CaptainCol

Your right, I retract that comment! I'm just feeling a little anti Chinese at the moment for obvious reasons!

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 people on here will be the lower end bikes from halfords and such like. I could be wrong though, there is a big scene in Glasgow. Most of the cyclists I see around these parts are either lycra'd up roadies, teenagers or older people going out for a relaxing jaunt... I just had a look at power bikes, they've got loads! E motorbikes too!

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 have the greater the chance of a sale, however I don't want to be selling cheap Chinese junk. And yes its come to my attention that there seems to be 2 camps, the hub lovers and the mid motor lovers!! I will reserve judgement and try and learn about both before I pick a side!

Well I had never hear of any of those brands so thanks a lot I'll look into them.

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 qualifications. I'd be sued in no time..

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 dividing the business is quite daunting. So the old man has suggested starting small, stocking some bikes and growing it from there. Mountain biking has been a passion of mine since the 90s so I have some experience of cycling. I'm not a scrupulous car dealer looking to jump on the back of the ebike boom. I was hoping to open the shop last year but the planning has taken forever then the lock-down kicked in and the couple of suppliers Ive been in contact with have sold out of bikes. I last spoke to them in march and they said to get back in touch in August! I'm aware of all the traditional bike brands and have been in contact with quite a few but I don't really know much about the dedicated ebike brands. There's seems to be loads and I was wondering if you guys had a top 5 brands you would stick too or anything like that?? Many thanks, Colin