Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
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Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby nasz » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:41 am
Obviously it's always contentious to ask such a thing... but who would you recommend for bike servicing (campag), etc...
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby CliffG » Thu Aug 13, 2009 10:31 am
As a service, when you arrive you can hand them over to me and I will make sure they are disposed of properly.
Seriously though, there are quite a number of good shops around. North Adelaide Cycles, Corsa Cycle Centre and International Cycle Centre all have good reputations. A quick search through the archives here will reveal more.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby rustychisel » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:07 am
Disclaimer: they're my local
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Thu Aug 13, 2009 2:03 pm
Ten Grand wrote:Goddamnit baby, this is soul... What's wrong with you?
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby tripstobaltimore » Thu Aug 13, 2009 6:04 pm
Verbs & Nouns wrote:Steer clear of one of Adelaide's oldest bike shops on Rundle street and go to the Exeter (a pub) on Rundle street instead. Your money would be better spent there.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Thomas » Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:31 pm
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby stevos » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:28 pm
I have had nothing but good service from Bicycle Express on Hallifax street, i dont mind spending a bit extra in there than what i would pay on the net cause there is always good service there.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby brettjames » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:36 pm
Servicing: Bio Mechanics wins hands down!!!!
Purchasing & Specialty Parts Etc: Bicycle Express
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Thomas » Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:55 pm
+1I have had nothing but good service from Bicycle Express on Hallifax street
hey Stevos, i had a VERY similar run around story from Trak Cycles at Norwood.... needed a 7spd a rear cassette so they ordered one in, 'should be here in a week mate'... waited and waited... called and called... could never get a hold of the same person more than once... 2 weeks went by... i eventually bought the part at B.E. (who were awesome) and got the guys at Trak to put it on (bike was already there getting a general service)...
it didnt bother me that they had to wait for a part, it's not their fault, but it did bother me that when my mate goes in who has dropped 15g's in the place on a shmick bike and gear they worship him like he is some bike God but when i had my bike in there getting serviced, getting a part changed, spending 500bucks on new wheels etc etc nobody would even follow up a phone call... ahhh.
if only they knew my $1000 set up flys past the $15000 set up in the hills every weekend
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby tripstobaltimore » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:16 pm
brettjames wrote:Servicing: Bio Mechanics wins hands down!!!!
This. Not just for roadies though, MTB too.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Biffidus » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:48 pm
They didn't have the parts I was after but they sent me an SMS within 24 hours with all the info I was after!
I've used North Adelaide Cycles a couple of times recently as well. They're very helpful and let me return wrong parts I bought by mistake without me even having to ask.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby U2adam!!! » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:25 pm
Very personalised service from Nathan. You can't go wrong.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby sven » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:41 pm
For Bianchis I think Glenelg Cycles (ANZAC Highway, Glenelg) is (or may now used to be) a Bianchi dealer - my mate has one and speaks highly of themnasz wrote:Am moving to Adelaide in October and want to know where I can get work done my by beloved de Rosa and Bianchis.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby nasz » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:35 pm
Touch down in Adelaide on Sept 24th!
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby gdt » Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:59 am
The bike shop around the corner from my home is Cycle Worx Semaphore, which I've found to be very good at the day-to-day sort of stuff in keeping my 500Km/week bike running. It carries the Avanti range.
I'm not as keen on Bicycle Express in the city as some others. They have a good range but every time I've been in the service has been really poor. Eg: when looking around for a new bike in the $3K bracket the sales person said "the bikes are over there <wave of hand>". This didn't inspire any confidence that I'd be getting a bike I'd be happy with.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby alltorque » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:09 pm
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Mallacai » Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:50 pm
i have found the staff very helpful. as i dont ride Avanti i dont get the bike serviced there.
but for everyday items they are very good, and informative.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Verbs & Nouns » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:15 pm
And fixed / SS.tripstobaltimore wrote:brettjames wrote:Servicing: Bio Mechanics wins hands down!!!!
This. Not just for roadies though, MTB too.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby 318ute » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:20 pm
Noel is a top bloke and very helpfull.
BE in Halifax Street have a good range and helpfull service too!
Good luck and watch the buses in Adelaide! because they rarely notice a cyclist!
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby Dr_Mutley » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:27 am
from my experience i wouldnt get anything serviced at the Blackwwod Megabike store... having said that i have found the servicing at MB at Hyde Park very good... Lindsay does a great job, albeit not a conversationalist318ute wrote:Megabike, Lindsay is the main man on tools at Hyde Park or see Angas at the Blackwood store!
Both fellas are ace on the tools, and if they don't have what you need they will contact you when it comes in...
BE in Halifax Street have a good range and helpfull service too!
Good luck and watch the buses in Adelaide! because they rarely notice a cyclist!
Steve.
Angas at Blackwood? He must have replaced the guy (forget the young "doods" name - dood being his favourite word), but his customer service skills were poor, and his ability to service/fix straight forward problems even worse. In the end had to complain to the Hyde Park store, who then fixed it superbly first go and free of charge (made up for the 4 goes at blackwood).
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby 318ute » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:44 pm
In saying this, Lindsay is the better man on the tools and at diagnosing a problem, and they are at least interested in doing the work!
I can't say the same for two other shops along Unley Rd, both of which were just short of being rude and I am not the only person to have had this experience.
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby silverlight » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:47 am
Campag experts and they know their stuff.
Agree totally with verbs and nouns that money is better spent at the Exeter on rundle street.
Dont let me start with that bike shop on there
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Re: Good Bike Shop in Adelaide
Postby punchy » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:13 pm
+1 ^ No surprises heresilverlight wrote: Agree totally with verbs and nouns that money is better spent at the Exeter on rundle street.
Dont let me start with that bike shop on there
And just to further add to the impecable reputation of that shop...
http://bikeshops.mtbr.com/cat/around-th ... 17crx.aspx
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