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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    Your right, I retract that comment! I'm just feeling a little anti Chinese at the moment for obvious reasons!
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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    Yes Sprockets in Kilmarnock stock high end bikes. The Bike post in Troon stock Volt bikes, they seem to be doing good. What I meant when I said mountain biking wasn't so popular here was the kind of serious riders that'll you find at Glentress or Innerleithen. Most of the mtbs you'll see...
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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    Yes I would be offering a repair service. And yes the market I'll be aiming is probably up to 2k. The mounting biking scene isn't that big on this side of the country, I think the leisure market would make more sense from a commercial point of view. From a sales point of view the more stock I...
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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    Well I had never hear of any of those brands so thanks a lot I'll look into them.
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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    I don't have much experience with ebikes but shimano and bosch do courses so I'd be going on them and I plan on going on the cytec maintenance course too. And I'd be hiring a bike mechanic also. I'm fully aware of the implications of working on electrical products without the correct...
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    Opening a shop, which brands are the best??

    Hi folks, I'm new here, I am looking to start selling bikes from my family car dealership on the west coast of Scotland and was looking to see what the general consensus was on brands. We were planning on splitting our property up and I was going to open a bike shop but the cost and hassle of...