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What’s Happening – Virus situation and Cycleshack
Steve Ranger May 27, 2020
We will post our latest news here every time we have anything to tell you, including whether we are open, and if so at which shop. We’ll keep you fully in the picture. Latest news from Monday 8th March 2021: Cliffe High Street (in Intersport) is open – service at the door Friars Walk is […]
The effects of coffee – it’s official!
Steve Ranger January 4, 2021
For those of us to whom coffee is central to cycling. it’s good to have our prejudices reinforced so at Cycleshack we’ve done a bit of digging to see whether coffee is good for cycling. There has been plenty of research showing that it’s good for cognitive decline, although some of our shop staff did […]
Cannondale Topstone Review
Steve Ranger October 2, 2020
Matthew, a local Cycleshack customer, reviewed a recent purchase for us – a Cannondale Topstone gravel eBike. Check out his opinion!
Fix Your Bike Vouchers
Steve Ranger July 29, 2020
The new Fix Your Bike voucher scheme was introduced today, with 50,000 vouchers being issued. Naturally the website crashed straight away, but they’ll be rolling out more soon and of course we are a registered shop with the scheme. So what’s it all about? If you get a voucher, it’ll look a bit like this: […]
The best way to get a bike
Steve Ranger June 21, 2020
It’s official – there are hardly any bikes anywhere at the moment. Most shops are struggling to get any bikes of any description and we’re getting up to 20 enquiries a day for bikes we don’t have. Here are some handy tips for getting yourself riding: Choose the type of bike – we’re mainly a […]
Some bike videos and articles for inspiration
Steve Ranger
What does it take to go from 5% chance of survival to setting your sights on winning one of the hardest cycling races in the world? Watch below as James Golding shares his incredible journey in the latest Red Bull Media House series Way of The Wildcard. A video from Orbea about biking and […]
South Downs Way 2 – The Battery Test
Steve Ranger June 6, 2020
As social distancing made it more difficult to go riding with Rob, my co-rider in part one, I decided to continue in a slightly different way by starting at the end point from last time (my house in Lewes), and seeing how far one e-bike battery would take me. From last time you may remember […]
Doing horrible things to myself for charity
Richard Roberts April 29, 2020
Between shifts at Cycleshack I’ve had a bit more chance to get out on the bike recently. I thought I’d put that time to good use by raising money for an important local charity, Chailey Heritage Foundation, which looks after young people with extreme and complex disabilities and health needs. More than ever, in this […]
The joy of local
Richard Roberts April 10, 2020
Lockdown has shown me that if you’re forced to be stuck somewhere for a while there aren’t many better places to be than Lewes. In this instance, I’m not referring to the many fine people I’ve met, the pleasing architecture and the awesome array of pubs, but to the physical geography of the place. When […]
