What a difference 20 years has created for the cycling market - I bear in mind inside the mid 80's the only bike brand I had heard of was Raleigh - to be exact the Raleigh Burner BMX. Today in the event you walk into your nearby cycle shop you might be presented with bikes that cost additional than the regular car! My nearby cycle shop, Rutland Cycling, is one of the premium cycle shops with world well-known brands like Kona, Orange, Wilier, Colnago, to name but a few. Although you'll be able to nonetheless purchase Raleigh!.
You can find so many cycle shops variety's readily available now according to what you wish the bike for - road, bmx, mountain, cyclocross, jump, dirt, track, commuter, electric and each and every region not surprisingly comes with a plethora of accessories and upgrades - you'll be able to easily shell out well more than 1000 pounds at your local bike shop and only come out having a bike without having any peddles! A trip to a well stocked cycle shop currently amounts to a day out if cycling is your thing.
Modern materials like carbon are readily seen on even the budget bikes, full suspension, part suspension and even bikes without a seat (trials bikes) The inclusion of cycling into major sporting events like the Olympics and the X Games as well as the green movement wanting us all out of our cars has been a massive boost to the cycling industry alongside long running events like the Tour de France. For every type of bike these days there is a celebrity sports face that sits alongside it on billboards and cycling magazines across the country.
You will also discover that a few of the bigger cycling shops offer you much more that just bikes as well as the accessories to go along. My regional cycling shop as an example delivers bike employ for the day - and not just the bottom end either you can readily take out a bike really worth 000's for the days and test its abilities and yours! It is possible to have your bike serviced whilst you wait take your current bike in to be pimped using the most current forks; they even have standard night rides where the manufacturer turns up with their most recent collection for you to trash.
Suffice to say your local cycle shop is a lot more than I remember way back when Raleigh would have been the only brand of bike most people in the UK would have known - it's huge business and no surprise the largest manufacturers of bikes today are based in China and the far East.
You can find so many cycle shops variety's readily available now according to what you wish the bike for - road, bmx, mountain, cyclocross, jump, dirt, track, commuter, electric and each and every region not surprisingly comes with a plethora of accessories and upgrades - you'll be able to easily shell out well more than 1000 pounds at your local bike shop and only come out having a bike without having any peddles! A trip to a well stocked cycle shop currently amounts to a day out if cycling is your thing.
Modern materials like carbon are readily seen on even the budget bikes, full suspension, part suspension and even bikes without a seat (trials bikes) The inclusion of cycling into major sporting events like the Olympics and the X Games as well as the green movement wanting us all out of our cars has been a massive boost to the cycling industry alongside long running events like the Tour de France. For every type of bike these days there is a celebrity sports face that sits alongside it on billboards and cycling magazines across the country.
You will also discover that a few of the bigger cycling shops offer you much more that just bikes as well as the accessories to go along. My regional cycling shop as an example delivers bike employ for the day - and not just the bottom end either you can readily take out a bike really worth 000's for the days and test its abilities and yours! It is possible to have your bike serviced whilst you wait take your current bike in to be pimped using the most current forks; they even have standard night rides where the manufacturer turns up with their most recent collection for you to trash.
Suffice to say your local cycle shop is a lot more than I remember way back when Raleigh would have been the only brand of bike most people in the UK would have known - it's huge business and no surprise the largest manufacturers of bikes today are based in China and the far East.
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