New to cycling

jtown

Hi all,

I'm new to cycling and just waiting for my new bike

Can anybody recommend what site they use to buy on-line for their accessories?

Thanks
JTown

Hungrycol

chainreactioncycles

MB Lacey

Hey jtown - good for you! Hope you enjoy the new bike

The online sites I have used so far have been these

Wiggle http://www.wiggle.co.uk/

Chain Reaction Cycles http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Offers.aspx

Bike 24 http://www.bike24.com/Cycling.html

and for hat and glove treats http://www.rapha.cc/

all sites are very reliable.

jtown

MB Lacey wrote: »

Hey jtown - good for you! Hope you enjoy the new bike

The online sites I have used so far have been these

Wiggle http://www.wiggle.co.uk/

Chain Reaction Cycles http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Offers.aspx

Bike 24 http://www.bike24.com/Cycling.html

and for hat and glove treats http://www.rapha.cc/

all sites are very reliable.

Thats great thanks.. Yes cant wait for the new bike. Giant Defy 3

Hmmzis

in addition to the above I would have used also roseversand.de, bike-discount.de, merlincycles.co.uk

merlin cycles uses UPS for delivery, it is very quick, 2-3 days at most but you need to be home for the delivery guy or have good neighbors that are home who can take the delivery for you.

seamus

Also worth checking out www.evanscycles.co.uk and www.sjscycles.co.uk for more obscure/niche parts that you won't get on CRC or Wiggle.

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/ are kind of expensive, but the odd time they have some great deals on.

ednwireland

or you could just try your local bike shop

monkeypants

ednwireland wrote: »

or you could just try your local bike shop

+1

LBS comes with advice, easy warranty and probably free fitting. In a lot of cases, they're quoting roughly the same prices. There'll definitely be less of a difference than you think, I would price things anyway.
As for clothing, can't recommend try before you buy enough. Cycling clothing is manufactured by lean, mean midgets.

jtown

Thanks for all the info everyone

shaka

I do my browsing for bits and pieces in various shops and online and then go to LBS and get him to order it , end up cheaper most of the time.

chester3455

Try bike discounts.de

bedirect

until you get used to cycling, a small local bike shop is hard to beat, free advice etc..otherwise chain reaction are very reliable

Tonyandthewhale

bedirect wrote: »

until you get used to cycling, a small local bike shop is hard to beat, free advice etc..otherwise chain reaction are very reliable

You need to find a good one first though.

looder

Chain Reaction for me too. Always found them very competitive.

jtown

Thanks for all the info. Think ill try local for a bit until I get into it more and more. Don't know much about cycling at the moment. Big into golf and thought that was expensive but the cycling isn't cheap either!

Cee-Jay-Cee

Cycling could end up more expensive than golf if you really get into it. There are endless online stores to thrawl through with endless equipment, components, clothing and bikes for you to drool over.