Riders Choice Leederville

Parker
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Riders Choice Leederville

Postby Parker » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:54 pm

Does anyone know if it's true that Riders Choice in Leederville have shut up shop?

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Phil
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby Phil » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:01 pm

That was what the sign on the door said Wednesday night (21/9/16) when I walked past on the way to Ria
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Parker
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby Parker » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:03 pm

Didn't expect that

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby Parker » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:16 pm

Phil wrote:That was what the sign on the door said Wednesday night (21/9/16) when I walked past on the way to Ria
Do you know if the city store has closed?

billy70
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby billy70 » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:52 pm

Yep :(
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby Parker » Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:06 pm

Oh right... I'm caught up on the gossip now :(

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby NewStew » Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:28 pm

Anyone have any idea what is behind it.... Just not viable in the current economic climate or something else? Will see what is happening when I am down that way tonight.

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby SenatorDC » Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:00 am

oh no!

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby dmwill » Tue Sep 27, 2016 2:46 pm

Just a thought...they really only sold Trek and Bontrager parts/accessories/clothing if I recall?

I guess you may get some perk from Trek selling just their stuff, but it limits consumer choice.

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby NewStew » Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:52 am

Ran into Phil on Friday and he was working at TBE in Belmont.... apparently it was just too hard to make ends meet in the current economic climate with competition from stores like TBE (ironic really) that have a better buying and bargaining power.

I meant to ask Phil but forgot - anyone know where Ash, the mechanic from Riders Choice, has ended up as he gave fantastic service and I would use him again any time.

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby billy70 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 5:45 am

Yes, was about to post this separately.

He has started his mechanic business from home, doing pick ups as part of the service. I always found him really great to deal with and will definitely be using his services.

He will be setting up a website and Facebook soon.
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby NewStew » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:47 am

Thanks Billy - Could you post here when he gets up and running so I can look him up?

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby billy70 » Sun Oct 09, 2016 8:55 am

Anyone who wants Ash's contact details, please PM and I'll pass them on rather than posting on the interwebs.

Cheers!
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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby dmwill » Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:25 pm

R&D SpeedShop in Claremont posted this on Facebook:
We were saddened to learn that one of Perth's best Trek dealers had closed its doors. With this in mind we would like to offer those that bought a bike at Rider's Choice Leederville in the last 3 months the opportunity to get a free tune-up (valued at $75) in our workshop anytime between now and the 1st of April 2017. You'll need to produce your proof of purchase to take advantage of this offer.

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby dagworks » Sun Oct 09, 2016 1:58 pm

billy70 wrote:Anyone who wants Ash's contact details, please PM and I'll pass them on rather than posting on the interwebs.

Cheers!
Hi,

Just joined and can't Pm, Ash was great with my trek and would recommend him to anyone.

Could you please pm me his contact details.

Got my trek domane from RC and had a warranty claim 6 months later, they were great at sorting it out. Sad to hear they have shut up shop.

Cheers

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Re: Riders Choice Leederville

Postby dmwill » Mon Oct 10, 2016 5:22 pm

Update from Facebook;
To all our customers thank you for making Riders Choice Leederville a fantastic place to work. For the past 14 years we have enjoyed riding, racing and providing quality bicycles and are deeply saddened that it has come to an end!

In these tough times its great knowing that our competitors have got our back, so please support your local! Thank you to the shops that are posting free and discounted servicing for all RC customers.

You can find Phil at TBE Belmont 0419 769 699 and Ash at Elite Racing Cycles 0412 972 088. Thank you so much to those stores for picking up Phil and Ash in their time of need.

Thanks again to all that have supported us in the past 14 years its been a trip!
See you on the road moving forward!

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