Advantages: Good prices, selection of bargain bikes Disadvantages: limited for the higher end cyclist
Glass and Steele MotorCycles in Alloa has been around for decades. I only moved to Alloa around 5 years ago but knew of it before that.
A friend of my Dad's had a mate that worked there repairing old Jame's motorcycles in the 50's.
These days they dont repair motor bikes but actually sell pedal cycles, so the name may be a bit misleading.
THE SHOP
This cycle shop is a little out of date these days and perhaps suffers a little because it is situated off the beaten track in Alloa.
The shop itself is clean and well presented and when you walk by its pretty clear from the bikes in the window that its a cycle shop. Its a pretty small shop but has a goo little viewing area for the bikes. They also have the usual regulatory desk area with some racks behind displaying the spare parts they have to offer.
WHAT DO THEY SELL ...
Advantages: Great articles, great photogaraphy, clearly laid out and easy to read, covers bike sport in detail Disadvantages: Not all articles are relevant because the audience is so diverse, too much advertising
publication that is truly dedicated to the world of motorcycling is the MotorCycle News (?MCN?).
Brief History
The MCN was founded by Cyril Quantrill and the first ever issue was printed in a one room office in Fleet Street London. The top story at that time was the exclusive story of Geoff Duke?s ban from the world of motorcycle racing for supporting a rider?s strike. 50 years later and the MCN is still going strong and is, arguably the most popular (and some may say best) motorcycle avialable.
The MCN website claims that ??.half a billion papers have been sold and more than 1.5 billion readers entertained and informed over its 50-year history, MCN can lay claim to being the world?s leading source of biking news?.?
Content
The MCN team have developed a formula that has worked for many years and it looks set to ...
Advantages: Has EVERYTHING you need, site is easy to use and secure, Excellent online experience Disadvantages: The shops are too far away from me.
****Who are Evans Cycles?****
Evans Cycles is a chain of shops that sell bicycles and all thing cycle related, from lights to tools to clothing to spares to ?trick? bits. You name it and Evans is likely to sell it.
The chain consists of 31 shops and whilst most of them are centred round London and the South East there are shops further a field with one in York (which is the shop furthest North) and Bristol (which is the shop furthest West).
Being such a large market player Evans has the buying power to obtain significant discounts from suppliers, which are subsequently passed on to the customers, meaning Evans are often the cheapest place to buy cycling apparel. As well as good prices Evans offers a great delivery service and exceptional after sales and customer support desk adding to the shopping experience.
In the past ...
yackers1 02.05.2009
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