Bike shops near D14 for bike to work

danko82

best shop on Dublin for bike scheme.
This month (March) my company will open the bike scheme.
I would like to join..do you know which are the best website/shop where to buy a bike?
I would not like to buy a bike in an expensive shop so to waste this opportunity..
Thanks

CramCycle

Most bike shops are decent enough, one or two I would avoid but that's a personal preference. Where are you based in Dublin?

Seve OB

danko82 wrote: »

best shop on Dublin for bike scheme.
This month (March) my company will open the bike scheme.
I would like to join..do you know which are the best website/shop where to buy a bike?
I would not like to buy a bike in an expensive shop so to waste this opportunity..
Thanks

Go shopping.
Find a bike you like.
Job done.

danko82

CramCycle wrote: »

Most bike shops are decent enough, one or two I would avoid but that's a personal preference. Where are you based in Dublin?

Dublin 14, near UCD.

I would like to spend less than 1000euro also with clothes and locker..
Every day I did around 2.5km x 2 times...so It is not so much..

CramCycle

Fitzcycles in Stillorgan have been good to me, Joe Daly in Dundrum have an excellent reputation. I would avoid Hollingsworth in Kilmacud having seen them try to take advantage of family members who didn't know very much but that's personal bias, I have heard others say nice things. If you can travel a bit further, Thinkbike were also good to me when I bought my first new bike and one of their guys posts here.

Dazguy2000

Fitzcycles, Harry's Bikes and Joe Daly cycles are the three Bike Shops around D14.

Macy0161

I used Harry's Bikes. No issues, but my bike was above the threshold so wasn't really trying to scab any freebies or include anything else to be honest - it was all about the bike(?). They had the model I wanted, in stock, so I went with them.

godtabh

Not to far away is the Bike Rack. I'd recommend them.

kenmc

CramCycle wrote: »

Fitzcycles in Stillorgan have been good to me, Joe Daly in Dundrum have an excellent reputation. I would avoid Hollingsworth in Kilmacud having seen them try to take advantage of family members who didn't know very much but that's personal bias, I have heard others say nice things. If you can travel a bit further, Thinkbike were also good to me when I bought my first new bike and one of their guys posts here.

Agree with all of the above. I live in spitting distance of hollingsworth, wouldn't even buy a tube there.

CramCycle

godtabh wrote: »

Not to far away is the Bike Rack. I'd recommend them.

A friend of mine uses them for all of his repairs and said they do good work.

danko82

Dazguy2000 wrote: »

Fitzcycles, Harry's Bikes and Joe Daly cycles are the three Bike Shops around D14.

I heard that Harry's Bikes is expensive ? or is more or less like the other?

I don't want to spent a lot..around 500-600euro for a bike, plus 200-300 locker and clothes.

godtabh

CramCycle wrote: »

A friend of mine uses them for all of his repairs and said they do good work.

That's how I would know them. Get all my work done there even though I work next door to another well known bike shop.

They have a good selection of bikes and from picking up a repair yesterday they are expanding their range and can order from most brands

Tenzor07

Expert Cycles Rathfarnham always offer good service, they have a new bigger shop at 21 Main street beside Cosgroves butcher.

Nika Bolokov

Bought a bike from Hollingsworth's under Bike to work.

They never seemed too bothered throughout the whole transaction.

danko82

I am reading that my company has the following options:

taxfreebicycles.com
cyclesuperstore.ie
taxfreebicycles.com
halfords.ie

So I can find a shop in those website...any suggestions?

Macy0161

danko82 wrote: »

I heard that Harry's Bikes is expensive ? or is more or less like the other?

Only dealt with them for this bike, and it was list price, which is what the other shops I looked at were charging, and what I'd expect on Bike To Work tbh.

Most people I know who've got money off on the bike to work at any shop have been putting significantly above the threshold in themselves on just the bike, or it's been old models. (Not ruling out me just being crap at negotiating though!)

xebec

danko82 wrote: »

I am reading that my company has the following options:

taxfreebicycles.com
cyclesuperstore.ie
taxfreebicycles.com
halfords.ie

So I can find a shop in those website...any suggestions?

Joe Daly's, Harry's Bikes, Fitzcycles - all covered by your scheme and all close/in Dublin 14.

Oasis_Dublin

Avoid Hollingsworth. Grumpy fe***rs and known to chance an arm or two.