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We actually started with a cycle shop back in 1977 Although motorbikes have been our focus for a long time now in Newcastle, we started with cycles in Sunderland and South Shields long before we moved to Newcastle with Kawasaki and opened a motorcycle dealership. When our original cycle shop came up for sale back
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We’re open between Christmas and New Year on the normal days, but closing a little earlier than normal to allow most of us to eat more pies and Rocker to get an extra 20 miles in. So, between 27th and the 30th we’ll close at 4pm. After New Year, we’re closed on the Monday as normal
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Why ride to work? Cycling to work is very much on the increase, and is great for anybody who wants to save money, get fitter and do their bit for the environment. The government are very much behind it too, and you can take advantage of tax relief on your next bike if your employer
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As a man approaching 50, I have ‘fond’ memories of the phone ringing in the hallway and my mam telling the caller to bugger off, in response to his opening line of ‘Tell me what you’re wearing’… Dirty phone calls, or sexual harassment as we’d call them now, are a thing of the past, so
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Most riders have a favourite lube for a specific job, and a minimum of two lubes on their shelf. Some of us have tried pretty much every bottle trying to find the perfect lube that goes on, stays on, and doesn’t make a mess of the jockey wheels and chainrings. For some of you weirdos,
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…but we kind of got there by the summer There’s a lot happened in the shop since the turn of the year. After a successful 30 odd years in charge, and latterly ownership, Ian and Carol sailed off in to the Turkish sunset for a life of raki and saksuka (and judging by Strava, pretty
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