SavageHoutkop
Veteran
- Location
- South Manchester-ish
Mr SavageHoutkop & I are nipping down South for the weekend and will have Monday off to spend wandering around Croydon/Central London.
As the shopping is generally vastly better down that part of the world, and we are probably both now in need of some slightly padded shorts (for commuting, only 5 miles each way), could someone recommend a LBS or two with a good range of shorts (and preferably staff who know what's what - for girls as well as boys?).
I appreciate that there is the LBS recommendation thread, but it's sorted by name of shop not area, and I'm willing to travel practically anywhere in zone 1/2 of London or anywhere between Croydon & London (and sorting through the whole list while looking up suburbs is not that appealing).
I've had a rummage for reviews of shorts, and it seems that there are some good ones and some not so good ones, general consensus was you get what you pay for. I think I'm keen to try the Connie Dennis ones as they seem to be a good ladies' brand, but can anyone give me some pointers for the husband? I don't think he wants to go full lycra, but on the other hand the non-lycra shorts all seem to be quite long and he normally likes his shorts above the knee.
If I want to go to a shop stocking Connie Dennis, it seems my options are (I couldn't find any of these on the LBS recommendation thread):
ACTION BIKES EMBANKMENT
ACTION BIKES WIMBLEDON
ACTION BIKES STAINES
ACTION BIKES VICTORIA
APEX CYCLES CLAPHAM
BICYCLE WORKSHOP NOTTING HILL
BIKEWISE UXBRIDGE
(this one looks a bit far away)
CYCLEOPEDIA SURBITON
PSUBLIMINAL BALHAM
TWO WHEELS GOOD CROUCH HILL
TWO WHEELS GOOD STOKE NEWINGTON
CYCLOPAEDIA SURBITON
GEOFFREY BUTLER CYCLES CROYDON
CYCLES UNLIMITED CROYDON
Any tips?
Thanks in advance
As the shopping is generally vastly better down that part of the world, and we are probably both now in need of some slightly padded shorts (for commuting, only 5 miles each way), could someone recommend a LBS or two with a good range of shorts (and preferably staff who know what's what - for girls as well as boys?).
I appreciate that there is the LBS recommendation thread, but it's sorted by name of shop not area, and I'm willing to travel practically anywhere in zone 1/2 of London or anywhere between Croydon & London (and sorting through the whole list while looking up suburbs is not that appealing).
I've had a rummage for reviews of shorts, and it seems that there are some good ones and some not so good ones, general consensus was you get what you pay for. I think I'm keen to try the Connie Dennis ones as they seem to be a good ladies' brand, but can anyone give me some pointers for the husband? I don't think he wants to go full lycra, but on the other hand the non-lycra shorts all seem to be quite long and he normally likes his shorts above the knee.
If I want to go to a shop stocking Connie Dennis, it seems my options are (I couldn't find any of these on the LBS recommendation thread):
ACTION BIKES EMBANKMENT
ACTION BIKES WIMBLEDON
ACTION BIKES STAINES
ACTION BIKES VICTORIA
APEX CYCLES CLAPHAM
BICYCLE WORKSHOP NOTTING HILL
BIKEWISE UXBRIDGE
(this one looks a bit far away)
CYCLEOPEDIA SURBITON
PSUBLIMINAL BALHAM
TWO WHEELS GOOD CROUCH HILL
TWO WHEELS GOOD STOKE NEWINGTON
CYCLOPAEDIA SURBITON
GEOFFREY BUTLER CYCLES CROYDON
CYCLES UNLIMITED CROYDON
Any tips?
Thanks in advance