'Looks like a shop'.
Yeah, feels bigger and airier than EBC but at the same time feels like a big barn (it is). Was hoping for some opening day bargains to pry open my wallet but alas not to be.
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Evans in Edinburgh(?)
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Posted 12 years ago #
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That voucher excludes Altura, Endura and Specialized, which is a shame as I was going to pop in to see if they wanted to be my new supplier of Armadilloes and Zymes.
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do you really need to print it off?
seems a waste for a generic and freely avaialable codePosted 12 years ago # -
Well, finally made it to check out Evans this afternoon. Went to EBC first to have a look around there.
It was interesting to compare the two. EBC has a lot of the big brands you'd expect, plus some you might not (eg. Genesis, Pashley), plus their own Revolution line. A good lineup of Cyclocross bikes, I noticed. A handful of tourers, lots of MTBs but not really my thing. Good range of accessories as usual. Picked up a catalogue on the way out.
Evans looked impressive from the outside but inside, well, underwhelming. Hardly any of the big brands you might expect, in particular I did not see any Specialized or Brompton bikes, no Dawes either. Yes there were Cannondales and the like, but also some lesser known brands, some of which I'd never heard of. A lot of identikit hybrids/fitness bikes as you walk in, not that many 'interesting' bikes (ie not standard road race or hybrid or MTB) save for a few folders (mostly Tern) and some fixie/single speeds that looked quite nice, and one disc braked tourer, which looked a bit over-priced compared to the EBC equivalent. The range of accessories seemed weirdly small (save for a huge wall of h*****s), but maybe I'm just unfamiliar with the layout.
It was weird, Evan's online presence gives you just about any bike you want (well not quite but you know what I mean) but if you were just a punter walking in off the street you'd never know that from the Edinburgh shop. It was also a bit.....soullless. Made EBC, Biketrax and MacDonald Cycles seem much more interesting and characterful.
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well see, now you are asking about the ridiculous politics involved with selling a bike brand in edinburgh.
i could bore you but you would get bored.
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Aye. I'd agree with that. EBC has a much better range of accessories - those little bits like, say brake pads (I nearly wrote brake blocks but that's such a 1970s thing to call them) or tools or replacement pannier clips (which is what I was looking for). As does The Bike Chain (he hastily adds).
Evans looks like the kind of place you'd go with the C2W voucher to get the bike and the accessories and that's about it.
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Actually to be fair to Evans, the tourer I mentioned is a bit higher spec than the Revolution ones. More of a Dawes Galaxy type of bike, by a US brand I don't know. The Jamis Aurora Elite. 631 frame, disc brakes, decent component set, bar end shifters.
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well see, now you are asking about the ridiculous politics involved with selling a bike brand in edinburgh.
I remember when Leith Cycle Co. opened in Abbeyhill and got chatting to the owner about the Specialized situation in particular, so I got an insight into the politics and different marketing approaches of brands at that point.
I suppose now that the Edinburgh bike shop sector is getting busier, there's a need for some conscious differentiation in the offerings too.
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Last week I was in my regular coffee shop and Davie says to me 'do you not have a loyalty card?'. No, says I. Says he, 'you must be due a free one'. Several, I think to myself. 'Have this one free', he says. So I said to him, 'that's worth more than any loyalty card'.
That would never happen in Evans. Last time I was in TBC they rung through my CCE discount without us ever having discussed CCE. You would't get any of that in Evans.
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It's true. I do like the friendliness and the quirks of the LBS. Mine is Eastside, but I also still go to Leith Cycle Co. for stuff. Never been to TBC, but I ought to pop in sometime as they're not far away.
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@crowriver. Don't risk tbc as its just full of bike porn. You'd more than likely come out feeling all dirty and perverted at the full sus carbon frame you'd bought off the top shelf/rack, tucked in you're jacket inside poket, save anyone spotted you with such filthy product!!!
Dave CPosted 12 years ago # -
Only your LBS would have you on their customer database as "Reverend Brother Andy".
All the others have me as boring old "Mr Andrew"
Posted 12 years ago # -
Aye, crowriver come and say Hi sometime.
We don't do pretence so you'll find us pretty easy going.
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