Best Websites for online purchase

McTigs

What do you guys reckon are the best online shops?

I know some will be good for some stuff and others better for other stuff, some good all round, some with great prices, other with great service.

So all round and for specifics, where do ye buy?

jaqian

ChainReactionCycles.com
Wiggle.co.uk

afaik both do free deliveries to Ireland. Some ppl here have had problems with CRC but im a happy customer.

Mycroft H

jaqian wrote: »

ChainReactionCycles.com
Wiggle.co.uk

afaik both do free deliveries to Ireland. Some ppl here have had problems with CRC but im a happy customer.

CRC are great themselves. GLS, whom do the deliveries for them are a bit crap.

smacl

I find bike24.com cheaper for most stuff than wiggle or CRC, and ribblecycles.co.uk have been good of late too. Never had any problems with delivery from any of these sites. Bike24.com charge for delivery, but if your buying a couple of items the total still tends to come out cheaper for many items.

Bottom line is to compare the total price delivered, and ignore flashing messages saying Sale / Clearance / Big Discount etc.... You could also consider www.cyclesuperstore.ie which is going some way towards supporting the local economy.

manwithaplan

Rose Bikes (www.roseversand.com) are very good as are their compatriots at www.bike-palast.de and www.jedi-sports.de. Slane Cycles up north tend to be competitive for high end stuff. Evans Cycles have come out cheapest for a few bits recently.

Shop around but don't forget your LBS.

pprendeville

This needs a mega thread. Add actionsports.de to that list. A quick google (European online bike retailers) gives the following list:

Bike Discount (http://www.bike-discount.de/)
Radsport Bornmann (http://212.202.110.172/) (cheap, but slow)

Some more links which also have english websites...
Action Sports (http://www.actionsports.de/index.php?language=gb)
Bike24 (http://www.bike24.com/)
Bikeparts Online (http://bikeparts-online.de/bpo_new/site_frameset_en.php?page=home)
Bike Components (http://bike-components.de/catalog/?language=en&osCsid=dd7007b3ab695623f5e1b7c22dd927cc)

And then there are some of the bigger ones, yet just in German:
Boc24 (http://www.boc24.de/epages/bicycles.storefront)
Bruegelmann (http://www.bruegelmann.de/)
Preiswerte Fahrradteile (http://preiswerte-fahrradteile.de/)
Fahrrad.de (http://www.fahrrad.de/)

One of the best online shops for outdoor products also sells some bicycle
accessories:
Globetrotter (http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/rubrik.php?k_id=03&h_kat=Rund+ums+Fahrrad&GTID=65a8b1d236b144a543abcfd5dad43d3fa34)

And these ones are nice if you are into vintage bicycles:
Classic Cycle (http://www.classic-cycle.de/)
Velo Classic (http://www.velo-classic.de/)

see more at de-rec-fahrrad Haendlerliste (http://de-rec-fahrrad.de/links#haendler)

To translate technical terms, have a look at
ADFC Bictionary (http://www.fa-technik.adfc.de/Ratgeber/Bictionary/)

As for UK shops, I only know Wiggle (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/), Edinburg Bicycle Cooperative (http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/) and Evans Cycles (http://www.evanscycles.com/).

lescol

Others I also use:-

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/ great for all sorts of bits and pieces not found in most stores
http://www.highonbikes.com/ bought a saddle and other stuff
http://www.alibabike.com/ just ordered a left DA crank from here, posted within 12 hours (must have been the last one as it now comes up as out of stock)