| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1903.1 | Reading shops - Yeugch!!! | DOOZER::PENNEY | Richard Penney 830 4114 @RKA 1/19 | Mon Apr 15 1991 17:13 | 30 |
| 1903.2 | RUTILE::MACFADYEN | I need to know much more | Tue Apr 16 1991 06:11 | 22 | |
Poor old Dave Russell! I was at his last Saturday and got most of the
things I needed. His is definitely not a general cycling shop - he's a
specialist framebuilder and posh component supplier. What's he done to
deserve this anti-recommendation? Because I don't agree with it.
The shop with the widest stock in Reading is Berkshire Cycles at
Cemetery junction. They're heavily into mountain-bikes, indeed, it's
hard to find anything else in the shop, but they do have a few touring
bikes. They had one called (I think) a Dawes Classic that might do the
job. Cycles, opposite the Ramada, is another mainly mountain bike shop.
There's not much else for decent shops in Reading, although I think
it's always worth looking to see what any shop has got. It's easier if
you know what you want so can spot a bargain the spotty assistants
would never know about.
The same applies to second-hand. I'd go along with the previous note's
suggestion on this, but only if your bike-knowledgeable, or can take
someone with you who is. Certainly you can get a lot of bike for your
money this way.
Rod
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| 1903.3 | Agreement | UKCSSE::ROBINSON | Old wheelmen never die.... | Tue Apr 16 1991 07:14 | 7 |
Agree totally with .1 - Peter Hare is the only one worth considering.
Can't speak for Dave Russell as I haven't been there (what did he do to
upset you Richard?).
There's quite a good one in Oxford called Broadribbs.
Personally, like Richard I'd buy secondhand (see back of "Cycling").
Chris
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| 1903.4 | DR | DOOZER::PENNEY | Richard Penney 830 4114 @RKA 1/19 | Wed Apr 17 1991 10:16 | 19 |
| 1903.5 | whew | NOVA::FISHER | It's Spring | Thu Apr 18 1991 10:31 | 5 |
Wow. It's taht kind of endorsement which got the HOME-WORK notes file
into a lot of trouble last year. Are you sure this guy doesn't have a
3rd or 4th cousin who knows a DEC VP? :-)
ed
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| 1903.6 | RANGER::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Thu Apr 18 1991 20:16 | 3 | |
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