Bike repair :Blanchardstown

Stublore

Hi, I'm a complete noob when it comes to bike repair.
I just got a mountain bike(3 years sitting in his shed) from my brother, and the gear change mechanism does not seem to be working, and the brakes are iffy to say the least. Does anyone know of a good repair shop in the Blanchardstown area?
Thanks in advance,
Stublore

rp

I don't know a "good repair shop" but there a Halfords in the shopping centre, near Argus & Borders...

Stublore

Tried there, they aren't doing any repairs till the end of next month
Thanks.

rp

I guess Stagg in Lucan is the closes good bike shop, so (only a short ride away)

daymobrew

Not Blanchardstown but not far away - Stagg Cycles in Lucan village might help, or at least point you in the right direction. A phone call will probably get the info you need.
When you go over the river, turn right into Lucan village and they are about 200 metres down on the left.

flickerx

Halfords in Blanch are **** and they dont know ****. look up your problem on the internet and learn how to diy fix it yourself

drunk fx

Stublore

flickerx wrote:

Halfords in Blanch are **** and they dont know ****. look up your problem on the internet and learn how to diy fix it yourself

drunk fx

Have neither the time or aptitude for DIY repairs, I prefer to have the job done propely 1st time

Thanks daymobrew, rp, will give them a ring during the week.

lukasbasic

there is nothing in blanchardstown
Halfords is a serious joke. Do not even try.
The best place i can recommend for proffesional repairs is cycleways on parnel street.
It's some distance from D15 but the guys are very qualified and have the proper tools.

Nietzschean

issues with halfords that you resurrected a 2 year old thread?

kona

lukasbasic wrote: »

there is nothing in blanchardstown
Halfords is a serious joke. Do not even try.
The best place i can recommend for proffesional repairs is cycleways on parnel street.
It's some distance from D15 but the guys are very qualified and have the proper tools.

Ah now there are plenty of other places to get a good moan about halfords in....a ancient thread is a bad choice.

Ive heard some stories about cycleways ****ing up some seriously expensive stuff. Although personally I find them to be sound.

All bike shops have their issues, Halfords blanch is like a after thought when they built the shop, There are other halfords who aint as unappealing.

How do you know the guys in cycleways are very qualified? Halfords have a big cabinet behind the desk full of VAR tools......id call all of them proper tools. I mean a headset press....I can see how that could be a fake tool:rolleyes:

mmclo

There's Euro cycles in Mulhuddart not sure if they do repairs and city cycles (?) in Cabra, who are very good IMHO

Caroline_ie

mmclo wrote: »

There's Euro cycles in Mulhuddart not sure if they do repairs and city cycles (?) in Cabra, who are very good IMHO

They sell BSO and baby buggies ... I was there once.

kona

Caroline_ie wrote: »

They sell expensiveBSO and baby buggies ... I was there once.

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

They sell BSO and baby buggies ... I was there once.

Do they not have higher end bikes hidden away somewhere? The one in town does -go downstairs and it's an Aladdin cave of euro cool -BH's everywhere!

kona

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Do they not have higher end bikes hidden away somewhere? The one in town does -go downstairs and it's an Aladdin cave of euro cool -BH's everywhere!

I thought the one on south william streets Downstairs was a staff only thing I must be wrong, I thought the 3k carbon racer was out of place around a bunch of ****ty raleighs:D

TinyExplosions

kona wrote: »

I thought the one on south william streets Downstairs was a staff only thing I must be wrong, I thought the 3k carbon racer was out of place around a bunch of ****ty raleighs:D

Then don't tell the staff I was down there! Oops

Vélo

No you can go downstaris alright.

Regarding bike repair in Blanchardstown I'd highly recommend Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Halfords*


*ok I'm only messing

Turbulent Bill

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Do they not have higher end bikes hidden away somewhere? The one in town does -go downstairs and it's an Aladdin cave of euro cool -BH's everywhere!

I don't think the Mulhuddart shop is a Eurocycles branch, hence it really is just BSOs and buggies. Checked it out before, even my POS was better than what's on offer. Always a shame to go into a bike shop and only find sensible gear on offer .

BostonB

Theres Staggs in Lucan and Humphries in Finglas, City Cycles in Cabra and the end of Manor Street. I've only ever used Staggs which were decent, if always busy.

noelo

kona wrote: »

just breathing life into this old thread......................what did you say about my shop?. its not euro cycles it bikes and babies. what was the problem? we wereonly starting then, we have lots of high end bikes and new trained staff now.

noelo

Turbulent Bill wrote: »

I don't think the Mulhuddart shop is a Eurocycles branch, hence it really is just BSOs and buggies. Checked it out before, even my POS was better than what's on offer. Always a shame to go into a bike shop and only find sensible gear on offer .

we have since improved as we were only opening at the time.

noelo

lukasbasic wrote: »

there is nothing in blanchardstown
Halfords is a serious joke. Do not even try.
The best place i can recommend for proffesional repairs is cycleways on parnel street.
It's some distance from D15 but the guys are very qualified and have the proper tools.

Just breathing life into this old thread , the shop is great now and under new ownership the past few years, the repair service is great and reasonable, and most important, quick.

kona

What I was saying two years ago :rolleyes:, was that your shop sold overpriced BSO.
Everybody here knows that you have ex cyclogical staff. Why did you run a search for eurocycles and decide to post in a two year old thread a 1am?, makes you look like your looking for a argument or just locked or both.

Do you actually own the shop LOL

noelo

kona wrote: »

What I was saying two years ago :rolleyes:, was that your shop sold overpriced BSO.
Everybody here knows that you have ex cyclogical staff. Why did you run a search for eurocycles and decide to post in a two year old thread a 1am?, makes you look like your looking for a argument or just locked or both.

Do you actually own the shop LOL

Yes, and I was doing some market research. We never had that staff you talk about. just me and a nephew. and the tread is there to posted in, what ever the age.

BostonB

Its not clear but I assume your talking about the Mulhuddart shop.

Do you have a website and what are the opening hours. I've not been back in 2yrs to see what changes there are. Might pop in and see what its like now.

noelo

BostonB wrote: »

Its not clear but I assume your talking about the Mulhuddart shop.

Do you have a website and what are the opening hours. I've not been back in 2yrs to see what changes there are. Might pop in and see what its like now.

Yes its better now with focus put on repares at the right price, resonable. Our bike range is still higher than halfords and the big chains but the quality is by fare superior. We are doing our best to keep out heads up in this low economy as a good local bike shop. We feel that the big chain not aim but are putting smaller local out of business. In sight of this we are by fare better in customer relations and support with regards to parts and accessories.

BostonB

Website, opening hours?

noelo

BostonB wrote: »

Website, opening hours?

Under construction, gotta sleep , resume tomorrow.....................

Beasty

zombie thread resurrected by someone with a personal interest, so I'm locking it

Thanks

Beasty