Accessory suppliers other than the big river?

[KnittyNorah]

I want to buy a few bits'n'bobs for the bike as I reckon I'll soon be capable of doing 10 mile + rides. Only in the flatlands of course! But even so I am surprising myself, my general fitness level hasn't gone as far downhill as I feared it might have.

I'm looking at one of those soft-shell bottle holder thingies that velcro on, a rear-view mirror, a nice 'matching' bell with a decently-loud ding-dong instead of the silly thing that's on it now ... maybe a few other things. I love my little seatpost bag from Aldi - just right for phone, camera, keys and cards - but Aldi/Lidl stuff of course is 'as and when', not 'now'.
Is there a supplier who has a good choice of stuff at a range of prices, reliable efficient delivery AND who isn't an international non-tax-paying conglomerate?
If not I'll have to bite the bullet and use my long-defunct river account; I'm going to have to revive it anyway to get a specialist book I want that I can find nowhere else this side of the pond so if there really is nowhere else, I'll use the revival with its offer of 'free' Prime for a month's 'trial' then cancel. Get the most out of them that I can!

 

[DCLane]

I buy the odd few items from Merlin Cycles and tend to find they're good: https://www.merlincycles.com/ They've got several of each of those items you've stated.

Alternatively, is there a local bike shop near you?

 

[Arrowfoot]

+ Merlin.

 

[vickster]

Yep, Merlin..
High on bikes?
Planet X?
Spacycles?
Other LBS with a decent online presence (like Hargroves, Triton etc)
eBay sellers?
I use sportpursuit a fair amount but more for clothing (although they do have accessories). They do charge for delivery though

If you don't mind used, could try a wanted ad in the Classifieds... I'm sure loads of us have stuff in a box that is no longer used (or bought on a whim and never used )

 

[JoeyB]

Wiggle, Decathlon, Sigma, Planet X, Merlin to name a few.

 

[Nibor]

Decathlon do a soft shell bottle holder I use one on the brompton

 

[Dogtrousers]

For bits and bobs I use some/all of the ones named above plus SJS and Leisure Lakes ( https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/ and https://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/ )

 

[vickster]

There's Rutland too

 

[KnittyNorah]

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!
Not having much luck with finding what I want so far - several Decathlon goodies I rather fancy are out of stock as are odds and sods elsewhere, and I really don't want to be ordering very different item from different suppliers - separate postage costs soon add up. I'll carry on looking through the suggestions though!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Rose bikes- I think they're still happy to deliver accessories to the UK.

 

[neil_merseyside]

Rose bikes- I think they're still happy to deliver accessories to the UK.

Great company but surely no point in delivering to UK and risking paying duty and taxes, if it's going to France from Germany then it doesn't have a confused border system to navigate.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Great company but surely no point in delivering to UK and risking paying duty and taxes, if it's going to France from Germany then it doesn't have a confused border system to navigate.

Sadly you may be right.

 

[vickster]

Rose bikes- I think they're still happy to deliver accessories to the UK.

They did stop. There are other German suppliers.
Unfortunately big river does make it far simpler!

 

[Blue Hills]

Rose bikes- I think they're still happy to deliver accessories to the UK.

you sure?
I used to use them a lot - lots of sensible stuff many UK sellers can't be bothered with.

I thought they had stopped selling anything to the UK.
Can't blame them.

 

[KnittyNorah]

Pop up on Rose Bikes site:

Dear Customer,

Because of Brexit, we are immediately ceasing shipment of orders to the UK. We are very sorry that we will not be able to deliver to you, our valued customer, as we did before. If we are able to find an alternative solution through the free-trade agreement, we will inform you here. Thank you for your understanding, your loyalty, and your support.
Your ROSE Bikes Team