk sending them back lol

 

[Alex321]

Monopolies commission?

Quite a long time since that existed.

The current equivalent is the Competition and Markets Authority.

And I don't think this will make him dominant enough to be an issue for them.

 

[Velochris]

I wish I'd have seen this before I ordered a very good value chain last night.

On the credit card though, so all not lost.

 

[Sixmile]

I drove by the Belfast store the other day and it's closed entirely now. A sad sight of a local NI brand done good then gone bad.

 

[Velochris]

I wish I'd have seen this before I ordered a very good value chain last night.

On the credit card though, so all not lost.

Had an email to say despatched with a tracking number. Seems they are still despatching orders.

 

[wafter]

Had an email to say despatched with a tracking number. Seems they are still despatching orders.

Not au-fait with such situations, but I imagine if scumbag Ashley has only bought the IP then the administrators will continue to sell off remaining stock to claw back as much as possible, probably with a retained skeleton staff.

I'm on the fence re. ordering a few smallish bits that have been reduced; got to be worth a punt on the credit card.

I'm less optimistic about the Ragley MTB I bought at the back end of last year since this is an in-house brand; so by Ashley's previous MO will probably end up on the scrap heap or a badge only to be nailed to cheap Chinese tat... However, I went in eyes-open and got an apparently sh*t-hot hard tail for less than half price.

The only thing that really bothers me is the RD hanger as this appears to be both brand-specific and hens-teeth-rare (while everything else is either bought-in or should be hard-as-nails). Really I suppose I ought to to pull it off the bike and get it drawn up so I could get a replacement made; however it's all curves so probably not a whole lot of fun to try and replicate.

 

[JonBuoy]

The only thing that really bothers me is the RD hanger as this appears to be both brand-specific and hens-teeth-rare (while everything else is either bought-in or should be hard-as-nails). Really I suppose I ought to to pull it off the bike and get it drawn up so I could get a replacement made; however it's all curves so probably not a whole lot of fun to try and replicate.

Someone has beaten you to it. Take a look at GeforceJunky's posts here: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-ragley-frames-for-170/page/11/ and on subsequent pages where he has machined up some replacements and is selling them.

 

[wafter]

Someone has beaten you to it. Take a look at GeforceJunky's posts here: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-ragley-frames-for-170/page/11/ and on subsequent pages where he has machined up some replacements and is selling them.

Excellent - thanks for that; it potentially makes things a lot easier! Guess I'd better join up and drop them a PM

 

[Distorted Vision]

I have fesshole type confession. CRC used to have a £10 off a £50 spend for new customers. I abused it over the years by opening a new account for each new order. Must have done it like around 25 times. Not bought any cycling gear for a long time but CRC was probably my favourite cycling retailer.

I'm wondering if CRC would have survived if Wiggle hadn't taken it over.

 

[I like Skol]

I have fesshole type confession. CRC used to have a £10 off a £50 spend for new customers. I abused it over the years by opening a new account for each new order. Must have done it like around 25 times. Not bought any cycling gear for a long time but CRC was probably my favourite cycling retailer.

I'm wondering if CRC would have survived if Wiggle hadn't taken it over.

Similar here. About 10yrs ago I totally rebuilt my MTB, new drivetrain, hydraulic disc brakes, hubs, rims, handlebars and various finishing bits. Around £400-500 if parts.

CRC had an offer on, something like spend £60 or £80 and get £10 off. I shamelessly split my orders into the most favourable combinations to maximise the discount and then placed the orders consecutively in the same evening.

I don't think they ever really recovered financially.....

 

[Jenkins]

I have fesshole type confession. CRC used to have a £10 off a £50 spend for new customers. I abused it over the years by opening a new account for each new order. Must have done it like around 25 times. Not bought any cycling gear for a long time but CRC was probably my favourite cycling retailer.

I'm wondering if CRC would have survived if Wiggle hadn't taken it over.

Same here when I was getting the bits together for a bike build - just created a new consecutively numbered Gmail address for each order then closed it down once the bits arrived. I think I had got to ordernumber11@gmail.com* by the time I'd got all I needed.

*not the actual address obviously!