Best place to buy a new bike

mackeire

Hi

Just wondering where the best place to go to buy a bike would be. I mean in terms of value, staff knowledge & after sale care.

Im living in the DunLaoghaire area and the only places I can think of are

Mikes Bikes in Dunlaoghaire
Bike Rack on Johnstown Road
Halfords in Carrickmines
Joe Daly Cycles in Dundrum
Eurobaby/cycles on long mile road.

Any suggestions on other places to go would be appreciated.

LCD

Cycle Superstore

www.cyclesuperstore.ie

tunney

LCD wrote: »

Cycle Superstore

www.cyclesuperstore.ie

+1

mackeire

Thats right beside my college so will go over within the next few days. Thanks.

Seve OB

Wheelworx at liffey valley, Fonthill retail park. They are very knowledgable, helpful and will give you all the time you want to explain everything about bikes to you. Can't recomend these guys highly enough.

Not a fan of Cyclesuperstore, as I went in a few times and really felt out of place in there and found it very hard to get someone to give me some information. having said that, this is my experience and I do realise they seem to be quite a good operation.

Do not go near halfords, they are grand for accessories if you already know what you want, and sometimes do a 3 for 2 offer on them, but you will invariably know more about bikes than they do and they only sell muck anyway.

Not a fan of Eurocycles as I found their customer service leaving a lot to be desired and they weren't really that good with giving me information, I really had to work to draw it out of them. I tried Swords, Long Miler and town shop.... all the same. I actually bough my bike there (Swords) as they were the only ones who had what I wanted, but the after sales service wasn't great either.

I think Joe Daly is quite good, some small shops can be really friendly and knowledgable. they just didn't have anything i liked.

Not been to Mikes bikes since i was a nipper and they were in the main shopping centre, so can't tell you what they are like these days. Did i read somewhere one time that they are something do do with Cycel Superstore in Tallaght?

fireblade001

Depends on what particular bike you wanna buy. do your internet research, narrow it down to 2 or 3 (ppl on here will help) and then go looking for stockist and the best deal. Don't pick the shop and just buy from that one.

Bigus

mackeire wrote: »

Thats right beside my college so will go over within the next few days. Thanks.

Cycle inn beside DID ,is near your college too and they are knowledgeable

Karma

eurocycle on sth william st, decent staff and a selection of bikes.
old decent cyclelogical staff

mackeire

thanks everyone, there's enough here to keep me busy over the next few days!

Seve OB

fireblade001 wrote: »

Depends on what particular bike you wanna buy. do your internet research, narrow it down to 2 or 3 (ppl on here will help) and then go looking for stockist and the best deal. Don't pick the shop and just buy from that one.

Couldn't agree more, however going into loads of bike shops and looking at what they have along with quizzing the staff have will help you pick your 2 or 3 bikes. Looking at pictures on the net just doesn't have the same impact as phisically inspecting a bike.

Karma wrote: »

eurocycle on sth william st, decent staff and a selection of bikes.

I couldnt agree less. I brought my bike in here the week after I bought it cause there was a problem with the rear wheel making a terrible knocking sound.

He took a look and put it up on the work stand and played around with it a bit. He told me there was a buckle in the wheel and my understanding was that he fixed it as the knocking went. I'm no bike mechanic and just took him at his word.

Brought it into the same guy after a few months and he did the first "free" service on the bike for me. He remembered me and the buckled wheel. I have no idea what he did as I left the bike there all day and picked it up after work. I did notice the brakes were tighter though when I collected it.

The following week I brought my bike to wheelworx to get pedals and shoes. The guys there brought me in to their workshop to show me the buckle was still in the wheel and how bad it was (even though if rolled freely throught the brake pads). They explained that especially with a carbon frame (which mine is) how the buckle was very lightly rubbing the frame and basically wearing it away, which is unrepairable. They couldn't believe that Eurocycles allowed me to leave their shop once, let alone twice with the buckle in such obvious bad condition.

I went back to Swords, where I bought the bike who did (as far as my untrained eye can tell) fix the issue more or less. As a result I was not a happy camper at all with the fella in William street.

tunney

stevieob wrote: »

Couldn't agree more, however going into loads of bike shops and looking at what they have along with quizzing the staff have will help you pick your 2 or 3 bikes. Looking at pictures on the net just doesn't have the same impact as phisically inspecting a bike.



I couldnt agree less. I brought my bike in here the week after I bought it cause there was a problem with the rear wheel making a terrible knocking sound.

He took a look and put it up on the work stand and played around with it a bit. He told me there was a buckle in the wheel and my understanding was that he fixed it as the knocking went. I'm no bike mechanic and just took him at his word.

Brought it into the same guy after a few months and he did the first "free" service on the bike for me. He remembered me and the buckled wheel. I have no idea what he did as I left the bike there all day and picked it up after work. I did notice the brakes were tighter though when I collected it.

The following week I brought my bike to wheelworx to get pedals and shoes. The guys there brought me in to their workshop to show me the buckle was still in the wheel and how bad it was (even though if rolled freely throught the brake pads). They explained that especially with a carbon frame (which mine is) how the buckle was very lightly rubbing the frame and basically wearing it away, which is unrepairable. They couldn't believe that Eurocycles allowed me to leave their shop once, let alone twice with the buckle in such obvious bad condition.

I went back to Swords, where I bought the bike who did (as far as my untrained eye can tell) fix the issue more or less. As a result I was not a happy camper at all with the fella in William street.

Everyone has a bad story.

My father bought a bike in Wheelworx, not long after he brought it back as the gears and brakes weren't working. Now he is rather over weight and he felt out of place in there. So when the mechanic told him "nah its meant to be like that, nothing wrong with the bike its you", he believed them. He stopped cycling because of it. A few weeks later he told my mam why he stopped cycling, she told me and I checked his bike out. Needless to say the bike was in sh!te and the gears and brakes needed to be completely stripped and redone. Needless to say I was raging over this.

kennyb3

Make sure you buy a bike that fits - that would be my one piece of advice to you above everything else.