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ACT Shop of the Month

Posted on in Cycles News

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 | October | Bridgtown Cycles

Nov 2014Established in 1981, Bridgtown Cycles is proud to be the Midlands' largest independent bike store.

Based in the Heart of the Country, Bridgtown Cycles has become synonymous with extremely high levels of customer service and advice. The shop specialises in long distance cycling with multiple record holders across both road and triathlon as their customer base.

Their service to the Triathlon, Sportive, Time Trial and Road Racing communities is unparalleled with glowing recommendations from customers as far afield as Aberdeen, Cornwall and London.

The shop stocks bikes ranging from children's balance bikes to high end carbon race machines, made easily accessible to customers through initiatives including Cycle to Work schemes and Ride it away retail finance.

The shop is made up of 2 floors, including showrooms and a professional workshop manned by Cytech qualified technicians, plus Bike-fit studios where a coaching service is also available along with a Physio Room.

Visit Bridgtown Cycles' website

Don't forget to vote!

Indie retailAs 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.

Site visitors have the opportunity to vote for their favourite Independent shop of the month, which will then have the honour of being recognised as the Independent Retailer of the Month throughout the whole of the UK.

Please support the ACT Shop of the Month by voting in the Independent Retailers Confederation (IRC) poll throughout the month

Click here to visit the site and vote for your favourite indie retailer.

If you are chosen as the ACT shop of the month, be sure to encourage your customers to visit indieretail.org and vote!

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