Any good bike shops - LONDON

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ultimobici
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by ultimobici

sawyer wrote:
ultimobici wrote:
greentimgreen wrote:Condor, Bespoke (city branch) and Mosquito are my faves. Pinarello showroom on Lower Regent street is also usually good for some £10k+ steeds!

Well, unfortunately Mosquito is no more. Went into receivership a little while ago and is up for sale. So much for retail being on the up.....


Bit much to base an assessment of retail on the failure of one shop!

The story I have heard from several reps is that outside London they have been closing at an unusually high rate this last 12 months.

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by sawyer

ultimobici wrote:
sawyer wrote:
ultimobici wrote:
greentimgreen wrote:Condor, Bespoke (city branch) and Mosquito are my faves. Pinarello showroom on Lower Regent street is also usually good for some £10k+ steeds!

Well, unfortunately Mosquito is no more. Went into receivership a little while ago and is up for sale. So much for retail being on the up.....


Bit much to base an assessment of retail on the failure of one shop!

The story I have heard from several reps is that outside London they have been closing at an unusually high rate this last 12 months.


Bricks and mortar that hasn't either specialized in service, or developed a competitive online proposition is f***ed ... and rightly so

But generally the retail bike trade in the UK, not just in London, is booming ...
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by wingguy

I'd be very interested to know where you got that information from.

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