Best (and cheapest) bike accessories shop in the city?

Col200sx

Anybody know where best to pick up a few accessories for a mountain bike in Galway city (and surrounds)?

Most places I've been in are charging stupid money for basic stuff.
Like €15 for small roll of grip-tape, and €10 for a bottle cage (without bottle):eek:

So then, where's best to shop without making a hole in the wallet?

Thargor

Argos I think is your best bet for prices and you can return it straight away if you dont lke it, Ebay if you're not in a hurry. Lidl and Aldi have both had cycling related sales in recent weeks so I wouldnt bother waiting for them.

snubbleste

Shop online

Col200sx

Thargor wrote: »

Argos I think is your best bet for prices and you can return it straight away if you dont lke it, Ebay if you're not in a hurry. Lidl and Aldi have both had cycling related sales in recent weeks so I wouldnt bother waiting for them.

Ya picked up couple things in Aldi/Lidl last couple weeks. Pretty decent quality too:)

Found Argos were ok, but not great to be honest.

snubbleste wrote: »

Shop online

Any recommended sites for shopping online? (Other than Ebay)

snubbleste

Erm
chainreactioncycles.com
wiggle.co.uk
dealextreme.com

There's a gap in the market for a good value bike/repair shop in a central location given the transient student population we have here. Someone with any entrepreneurial skills take note..

Xiney

check the pound shops... they sometimes have bits and pieces. Also, there's a Harry's Cycles out in Ballybrit that is more reasonably priced on some items.

thing is cycling is a bit of a niche market in Galway - the shops that sell stuff sell the pricey branded things 'cause they know people are either big into cycling or they're students without a lot of time to shop around.

It looks like there is a new place opening on the Tuam Road - Nigel's across from the Travelodge.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Deleted User wrote: »

It looks like there is a new place opening on the Tuam Road - Nigel's across from the Travelodge.

They're already just around the corner from there in Liosban, they're just moving premises.

McTigs

Xiney wrote: »

students without a lot of time to shop around.

Col200sx

snubbleste wrote: »

Erm
chainreactioncycles.com
wiggle.co.uk
dealextreme.com

There's a gap in the market for a good value bike/repair shop in a central location given the transient student population we have here. Someone with any entrepreneurial skills take note..

Just been on to them, fantastic products at excellent prices. And free delivery to Ireland too.

Thanks for the heads up, proper prices on proper branded goods:)

Got everything I needed. Thanks

Amazon. Free delivery to Ireland if order is over £25.

Fuinseog

Col200sx wrote: »

Anybody know where best to pick up a few accessories for a mountain bike in Galway city (and surrounds)?

Most places I've been in are charging stupid money for basic stuff.
Like €15 for small roll of grip-tape, and €10 for a bottle cage (without bottle):eek:

So then, where's best to shop without making a hole in the wallet?

why not just use duck tape?
i like Kearney right beside the Marriott on the headford road. walshes near lidl is part of old galway, not the cheapest but if you go often enough to him you get good deals.

pkaces

there is a bike shop beside the cathedral that are brilliant for repairs (cant remember the name) . They only charged me €12 for a bit of work i needed done a few weeks ago. not so sure about accessories but i would try them first.

Thargor

Looking everywhere in Galway for a cheap hybrid bike, there was an okay one in Kearneys for €230 but it was very basic looking and fairly heavy aswell, I tried Mountain Trails in the Cornstore, Kearneys, place down at the Cathedral, across from the Roisin Dubh, place across from Lidl and the place in the Liosbaun ind est, all rip-offs, no real price reductions for secondhand over new and way out of my budget anyway, looking to spend €200-€250 on a decent Hybrid, secondhand is fine by me, anywhere I might have missed? Ive tried Donedeal, Ebay, Amazon etc, not much caught my eye apart from this:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/VENTURA-CITY-HYBRID-BIKE-21SPD-GEARS-ALLOY-21-FRAME_W0QQitemZ180412335100QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item2a0169c3fc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Anyone got any thoughts on it? Worth going for? Im a bit clueless about bikes tbh.

Fuinseog

Thargor wrote: »

Looking everywhere in Galway for a cheap hybrid bike, there was an okay one in Kearneys for €230 but it was very basic looking and fairly heavy aswell, I tried Mountain Trails in the Cornstore, Kearneys, place down at the Cathedral, across from the Roisin Dubh, place across from Lidl and the place in the Liosbaun ind est, all rip-offs, no real price reductions for secondhand over new and way out of my budget anyway, looking to spend €200-€250 on a decent Hybrid, secondhand is fine by me, anywhere I might have missed? Ive tried Donedeal, Ebay, Amazon etc, not much caught my eye apart from this:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/VENTURA-CITY-HYBRID-BIKE-21SPD-GEARS-ALLOY-21-FRAME_W0QQitemZ180412335100QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item2a0169c3fc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Anyone got any thoughts on it? Worth going for? Im a bit clueless about bikes tbh.

you get what you pay for. I cycle a lot so I would fork out 400 for a bike. I use it every day and don't want it falling aprt apart a few months.
try europa cycles across from the cathedral. maybe a second hand rent bike.
we don't really do cheap bikes. i remember when i lived in germany you would pick up a decent second hand bike for between 20 and 50 euro, but not here

mockler007

chainreactioncycles on the net,
one example
19.99 5ltr drum of muc off bike wash on chainreactioncycles
29.99 5ltr drum of muc off bike wash in local bike stores

major diff mate, i even found crc cheaper than ebay and the likes, they are up the north and have everything you can shake a stick at, they can even post aerosols!
i know im sending my money outside the country, but until they stop ripping us off i will shop there

ednwireland

www.probikekit.com as well (free shipping to ireland mostly)