LBS info scotland

bob watkinson said:

Anybody know of any good LBS in scotland who stock tandems and or road bike
solos?

Scotland is pretty big for everything in it to be "local"... There's no
shortage of shops that sell stuff for roadies (i.e., Velo Ecosse, EBC,
Nicholsons, Alpine etc), though tandems seem more unusual and I can't
think of anywhere offhand that does a selection as a permanent stock
feature, though if you fancy a not entirely standard tandem like the
Hase Pino then Kinetics in Glasgow are dealers and I think Ben's got a
demo one in at the mo. Having said that, any Dawes dealer should be
able to get you a G-twin or whatever.

Pete.
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Anybody know of any good LBS in scotland who stock tandems and or road
bike solos?

All together now: Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op. Mind you, good though EBC
are, there are plenty of others who are also good, so if you would say
where you are we could probably give you a more local recommendation.

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I'm in Blackford near Auchterarder so Edinburgh not too bad

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in message <[email hidden]>, bob watkinson

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Anybody know of any good LBS in scotland who stock tandems and or road
bike solos?

All together now: Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op. Mind you, good though EBC
are, there are plenty of others who are also good, so if you would say
where you are we could probably give you a more local recommendation.

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bob watkinson said:

I'm in Blackford near Auchterarder so Edinburgh not too bad

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All together now: Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op. Mind you, good though EBC
are, there are plenty of others who are also good, so if you would say
where you are we could probably give you a more local recommendation.

And in Embra, once you're at EBC then Velo Ecosse are at most a couple
of hundred meters away with Biketrax just around the corner from them.
All good shops.

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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thanks guys

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bob watkinson said:

I'm in Blackford near Auchterarder so Edinburgh not too bad

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All together now: Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op. Mind you, good though EBC
are, there are plenty of others who are also good, so if you would say
where you are we could probably give you a more local recommendation.

And in Embra, once you're at EBC then Velo Ecosse are at most a couple
of hundred meters away with Biketrax just around the corner from them.
All good shops.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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Anybody know of any good LBS in scotland who stock tandems and or road
bike solos?

I know it comes slightly outside the area, but Tweed Cycles in Bridge
Street in Berwick Upon Tweed (hey, it *used* to be part of Scotland [1])
are an excellent wee shop. They often have a great selection of bikes,
including special needs bikes (but they don't have them in stock much as
they take up a lot of room with little turnover). They had a tandem last
time I was there a few months back and often have the odd 'bent or two.

Whenever I'm in Berwick I always go in for a little browse and rack up a
large credit card bill (in my mind only unfortunately).

Just across the road is the excellent "Green Shop". Not bike related, but
a very pleasant "knit your own muesli" type food & fair-trade goods shop.
They have some excellent local produce and, to bring it back to slightly
more on topic, the cherry slices from Heatherslaw Mill make excellent
high energy snacks for cycling. :-)

Graeme

[1] And should be again! :-)

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I'm in Blackford near Auchterarder so Edinburgh not too bad

Fairly local to you is Wheels Cycling Centre, Callander. There mainly
into hiring bikes but they are a tandem dealer. They do a few makes
although don't carry much tandem stock. I bought their Dawes Discovery
Twin demo from them.

http://www.members.aol.com/scotcycle/index.htm

Iain

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:17:25 +0100, "bob watkinson"
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Anybody know of any good LBS in scotland who stock tandems and or road bike
solos?

Many thanks, Bob

Biketrax in Ediburgh are also well worth a visit, tho' the 'wacky
bikes' display is a load of foldables at the mo', rather than tandems.

Velo Ecosse, MacDonalds, Biketrax and Edinburgh Bike Co-op are all
easily walkable from each other.

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I'm in Blackford near Auchterarder so Edinburgh not too bad

Fairly local to you is Wheels Cycling Centre, Callander. There mainly
into hiring bikes but they are a tandem dealer. They do a few makes
although don't carry much tandem stock. I bought their Dawes Discovery
Twin demo from them.

A long, long, long time ago I ran a nascent bike shop in Callander for
its owner, a local architect. It was at the time the only bike shop. I
wonder if it's the same business.

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