http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New bike shop en Mon, 18 May 2026 17:13:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-38952 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:01:47 +0000 chdot 38952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From link above -</p> <p>"i was somewhat reticent to mention for reasons of confidentiality, that at the time of my visit, grant and claire from condor cycles were there too, showing the full range of condor frames with a view to ronde becoming their sole scottish dealer. apparently, all went swimmingly, and the range of condor bikes and frames will soon be available. not one given to superlatives, what i saw at close quarters was on the right side of incredible. no more trekking to london for a quality steel or carbon frame." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-38949 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:54:56 +0000 Stepdoh 38949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funnily enough I heard that exact same sentence from the owners this morning :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-38948 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:48:49 +0000 PS 38948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.thewashingmachinepost.net/">TWMP has an article on Ronde</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-38944 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:35:51 +0000 Stepdoh 38944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>stopped into Ronde between dropping off Tot then going shopping for my morning of food styling (pork belly vindaloo). </p> <p>Really, really good coffee, friendly chat. Lots of nice kit up the back for the stretchy pant/overshoe fans. Strange combination with the fixie and townbikes about. Illicit fence parking still only option.</p> <p>Would recommend dropping in though. :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-35798 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:11:31 +0000 Stepdoh 35798@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>soo, came out to do nursery run and had yet another flat. Must have been a slow one, so just got the track pump out, pumped it up again and crossed my fingers.</p> <p>So the nursery run was the usual pleasant pootle along the paths with coxwean and the tyre stayed good. Hurrah, but I thought what could improve my day more than a new tube and a strong coffee and since I was in Stockbridge I popped up to Ronde.</p> <p>Could get the coffee, but no tube as the pleasant person behind the till said that bit of the shop wasn't open yet as the staff member hadn't come in. But if I wouldn't mind waiting a wee while someone would be in. Grumped something about having to get to work and got on my way.</p> <p>Nice looking place, but my only suggestion would be a wee pile of standard innertubes behind the till. That would push it into world o awesome.</p> <p>On the parking front I just leaned my bike against the illicit fence. Didn't see it plus tot seat as being hugely attractive to thieves :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946&page=2#post-35759 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:22:59 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35759@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure about parking on those railings - the pavement is relatively narrow there.</p> <p>Trying to find out if you need planning permission to install cycle racks on the pavement (where's Morningsider when you need him?). No joy yet. Interesting reading the planning requirements for new developments though, and the specifications for how cycle parking should be provided. Equally interesting to see how many new developments actually manage to comply... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35758 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:21:50 +0000 chdot 35758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1937-07-05a.26.1">LCC</a></p> <p>Other names are available. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35757 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:13:58 +0000 Min 35757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow that is a lot of railings!<br /> What's an LCC? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35756 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:13:55 +0000 druidh 35756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I guess they decided that a railing along the front of the window (a la EBC and TBC) would obstruct the window display too much? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35755 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:04:02 +0000 chdot 35755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=55.959241,-3.207262&amp;spn=0.000384,0.001042&amp;t=h&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=55.959147,-3.207357&amp;panoid=jwcxawfRYGrqrnAvS_br9g&amp;cbp=12,28.26,,0,3.13&amp;z=20">Well there are railings opposite <em>and</em> an LCC</a> - but everyone knows cyclists are lazy... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35754 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:58:39 +0000 Min 35754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or a group of anyone with bikes really, which they would probably be wanting as a cycle cafe.</p> <p>That grim little gravelly square just round the corner in front of the Saunders Street flats might be a good place for bike racks (I don't know if there are some there already) but probably no substitute for having your bike under your eye..</p> <p>Having spare bike locks in a good idea though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35753 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:53:07 +0000 PS 35753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I asked them the "where to park your bike question" on Saturday, mainly from the perspective of what to do if a group of roadies rocked up.</p> <p>They've got some space in the basement, but they're also planning on getting some D-locks for the shop so you don't have to carry one with you. </p> <p>I'd have thought there'd be no harm in asking the council to stick some stands near by (are there any in the Stockbridge/Hamilton Place area?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35752 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:42:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yepo, I'll be the railings owners will have something to say.</p> <p>In the shop's defence I would imagine they've got to apply for permission to put cycle racks on the pavement, since they won't own that, and I'll bet the council says it's too narrow (despite the fact it clearly isn't).</p> <p>I always thought if I owned something like this I'd have a space set aside for people to leave their bikes inside, possibly even hooks on the walls. Turn the everyday bikes of people into an actual bit of interest in the store itself... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35751 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:41:17 +0000 cb 35751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Arriving on a BSO and leaving it parked against the window might not be apprieciated. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35750 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:37:45 +0000 Min 35750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm. :-(</p> <p>Shall we open a book on how long it will take for the "no cycles here" notices to go up?</p> <p>I might try a reconnaisance mission this week sometime to check out opening times and so on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35749 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:18:55 +0000 chdot 35749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"is there anywhere to park your bike?"</p> <p>Yes/no -<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5947227670/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6013/5947227670_a80f5967aa.jpg"><br /> </a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35748 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:13:04 +0000 Min 35748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks interesting. Er, is there anywhere to park your bike? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35747 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:09:01 +0000 chdot 35747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It <em>is</em> open, though <a href="http://www.rondebike.com">web site</a> still says "coming soon" - they are still working on finishing touches.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5946722545/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/5946722545_5a217cecd0.jpg"></a></p> <p>Hope it finds its niche. Very 'London gallery' (with café) sort of shop. Definitely not 'mainstream' - nothing wrong with that, just more difficult to attract enough 'target' customers.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/5947219778/in/photostream"><br /> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/5947219778_30b247cd09.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35746 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:00:02 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 35746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Had friends popped in this weekend and said it's really nice. More of a cafe that happens to have bikes than a bike shop with a cafe. Relaxed and friendly, with some lovely bike pr0n to look at (mmmm, Colnago). Going to have to have a gander - they're apparently doing some sort of ticketed end of Tour event next Sunday. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-35721 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:39:58 +0000 PS 35721@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's open now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-33019 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:44:45 +0000 chdot 33019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.rondebike.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.rondebike.com</a> </p> <p>"COMING SOON"</p> <p>Still? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31557 Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:38 +0000 chdot 31557@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Carlton Reid? What ever happened to him? ;-)"</p> <p>You'll find him here -</p> <p>"<br /> carltonreid: So, who's riding on the M74 extension on Sunday? Me and my boy will be. White Elephant ride: <a href="http://bit.ly/k9k03m" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/k9k03m</a><br /> "</p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/70787961976913921" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/70787961976913921</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31482 Tue, 17 May 2011 09:42:21 +0000 recombodna 31482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>29ers or two-niners are mountain bikes that are built to use 700c or ISO 622 mm wheels. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31461 Mon, 16 May 2011 19:43:26 +0000 gembo 31461@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WHere is it in relation to Alpine? What is a cycle fitting studio and a 29er bicycle (I feel I should know). Always good to diversify Simon O'Brien (Our Damien form Brookside)_ had a great cafe/bikeshop in Liverpool around 1995. SO the gallery/cafe angle might be the way to go in that Stockbridge location. Obviously plenty other cafes down that way but if I had a choice of cafes I'd go to one in a bike shop.</p> <p>There is some reasoning that putting your shop next to a successful shop can work. For instance when BHS expanded in Ayr in 1984 they sited their shop next to Marks and Spencer (influenced I like to think by my Higher Geography dissertation)</p> <p>Not sure that works for bike shops. If I am heading for The Bike Chain and the beer shop next door is suddenly a cycle shop I do not go in. If the beer shop was ever open I would go in for beer when visiting the bike chain. Same I think would also apply to trips to Mr Freewheelin at Slateford....</p> <p>There are parts of Edinburgh with no shop, in my naivete I would have thought out this way Juniper Green, Currie, Balerno. Lots of folk, lots of cyclists?????Shops on main drag largely beauticians??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31454 Mon, 16 May 2011 17:45:31 +0000 Kim 31454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Carlton Reid? What ever happened to him? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31363 Sat, 14 May 2011 22:47:34 +0000 ruggtomcat 31363@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>21-29? I think hes talking about me..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31356 Sat, 14 May 2011 15:28:11 +0000 chdot 31356@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must be more evidence of a growing 'cycle culture' -</p> <p>"<br /> Want proof this culture is developing? The MD of \/auxhall Motors cycles to work; a Channel 4 newsreader bikes to interviews with presidents and premlers; and more and more people are discovering cycling is a fun family activity thanks to holidays at Oasis and Center Parts.</p> <p>Couple all that to the tendrll-llke spread of cycle infrastructure - new bits are opening every day - and market expansion will surely follow.</p> <p>But. in an age of consolidation. only the most wide-awake of lBDs and the savviest of suppliers will profit from the new opportunities.</p> <p>Opportunities such as? Well, the grey market is expanding fast. The number of consumers ln the 50+ age bracket is increasing by 50 000 a month. But, there‘s a threat too, a demographic time-bomb. There is a rapidly declining number of freespending 20-29 year olds. ln fact. their numbers will drop through the floor in the next few years. This will have a massive impact on those suppliers, lBDs and bike mags who are overly youth obsessed. By 2001 there will be one million fewer 20-29 year olds than there were in 1996!</p> <p>Smart bike retailers and switched on cycle suppliers will adapt their businesses to meet the challenges of the future. ln a mature marketplace with too many brands, too many products and too many shops - this applies to the bike trade as well as mainstream retailing - only the fittest will survive.</p> <p>The best. however, will thrive.<br /> "</p> <p>Carlton Reid in 1st issue of BicycleBusiness - July/Aug 1999 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31324 Fri, 13 May 2011 20:16:25 +0000 ruggtomcat 31324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ah, a posing place. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31319 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:24:49 +0000 chdot 31319@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that bi(cycle)tchiness? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2946#post-31317 Fri, 13 May 2011 19:12:56 +0000 druidh 31317@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/221806_112914498793952_112909645461104_120408_2553821_n.jpg"></p> <p>Looks like a nice place to take a piss. </p>