ACT Shop of the Month
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Each month the ACT recognises one cycle retailer as the Shop of the month.
The Shop of the month benefits from appearing on the home page of The
Cycling Experts and the ACT websites, accessible by up to 600,000 web
visitors a month.
The Cycling Experts benefits from traffic directly from British Cycling, Why Cycle, Bike Hub, Sustrans, Bike Week and Bikesoup, which all utilise or link directly to the Experts Business Listings. The combined traffic from all of these sites exceeds 4 million unique visitors a year.
To be considered as a future Shop of the Month, make sure your promotional listing is up to date. All cycle retailers have a basic entry with the option of creating their own extended, unique, promotional listing, click here to find out more.
ACT Shop of the Month | May | Micks Cycles
This month, the Shop of the Month is being awarded to Micks Cycles who celebrate 45 years in business this May!
The retailer is staffed by three generations of the Hailstone family and was started in 1970 by Mick Hailstone.
The shop started life as Micks Mopeds, operating from a yard in Victoria Street before moving to a shop in Out Risbygate. Over the years, as the demand for mopeds fell, the business decided to concentrate on bicycles and it became Micks Cycles around 25 years ago, moving to its current premises in St Johns Street in 1993.
Mick Hailstone sadly passed away in 1991, when his son Derek took over the shop and now Mick's granddaughter Chloe had followed him into the business too. Mick's wife Jessie is also very much involved with the business and can still be found behind the counter from time to time.
Chloe said: "There has been so much interest in cycling recently - especially with the Women's Tour finishing in Bury St Edmunds last year and again this June. We had a stand on Angel Hill for the day and it was an absolutely fantastic atmosphere, its great to see the sport and especially women's cycling getting so much positive coverage.
"We want to continue that feel-good feeling around cycling which is why we thought we should mark our anniversary in some way and we hope customers old and new will come and see us on the day."
The business recently expanded to include a Bike fit studio and modern workshop facilities with qualified technicians specialising in repairs and servicing. Meanwhile the retail range is spread over two floors, 5 showrooms, and also has an extensive range of clothing, shoes and accessories alongside the bikes themselves. The shop offers customers 0% finance via Ride it away.
"We like to think that we can cater for every type of cyclist from those who want a serious competition bike to cycles more suited to family leisure inclusive of childrens, and offer a range of leading bike brands which include Specialized, Marin, Merida, Frog, Claud Butler and Whyte."
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As members of the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC), the ACT nominates the chosen shop of the month to represent the cycles industry in the IRC Shop of the Month.
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