http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Wiggle set to Aquire CRC en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:56:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-212052 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:21:05 +0000 HankChief 212052@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having ordered a new jacket &amp; top to replace my lost one and despite buy a large size of both from the same brand they have to go back as one is too big and one too small...</p> <p>Whilst browsing for replacements I spotted that wiggle have a very useful tool where once you have selected your item you can put in your measurements and it will tell you what size will fit you best.</p> <p>You don't even have to buy from them once you have sized yourself... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211813 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:29:56 +0000 wingpig 211813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. As long as they retain Wiggle's easy-return-via-Collect+ thing, so that woefully misleadingly-sized opportunist-purchase sale-clothing can be sent back for free. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211811 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:10:44 +0000 steveo 211811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like its a done deal.<br /> <a href="http://www.pinkbike.com/news/wiggle-and-chain-reaction-cycles-merge-confirmed-2016.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pinkbike.com/news/wiggle-and-chain-reaction-cycles-merge-confirmed-2016.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211735 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:30:25 +0000 acsimpson 211735@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder (out loud) how much of Wiggle's £301m is generated by Boardman bikes and the cycle to work scheme? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211729 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 18:39:19 +0000 DaveC 211729@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've not read the whole thread but the first thing which occurred to me is the product differences between the two companies. </p> <p>Different companies online tend to sell the same common products like Shimano and Campag etc.. but things like forks, frames and bike etc, tend to differ which we loose when companies combine. Its nice to have the choice or looking 'elswhere' for other brands of smaller stuff, which may not be carried over to the larger combined company. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211697 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:27:36 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 211697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Halfords' total cycling sales were £301m for FY2015. A straight combo of Wiggle &amp; CRC would just outstrip this by £20m or so, though obviously a fair proportion of their sales are overseas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211692 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 13:01:50 +0000 kaputnik 211692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How much of Halfords income is from online bicycle sales though? Aren't they still mainly focused on the internal combobulation market? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211690 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:40:47 +0000 chdot 211690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Keith Russell (@keithrussell23c)<br /> 11/02/2016, 10:44 am<br /> The combined income of CRC &amp; Wiggle still falls a LONG way short of Halfords, so no talk of monopolies please.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211648 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:21:06 +0000 minus six 211648@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I use whoever has the best deal, but Tredz annoyingly tend to list everything as available whether they have stock or not </p> <p>As @iwrats says - CRC has the very best customer service, second to none, so I would miss that</p> <p>I only really use LBS for time-consuming jobs that I can't be bothered investing time in myself </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211645 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:08:12 +0000 LaidBack 211645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just been told by another bike shop owner (not TBW) that this is 'just a story' and very unlikely as he knows the owners. </p> <p>All very confusing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211640 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:12:47 +0000 kaputnik 211640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've actually found myself not using CRC or Wiggle for some time now. Smaller online shops like Tredz, Winstanley's, Shiny Bikes etc. seem to be able to out-do them on price quite often (even though the customer service can be a little bit hit and miss).</p> <p>I've also found for certain things like gear cables and outers that if you root around on ebay you can find trade versions of the Jagwire kits at huge discounts - you get the same contents in a clear plastic bag with a Jagwire label in Chinese bag without the instructions or fancy packaging of the off-the-peg kits.</p> <p>I try and put a reasonable proportion of my cycling spend to the LBS for things that it's not so hard to source locally or that you don't need a very specific version of. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211637 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:00:32 +0000 I were right about that saddle 211637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CRC had(have) great customer service, too. Very quick and friendly when I've mis-measured stuff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211635 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:58:23 +0000 Arellcat 211635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I started shopping with CRC when Wiggle's website became infuriatingly slow, and CRC's was beautifully straightforward to navigate.</p> <p>I wonder what Wiggle will do to the CRC website other than kill it off? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211634 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:52:28 +0000 acsimpson 211634@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"This smells of monopoly, alas."</p> <p>I wonder what their market share is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211633 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:48:16 +0000 LaidBack 211633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Something had to give.</p> <p>CRC can supply stuff at trade - I'm as 'guilty' as everyone else just needing bits to make bikes work that aren't in generally in stock (whatever that means). </p> <p>However this is big news. Some smaller ones like Tredz are already dwarfed.<br /> Evans have a real shop of course as do EBC. </p> <p>Heard that Shimano want to control more of their stock.</p> <p>CRC are based in N Ireland so wonder if their vast warehouse will remain there? Maybe in article above... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211630 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:24:16 +0000 steveo 211630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was just thinking of the general price rises, LBS might not seem quite so expensive all of sudden. </p> <p>(Yes I know there advantages and Value calculation to the LBS more than just headline price but still) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211629 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:14:04 +0000 I were right about that saddle 211629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I doubt LBSs will benefit, sadly. The advantage of online retailers is the gargantuan real and virtual inventory they can carry.</p> <p>This smells of monopoly, alas. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16049#post-211624 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:03:37 +0000 steveo 211624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/wiggle-set-to-acquire-chain-reaction-cycles/019056" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/wiggle-set-to-acquire-chain-reaction-cycles/019056</a></p> <p>Probably good news for the LBS, potentially not so good for the home hacker. They've both been racing to the bottom so quick on components in event of a merger they'd have to raise their prices with out the competition of the other. </p>