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@James1822
I've noticed a lot of new bike shops opening recently that are really high end. I think what the UK is lacking is a good quantity of just good, basic and practical bike shops that will do repairs, have all those obscure parts, give out good unbiased advice and sell decent reasonably priced practical bikes. There are some great exceptions, but in general the UK consumer is only aware of places like Evans or Halfords or the high end roady type places that are full of De Rosas and energy gels and £200 gilets. It sort of mirrors the trend of cycling in London, where I see a lot of blokes on their road bikes now acting like twats giving everyone a bad impression of cyclists. While the boom in cycling in London is good, it's sort of unheathily skewed towards 'cycle culture' or fashion or roadie/sportive posing, and there always seems to be some kind of statement made in the activity of cycling rather than just doing the activity in and of itself.