Dont know if folks know about the new Decathlon store at Hermiston Gate
opens 24th November
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New Decathlon Store
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Posted 12 years ago #
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saw it the other day, looks huge
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POpped into one in France (looking for a Brittany cycling jersey) and it was fab inside. It was a general sports store rather than just cycling. HUGE and loads of space. Kinda like the Waitrose of sports shops compared to JJB/Lidl.
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We went into one in France too (at Lyon) after I realised I'd managed to pack my sunglasses case sans sunglasses... Picked up a really cheap and serviceable pair of sunnies, plus some cycle-specific ones with multiple lenses for about €15.
They've got an impressive array of kit, covering all sorts of sports (I was particularly impressed by the hunting aisle) and, if the UK's shops are the same, will be a refreshing change from the usual highstreet sportshop fare of football tops, shellsuits and fashion trainers.
Posted 12 years ago # -
There's the one betwixt Glasgow and Embra at the otherwise gawdaful fort that I've popped into a few times. Is naw bad, got a fairly sturdy chain tool that is a bag regular for those rare but annoying AWESOME POWER/Bad Gear moments.
But yeah, is the shop that sells everything. Always wondered if they would add the extra a in so as not to annoy les anglais. EDIT *cough* or not. I'm sure that's how they spelled it on my Daley Thompson C64 game. Anyways, time for a sprint...
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Posted 12 years ago # -
Might have to go on their opening day, my Birthday :)
Posted 12 years ago # -
I have a friend who buys a lot of gear in the glasgow shop - seems closer to 'Go Outdoors' than a conventional jjb type shop.
He bought a new bike for his son this year, and while basic and definitely 'own brand non flashy look' it was reasonable for the money.
Posted 12 years ago # -
DaveC
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PM this userMight have to go on their opening day, my Birthday :)
Mine too!!!!
Posted 12 years ago # -
The cycling clothes are good and sized up to jumbo (that's human XXL not cycling shops, which is a human medium). I've bought a few tops from them and they have nice thin waterproof jackets for a tenner. Not breathable but perfect for stuffing in the bag just in case.
Couldn't comment on cycling hardware.
Posted 12 years ago # -
most cyclists I see are like a blob on a brooks, I cant believe JJB doesn't cater for them... oh, wait...
Posted 12 years ago # -
hey! I'm one of those blobs :p
Instography is right on cycling shop sizes though
mate at work is an average guy but pretty lean
wears an XL cycling jacketPosted 12 years ago # -
(that's human XXL not cycling shops, which is a human medium)
Presumably because cycling gear works to a different human 'standard': we are all supposed to be athletic, pint-sized roadies aspiring to TdF glory. Think Mark Cavendish rather than Geoff Capes. So if wee Mark is 'medium' then 'large' and 'extra large' will be proportional.
It's a bit like when you are rummaging in the bargain bin at some department store sale (or maybe perusing the rails in a charity shop). You pick up a neutral looking top marked as 'large' but once tried on realise it must be either a teenager's or women's 'large' (ie. size 10), therefore equivalent to men's 'small' or 'medium' at a push...
Posted 12 years ago # -
I have a long back and wee short legs - my warm biblongs are a wee bitty snug crotchwise because of this. I told this story to Ruggtomcat and Kaputnik in the pub [you see the quality of discourse far higher in pub than the Marchmont centric PY]. Kapps told me that the ASSOS range of clothing (I understand it is Italian and pricey) never changes width wise it is only for skinny people who are either short, of medium height, tall or lofty.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Had never heard of Go Outdoors until yesterday in Pitlochry, when we stopped in very bedraggled shape to ask where in town we could find cycle friendly food. they not only recommended 'Victoria's' which indeed had a sign saying 'cycle friendly' but they also let us lock our bikes up there, change into dry kit in their changing room, AND kept all our bags behind their counter while we went to lunch. What nice guys!!!!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Hi SRD.
The forum expects a full report of your ride ;-)
Well done for overcoming all the obstacles inherent in not taking a car when cycle touring!
D
Posted 12 years ago # -
will see what i can do. we're still unpacking and recuperating. doesn't help that washing machine packed it in before we left...
Posted 12 years ago # -
@SRD did you use the Dalwhinnie to Pitlochry cycle path - looks windy and hilly from the road?
we spent an hour looking for public toilets in Pitlochry. Good deli for carry out grub when drier - excellent roast garlic, turnip and chevril soup last week, I am aiming to emulate with innards of tumshie lantern this very week
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Kirkmichael to Pitlochry - the A924!
hmm...was impressed with the perthshire scheme to provide public toilets 'comfort scheme' or similar name. big signposts advertising that public toilets available at x hotel or whatever. the guy at the train station obsessed with not letting anyone use their 'customer toilets' - including several customers...
we got rather pricey sandwiches on the way out from that deli!
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yeah sandwiches good but pricey - soup good and reasonable - £1.50. Also willing to barter for kids prices [almost as low as local rate]
you do not want people using the toilets they will just make a mess
Posted 12 years ago # -
If you want a job there -
Posted 12 years ago # -
Toilets in Pitlochry are in the car park on the left of the High Street (travelling North) - the one beside the railway station. I think it's 20 pence to spend a penny.
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@druidh - that is where the signposts send you but the loos did not seem to be about? Guy in railway station also not keen to let you use them there, also hotel used to go in, has had makeover, doors painted mushroom and locked. But other hotel up at railway station but still on main drag let us in.
Posted 12 years ago # -
They were in March/April this year.....
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Oh - the Pitlochry-Dalwhinnie cycle track has had a bit of work done recently. Much of it has now been tarmaced and is a lot more suitable for skinny road tyres than it was. It would be nice if they could finish the rest off.
And the section at Crubenmore has now been re-opened - again with a tarmaced surface.
Posted 12 years ago # -
finally got a chance to pop in
didnt have a lot of time so it was a quick scoot round
seems to have a decent range of cycling bits n bobs
prices look okay for instore
I was eyeing up the overshoes which are more rubbery vs my cheapo neoprene ones.
I don't recall seeing any bike locking facilities outside?Posted 12 years ago # -
custard - I come in from Cultins Road along the ginnel. Takes you out between Tesco and Decathlon. THere is a very large fence you can lock bike on. Neither Tesco nor Decathlon have racks - B and Q does but that is way over the other side. My old training shoes leaking from the sole [should use brakes to stop instead of foot I know] so last Monday morning in freak snow blizzard I was forced in and bought training shoes/hill walking pumps - claim waterproof [£29.99 +chinese child death]. Will see. Also narrow so fit inside toeclip neatly.
I took a fancy to their table tennis tables. I have a very hard working roofer out on the garage roof NOW! If he stops leaks I am going to measyre up - fine lengthwise but bit narrow. Nothing worse than a narrow garage for playing table tennis in.
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