Cyclelogical Closes its doors

gtkid18 · 16-02-2012 10:11PM #1

Hey i hear today there is one less bike shop in the City, some people may be happy, but its sad to think, it was once a great bike shop with Cliff and the Welsh fella and the other young lads that used to work there a few years ago,

Mycroft H · 16-02-2012 10:23PM

Sad to see a business go and jobs lost.

They were pricing themselves out of business though, they were bloody expensive for anything when I was in there.

BostonB · 16-02-2012 10:39PM

I found it a very hard shop to get into. They weren't open when I passed it in the morning, and were closed when I passed it in the evening. Considering there's bike shops opening all over, in the middle of bike boom. I assume the rent was astronomical there though. I see a new bike shop on pearse st putting ads on parked bikes up on Baggot st. Has anyone checked that shop out.

+1 sad to see jobs go.

GTDolanator · 16-02-2012 11:33PM

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Chips Lovell · 16-02-2012 11:47PM

GTDolanator: We've carded you several times for abusive comments. You can take a week off for this one.

EDIT: Ban upped to one month for sending abusive messages.

EDIT: Sorry, Dawn Rider, we've removed your post too as it's replying to the above, which has been deleted.

Leroy42 · 17-02-2012 12:06AM

Whether you liked the shop or not (evidently not enough people did) it is still sad that people are losing their jobs & livelyhood.

Whatever you thought about the owner and the workers, they tried to build something, tried their best. It may not have been good enough for some, but I doubt they went in each day just to p1ss you off.

Hopefully it is not something that will hold them back in the future. This didn't work out for them, but lessons can be learned and hopefully they can be successful at whatever they all decide to do in the future.

For all those that didn't rate the place (I don't think I bought more than a handful of things in it) you can be secure in the satisfaction that you were right all along.

Trust me, the owners, employees etc will be feeling bad enough, they don't need insensitive people making snipe remarks about them.

RobFowl · 17-02-2012 12:07AM

My only dealings with them were good and it was a great and interesting shop to browse in. Very sorry to see any business go and best wishes for the owners and staff for the future.

drogdub · 17-02-2012 12:14AM

Leroy42 wrote: »

Whether you liked the shop or not (evidently not enough people did) it is still sad that people are losing their jobs & livelyhood.

Whatever you thought about the owner and the workers, they tried to build something, tried their best. It may not have been good enough for some, but I doubt they went in each day just to p1ss you off.

Hopefully it is not something that will hold them back in the future. This didn't work out for them, but lessons can be learned and hopefully they can be successful at whatever they all decide to do in the future.

For all those that didn't rate the place (I don't think I bought more than a handful of things in it) you can be secure in the satisfaction that you were right all along.

Trust me, the owners, employees etc will be feeling bad enough, they don't need insensitive people making snipe remarks about them.

There was one lad from around Slane who I always found was particularly helpful.

tomasrojo · 17-02-2012 01:08AM

I'm sorry to see them go. I wasn't a regular customer by any means, but I bought a few things there and didn't have any trouble with them.

(They did surprise me when I first went in to ask about cost of repairs and they told me they didn't do repairs.)

velo.2010 · 17-02-2012 01:11AM

I had no bother with them and actually got the last couple of parts to stick my old Madone together - only guys IIRC who had the BB90 bearings in stock. Built the bike that weekend in time to ride with LA in the Park.

micko2009 · 17-02-2012 01:19AM

I feel sorry for customers and suppliers, who no doubt have lost money through deposits and payments.

The service over the years was a warning sign so I'm not surprised.

fat bloke · 17-02-2012 02:34AM

I always liked the shop personally. Hopeless location for me but the wife used them all the time over the years as she cycles to work, & was always very happy with them & very well treated.
At the risk of seeming vulturish... what happens all their old stock now, in a situation like that?

alfalad · 17-02-2012 04:42AM

As said sad to see anyone lose there job, hope the guys can get work in other bike shops given the fact that they should have plenty of experience and there is a bike boom. To see the shop fail given so many are opening up is strange and would point to poor management.

Lumen · 17-02-2012 06:32AM

Businesses close for lots of reasons. I can't imagine running a bike shop is the easiest way to make a living.

Hope the lads manage to find other employment soon enough.

Wheely GR8 · 17-02-2012 08:39AM

Were cyclogical part of daragh zaidans sponsorship for stevens ?

rollingscone · 17-02-2012 09:29AM

They weren't my favourite place but I'd rather have seen them improve than go under.

Best of luck to the lads from the shop in their futures

ROK ON · 17-02-2012 09:48AM

I liked this place when I lived in DUblin. A chaotic mess of a shop with some beautiful frames and staff that would do you a deal on consumables.

Sorry to see it go - but does anyone know for sure that it is gone. Maybe they have simly moved to a different location with better parking (I dont know this).

The owner is the brother of the guy who owns Cycleways, so cycling is in the family. Another brother is a club mate of mine and a very nice guy.

What other shop can you get such a range of frames in.

If they are gone and having a closing down sale then please post. There is a Colnago there that I have wanted for a few years. Money will have to be found to get it.

Hungrycol · 17-02-2012 10:18AM

rollingscone wrote: »

They weren't my favourite place but I'd rather have seen them improve than go under.Best of luck to the lads from the shop in their futures

They tried, looked like they went more mainstream but mustn't have worked out. Poor management would be my guess.

ThisRegard · 17-02-2012 10:28AM

BostonB wrote: »

II see a new bike shop on pearse st putting ads on parked bikes up on Baggot st. Has anyone checked that shop out.

They seen to be doing it across the city, I spotted them on Mount Street. I haven't been into it yet but I've sat outside it in traffic plenty of times, it looks pretty cool actually.

Jawgap · 17-02-2012 11:12AM

Jokes about pumps aside, sorry to see this place go - always a handy spot to nip into for consumables, but I always found their attitude to repairs a bit odd and it led me to taking my business elsewhere.

Maybe we'll see some new bike shops spring from lads who've been let go setting up their own businesses.

Slideshowbob · 17-02-2012 11:16AM

I wonder if those who critised the shop in the past on here have a moment to think about those lads who don't have that shop to go for work today?

I'm sure Wiggle and Chain R will be all the busier and they will be no delays or incorrect orders processed online ;-)

Good luck to all the lads there - I never had a problem in the place !

Lumen · 17-02-2012 11:23AM

Slideshowbob wrote: »

I wonder if those who critised the shop in the past on here have a moment to think about those lads who don't have that shop to go for work today?

"Go to your room and think about what you've done!"

Thanks Dad.

Wheely GR8 · 17-02-2012 11:26AM

If anything it shows people ,you cant't pick and choose your customers.

Jawgap · 17-02-2012 11:27AM

I've criticised them in the past, and I'm sorry to see lads lose their jobs and someone, who obviously was into their bikes, lose their business.

but, I did shop there quite a bit. In fact when I got started I bought a whole bundle of kit from there - all good quality and most of which I still have and use. One day I asked about getting a repair done on my bike and was told that they didn't work on bikes they didn't sell.

So I took my business elsewhere.

kincsem · 17-02-2012 11:45AM

I found them unfriendly so never bought there.

I have five bikes, countless tools, cycling kit for every season.

cipo · 17-02-2012 11:48AM

Big in to my bikes like most here... But never had any love for the shop... Sad to see it closed as it's been around a long time & it means lads out of work...

It has been on the cards for a while though...

Strange existence in the last few years- all I've ever heard were bad news stories re; service, staff etc...

Bike shops need to work hard for their cash and be as helpful/ friendly as they can be... This wasn't ever my experience in Cycleogical.

Hope the lads get sorted for work- I'm sure they will.. Lots of bike shops out there doing well & expanding!!

morana · 17-02-2012 11:48AM

its a pity I liked the shop and the lads in there.

Chartsengrafs · 17-02-2012 11:50AM

BostonB wrote: »

I found it a very hard shop to get into. They weren't open when I passed it in the morning, and were closed when I passed it in the evening. Considering there's bike shops opening all over, in the middle of bike boom. I assume the rent was astronomical there though. I see a new bike shop on pearse st putting ads on parked bikes up on Baggot st. Has anyone checked that shop out.

+1 sad to see jobs go.

A friend went into a bike shop on Pearse St yesterday (I assume it's the same one)?
He needed cleats, had a look around. Asked the guy "do you sell cleats?". Guy: "Eh...no."

So not a good first impression. To be fair though it seems to mostly sell fixies, town bikes and other trendy bits and pieces.

Slideshowbob · 17-02-2012 11:54AM

Lumen wrote: »

Slideshowbob wrote: »

I wonder if those who critised the shop in the past on here have a moment to think about those lads who don't have that shop to go for work today?

"Go to your room and think about what you've done!"

Thanks Dad.

Exactly! 410 is peerless innit

check_six · 17-02-2012 11:54AM

I bought a number of nice bikes from Cyclelogical over the years and I found their service good, so I am sad to see them have to close down. Hope those involved will be okay jobswise in the future.

Chips Lovell · 17-02-2012 12:15PM

Slideshowbob wrote: »

I wonder if those who critised the shop in the past on here have a moment to think about those lads who don't have that shop to go for work today?

That's a bit of an odd attitude to take isn't it? We should never complain about poor customer service lest a business close down and people lose their jobs?

Cyclelogical Closes its doors

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