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Another one bites the dust it seems. I bought my first bike with my own money here in '91.
No doubt the Evans superstore opening one street away was the final nail.
I beleive Macaskill was the mechanic there for while.
That's a shame - never went in there, but they always had a very good reputation.
I got my first mountain bike from there, shame 🙁 Though... I've been in there a few times in recent years, never felt close to spending any money, to be honest, seems like a decent selection of bikes but everything else seemed a bit crap. Especially the clothes stuck in the back room, felt more like someone's cupboard than a shop.
Shame to lose a bike shop in Edinburgh but just think there's a lot of bike shops very close together in that part of Edinburgh. Macdonalds was the only one I've had bad service in so I never went back. (They tried to sell me a small Giant TCX as the right size for me - I'm over 6 foot!!). With there being so much choice locally there's no reason to give them a second chance.
It is sad.
They did have a decent selection of bikes, but other stock was a bit lacking, unless you happened to get a tour of the basement and cellars, which were amazing. Assuming you appreciate heaps of NOS bits and bobs from the last 30 years. Which I do.
I know they hadn't been a Raleigh dealer for a while, but there is now a new bike shop that deals with Raleigh in Corstorphine. They seem to have got their act together, in terms of road bikes at least, and have a lot of decent looking new products.
I know staff there, it's been touching cloth for years, and the manager a not-really-functioning alcoholic (no secret AFAIK).
it's no loss. Went in there a few times and they never had anything useful. One time looking for shoes and gloves, no gloves at all and only about 3 pairs of shoes. Pitiful array of old model bikes was a clear sign that things were not good.
It could have been a really good LBS and flourished even with Evans and EBC close by.
To keep a high level of stock you need a lot of money and a lot of customers. If you have the big boys close by what chance do you have?
The one in Musselburgh closed ages ago... its a laundrette now.
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I also know staff there, and yes, it's unfortunately all true.
I won't miss them, went there once to get brakes bled. They rounded off the bolts on the front brake (!!) then tried to say I had done it and they were already like that, and charged me for the work. I pointed out that if they had done the work, how could the bolts have been rounded off when they started ????? Numpties.
Sad to see another Edinburgh LBS go, but I'm not altogether surprised.
I bought myself a Giant XTC from them about eight years ago to reward myself for quitting smoking. Got me properly back into mountain biking after a wheezy hiatus.