Good place to buy 2nd hand bike around Nottingham?

Zazen999

easy wrote: »

But I already knew how to use Google, and had googled for 2nd hand bikes in Nottingham (coming up with that same bike shop. I was actually hoping to get personal recommendations from sombody).

But, surely a personal recommendation from people you don't know is worthless? I could recommend a shop that I'd never been to, or one that was rubbish, and you'd never know.

easy

Zazen999 wrote: »

But, surely a personal recommendation from people you don't know is worthless? I could recommend a shop that I'd never been to, or one that was rubbish, and you'd never know.

But why would you bother to recommend a shop you had never been to, or was rubbish (unless of course you are a deliberate trouble-maker) ? .

It was a simple enough request in my first posting, I thought ... After all, there are lots of parents on here, I thought maybe someone in the area might have recently visited a shop which gave particularly good service.

Glad

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easy

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Zazen999

easy wrote: »

But why would you bother to recommend a shop you had never been to, or was rubbish (unless of course you are a deliberate trouble-maker) ? .

It was a simple enough request in my first posting, I thought ... After all, there are lots of parents on here, I thought maybe someone in the area might have recently visited a shop which gave particularly good service.

I'm not, but they are about!

paulwf

OP you are right that at 11 he will more than likely be on an adults bike with 26" wheels - there will be a range of frame sizes to choose from though.

You may be in luck as there appears to be a bike recycling community project that takes in unwanted bikes and renovates them. Usually these projects are good as you know the bike will be safety checked. Full details here:

http://www.pedals.org.uk/bike_recycling

Hope that helps.

Mutter_2

easy wrote: »

But I already knew how to use Google, and had googled for 2nd hand bikes in Nottingham (coming up with that same bike shop. I was actually hoping to get personal recommendations from sombody).

Already told you if you look.
I give up!!!!!!!!

How can you have a personal recommendation to a second hand bike?

easy

Mutter wrote: »

Already told you if you look.
I give up!!!!!!!!

Thank you mutter, I'm sorry, I forgot to click thanks when you posted, no need to be rude

Mutter wrote: »

How can you have a personal recommendation to a second hand bike?

One can have a personal recommendation to a good vendor, surely??

robpw2

i would try cash convertors i got a couple of bikes from them a few years back

easy

robpw2 wrote: »

i would try cash convertors i got a couple of bikes from them a few years back

That's an idea, once we know what we want. Thanks