Buying a bike from the Bike Doctor in Vancouver or from another LBS

[Mark]

I just read the "rant" post regarding the Bike Doctor. I am in the
market for a new road bike and visited the Kingsway Bike Doctor store a
couple of weeks ago and I thought that the prices were not too bad, and
their attention/answers I recieved to all my questions were great.

I hope that their after sale service is just as great. Any opinions on
their after sale service.

Next week, once I return from an out of town trip, I plan to visit
Jubilee cycle and Edmonds cycle in Burnaby.
(I am lucky that I live within 10 minutes of all 3 of the LBS.) Does any
person have any opnions also of these 2 stores.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <enV%c.351120$M95.130433@pd7tw1no>,
Mark <[email protected]> writes:

> Next week, once I return from an out of town trip, I plan to visit
> Jubilee cycle and Edmonds cycle in Burnaby.
> (I am lucky that I live within 10 minutes of all 3 of the LBS.) Does any
> person have any opnions also of these 2 stores.

Jubilee Cycle has nice, friendly service. I think their
prices are more or less mainstream. Last time I checked
in there, they had a fairly good selection of cycling apparel,
albeit rather mountain bike-oriented, and some of it is heavily
branded with logos 'n such -- lotsa Kona, IIRC. I've never been
in Edmonds Cycle.

I've also had good service at Precision Cycle (Victoria Drive &
33rd), and Cables 'n Cogs (Broadway, near [west of] Arbutus).

There's a relatively new shop on Main & 28th -- Black Sheep Cycle.
I haven't really dealt with them yet. When I peeked in the
shop shortly after they opened, I got the impression they're
very freeride/street, although they had an eye-catchingly pink
Nervz Hello Kitty in the front window for awhile. I think
somebody eventually actually bought it. So it's a place to
check out, just to satisfy one's curiosity. Ryan will no doubt
keep a wether-eye on it for when it closes and stuff goes on sale.


cheers,
Tom

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[Benjamin Lewis]

[email protected] wrote:

> I just read the "rant" post regarding the Bike Doctor. I am in the market
> for a new road bike and visited the Kingsway Bike Doctor store a couple
> of weeks ago and I thought that the prices were not too bad, and their
> attention/answers I recieved to all my questions were great.

I wasn't focusing on their prices for entire bikes. Those may well be
perfectly reasonable; I suspect they mark up accessories much more, like
most bike stores.

> I hope that their after sale service is just as great. Any opinions on
> their after sale service.
>
> Next week, once I return from an out of town trip, I plan to visit
> Jubilee cycle and Edmonds cycle in Burnaby. (I am lucky that I live
> within 10 minutes of all 3 of the LBS.) Does any person have any opnions
> also of these 2 stores.

I haven't been to either of these. But if you want more suggestions, I've
been in Reckless a couple times, and they might be worth looking at. I
think the road bike prices in La Bicicletta are also good for what you get,
but if you're looking for something under $1500 or so they might not be
able to help you (but you can specify exactly what components you want,
they build your wheels for you, etc.)

--
Benjamin Lewis

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oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate
commerce. -- J. Edgar Hoover

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tom Keats) wrote:

> In article <enV%c.351120$M95.130433@pd7tw1no>,
> Mark <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Next week, once I return from an out of town trip, I plan to visit
> > Jubilee cycle and Edmonds cycle in Burnaby.
> > (I am lucky that I live within 10 minutes of all 3 of the LBS.) Does any
> > person have any opnions also of these 2 stores.
>
> Jubilee Cycle has nice, friendly service. I think their
> prices are more or less mainstream. Last time I checked
> in there, they had a fairly good selection of cycling apparel,
> albeit rather mountain bike-oriented, and some of it is heavily
> branded with logos 'n such -- lotsa Kona, IIRC. I've never been
> in Edmonds Cycle.
>
> I've also had good service at Precision Cycle (Victoria Drive &
> 33rd), and Cables 'n Cogs (Broadway, near [west of] Arbutus).
>
> There's a relatively new shop on Main & 28th -- Black Sheep Cycle.
> I haven't really dealt with them yet. When I peeked in the
> shop shortly after they opened, I got the impression they're
> very freeride/street, although they had an eye-catchingly pink
> Nervz Hello Kitty in the front window for awhile. I think
> somebody eventually actually bought it. So it's a place to
> check out, just to satisfy one's curiosity. Ryan will no doubt
> keep a wether-eye on it for when it closes and stuff goes on sale.

Better: I was in there about a year ago and talked to the owner. They
are an excellent source for Spot brand wool garments, if that's your
thing, and they had some tasty looking mountain bikes and an Independent
Fabrication Ti frame. A neat-looking upper-class bike boutique.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email protected] http://www.wiredcola.com
Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.

 

[Mark]

Mark wrote:

> I just read the "rant" post regarding the Bike Doctor. I am in the
> market for a new road bike and visited the Kingsway Bike Doctor store a
> couple of weeks ago and I thought that the prices were not too bad, and
> their attention/answers I recieved to all my questions were great.
>
> I hope that their after sale service is just as great. Any opinions on
> their after sale service.
>
> Next week, once I return from an out of town trip, I plan to visit
> Jubilee cycle and Edmonds cycle in Burnaby.
> (I am lucky that I live within 10 minutes of all 3 of the LBS.) Does any
> person have any opnions also of these 2 stores.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark


Thanks everyone for their suggestions, I will have a look at all the
mentioned stores this week.

 

[CommuterSteve]

The only time I visited Edmonds Cycle, the guy spent at least ten minutes on the phone before he got to trying to help, it was then that I found they didn't have any 700c tires in anything larger than a 23mm amd the price was double what I've paid elsewhere.
I found Jubilee to be good, but I've only bought small stuff so can't comment on prices.