Where do you buy your spare / service parts from?

[sean]

wemoto/ HG/ Local dealer/ watling tyres/ Ebay.

Anywhere I can get a good deal basically.....

[Whealie]

wemoto/ HG/ Local dealer/ watling tyres/ Ebay.

Anywhere I can get a good deal basically.....

It fell off the back of a lorry, Officer, isn't an option you can vote for Sean

[sean]

It fell off the back of a lorry, Officer, isn't an option you can vote for Sean

Me??????

I'm as pure as the driven snow....

[StumpyFingers]

I buy most kit from David Silvers and some from Wemoto.
I buy my oils from Opie oil and items I forget until I am about to use them from Halfords and my local bike shops depending on who has got the part in stock.

[piguglyshandydrinker]

I never voted but mainly David Silver or ebay (cheap items to go in my collection of Alp bits.....).
Tyres have been from Busters, oil from Smith & Allan (independent blender in Darlington)
Vary rarely from a bike shop, but do so occasionally.

I do however buy my fair share of bits from XRV members.

Phil

[jasonbc]

Hi all.
I'm interested in conducting a little survey to see where you buy your spare / replacement / service parts from for your bike.

This to do some research to help me to understand our buying habits.
Please publicise this survey as widely as possible as I'd like to get a good sample of people completing it.

I also hope I ask the right questions first time. I may take a couple of attempts as the responses come in. I'm primarily interested in whether you buy from an Internet retailer or go in to your local emporium.
There will probably be some more polls off the back of this one.

I have 3 shops i buy from locally, a main dealer for my Varadero as i only replace with genuine parts and if something arrives and it's wrong you don't have to e-mail to get an RMA to return it for the correct one or wait for couriers to turn up, the other 2 are offroad shops one is the Gasgas dealer local to me again most things are in stock if they aren't it will be the next day if ordered by 3pm, the other shop is a pure offroad shop sells nothing but offroad equiptment and clothing oils, levers sprockets , everything for offroad and nothing else again as far as all 3 shops go prices for consumables tend to be cheaper locally than on ebay by the time you add P&P.
I also use david silver for big expensive bits on the Varadero like when i replaced th erear shock as it's between 1/3rd to 1/2 the price if you do it on the 3 week wait from him

[Pussyhorse]

I'm probably 50/50 between a not so local little bike shop up in Ealing and online stuff like Nippy Normans and Wemoto.

[BobA]

I would always use WEMOTO where possible as they have a great reputation, stock, and post items quickly. They are also local to me.

For harder to obtain Honda parts I would use CSMNL or David Silver Spares, depending on who had the item and at the best cost including postage (which is where CSM are often too expensive)

[alanvendy]

i buy most parts from dealers wherever i happen to be on the day. i mainly use 4 fairly local dealers.
unfortunately having 2 sons with bikes i tend to get phone calls like
"i need some brake pads dad"
"when do they need doing son"
"they're making a grinding noise"
"oh last week then"

i wish i could be given more time to find good deals on line.
maybe i could px the kids for a bike just for me??
2 kids = 1 puch maxi

[DaveS]

Bump. We need loads more replies......