BMX Shops, Where are they

[Gary72]

Hardly any retail outlets for good quality stuff, Please post what you know and where. I'm based in ESSEX; NE London, did have Cycleone in Waltham Abbey that I could get to and back in a lunch hour.
Now only seem to have Onlinebikes local in Buckhurst Hill, only stock a small amount of New School stuff, mainly road and MTB, but great people and  can/will order stuff.
Not sure if Superbike in Ilford is still going and what they sell?. Cant think of anywhere else local.

[RATTY]

We have a couple of bike shops round here, but no one has BMX race gear for sale
Stick with Groove and Alans

[superbikedan]

gal, the intenet, we buy everything now off the net

it's one big bike shop

[jedi]

gal, the intenet, we buy everything now off the net

it's one big bike shop

but you cant hang out drinking coffee ,staring at bike bits and the smell of  tyres etc.... on the web.

buy more online,no more lbs!

[JT71]

gal, the intenet, we buy everything now off the net

it's one big bike shop

but you cant hang out drinking coffee ,staring at bike bits and the smell of  tyres etc

if that's what you wanna do just pop round to my garage some time. stinks of tyres.
not much to look at though.

 

[zed4130]

bmx plus bournemouth
and steve geals shop , but not sure of name and address, its in dorset   

[Gary72]

gal, the intenet, we buy everything now off the net

it's one big bike shop

Sounds abit sad but, I like to see and feel things before I buy, I know that there are some good deals on the net. But there is nothing like parting with cash and walking out with something.
The other thing is if something is broken or needs replacing straight away, the thought of waiting for days for a new part is depressing

[Trev]

tell me what you're after, then if i have it, i can bring it to skaterham so you can look and touch before you buy...

[muttley]

Do you know what Gary i think you have made me realise what i am missing. As kids we used to love going to the bike shops and looking at the stuff and nowadays its all online and wait malarky I'm with you here there are not enough good BMX shops about.

[Sean 2000]

Triton Cycles
1 Broadway Parade
Fencepiece Road
Barkingside
Essex.
Tel: 020 8501 3992
Email:info@tritoncycles.co.uk

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m8b0s0p0&tbv=_BMX_Parts_

Ive not been there Gary, so cant comment on wether thay have this stuff in stock or what mate. Im sure others on here will have info about them? 

Sean.

[Gary72]

Yep, forgot about them, another small shop, with good people, the only shop that offered discount too BADBMX members. Again hardly any Bits on display. Think Jimwise got his SE cruiser from there.

[perry]

cant beat a good shop  

i owe my ability to spot a shodily made item entirely to the fact that i could touch and see parts in a shop , no computer screen can teach that . nor can it teach correct wheel building as well as all the other specialist bicycle maintanance

my old local shop was soo much more than a place to buy stuff , it was a meeting place , a heckle room , a mosh pit , a five minite walk when your axle snaps or your bars move , a shining beacon in an otherwise dreary town but most of all it was a second home  

frank had a simple set of rules , we could do anything as long as we didnt swear when normal people came in

if you were going to spend all day loafing around , you were on puncture duty

the 2nd stool was reserved for the person who had spend the most amount of time leaning against the row of tyres unless someone else went to the chip shop across the road when they naturally got priority

if you borrowed a tool , it had to be back next day

 

not to mention franks disregard to the recomended rip off price in favour of special local prices  , or the times when id be a fiver short and frank would let me pay a week later 

support your local shops 

[jedi]

support your local shops   

[dazza]

heres a good one in derby , really helpfull and friendly, some nice clothes aswell
35 friar gate
derby
de1 1da
tel 01332 200003
web addy
http://www.modebmx.co.uk/

[nouseforaname]

I live 15 minutes walk from Alans. Living in Wigan does have one advantage - maybe you should relocate to somewhere where there's a great bmx shop 

[PHIPPSIO]

I dont post in this section much so firstly, hello

I have been researching the buying habits of bmx consumers recently so i know a bit about the industry issues with the web v LBS
Unfortunately, the local bike shop is being rogered by the internet. I can understand people buying low value stuff like tyres, grips, dvd's, cables etc but its a bit strange when people buy entire bikes off the web. The bmx distributors try to control the market by giving bike shops geographic regions of exclusivety but that means nothing when every one of them has a website with a slightly sharper offer, you end up with 60 businesses offering for example fit bikes.

Someone recently told me that the reason lots of people shop online for bmx is because its too big an offer to stock in a shop these days. However, when you order online from the winstanleys of this world, they just place an order with a supplier on 48 hr delivery, nobody actually stocks much, Service does seem to make the difference to most though....

Support your local bike shops, thay arent all miserable old sods, and without them the exposure of the sport will suffer regionally

[lazychubs]

jd cycles and cycle king in tarpots benfleet
they have some bits
or even grips in rayliegh but they a tad dear there

[superFLY69]

edwardes camberwell south london

stock all worthy brands

if they aint got it, it usually turns up in 48 hrs
good deals !!!!!!

shop is busy and packed with completes
but you can usually get good info on current products

used them for about for years bmx, never let me down

many years before that MTB

ask for george

they need to work on the tea though
"paul"

[fuzzywig]

I've got a good local shop www.sourcebmx.co.uk  they list race gear on their site but it's not in the shop    seventies distribution are local too    just about the only good things in Hastings.   The rest of the place is awash with pikey chav scum,  winos and junkies   

[woody allen bars]

Clive Mitchell cycles in Truro is a cracking shop with plenty of stock. Rad member mi16kie works there and does superb custom built wheels. Well worth a visit if you're in Cornwall.

[reay900tap]

I've got a good local shop www.sourcebmx.co.uk  they list race gear on their site but it's not in the shop    seventies distribution are local too    just about the only good things in Hastings.   The rest of the place is awash with pikey chav scum,  winos and junkies   

mark and rich are 'ok', but I think their a little to laid back, we spent £3500 on new race bikes for my girls, went down to  sh!tty hastings to collect them (with loads of notice given) only to find that larges amounts of the parts were not there,  we had ordered all the same colours for the 3 bikes, all were supplied in different colours etc, Mark promised the missing stuff would be delivered the same week, 7 months later, had a part refund!!

they are nice lads tho...

[reay900tap]

Clive Mitchell cycles in Truro is a cracking shop with plenty of stock. Rad member mi16kie works there and does superb custom built wheels. Well worth a visit if you're in Cornwall.

this is a top shop! been there a couple of times, great atmosphere, proper friendly, real nice 'bitd' feel to it ..

[SaMAlex]

seventies distribution are local too    just about the only good things in Hastings.   The rest of the place is awash with pikey chav scum,  winos and junkies   

4Down distro are in Hastings also. Stu and Seventies are great, but 4Down and Ian Morris Rock too (nither of them are are shops tho)

[pickle]

Custom Riders is pretty close to me..............i've bought loads of stuff (including a complete bike) from them and they were top notch!   

[Sean 2000]

Yeh Rob, couldnt agree more mate. 

I got my DK from there with no drama.
And when i built up my Proper and had the odd bit missing, i took it up there with me and they put the chain on for me etc, and sorted me out a top bolt and washer for my proper forks as they were not supplied with one.  Which was a relief, it was the last one in the draw that he tried as all the others didnt fit. Proper forks must be an odd size or summit??

I also got Stan's little 12" Microgoose from there all good as gold.

I love it in there, its like an alladins cave for BMX peeps. And closer for you Gary than it is for me i believe?

Sean.