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Cyclestreets.net is a brilliant little website for bicyclists. Just enter where you are and where you want to go and it will take you a proper cyclists route, tell you the distance, how quiet or otherwiseit will be and how many calories you will burn completing it.
This is extraordinary. You can actually choose a route to avoid unnecessary hills. Excellent for the part-time cyclist!
Bicycle Shops or Bicycle Accessories Outlets or Cycle Repairers
WHEELBASE North East
100 Bondgate, Darlington DL3 7LB, UK – 01325 352255
After having a couple of bad experiences with two other bike shops Wheelbase Darlington is a breath of fresh air. Very helpful staff and manager, with good communication. Excellent bike shop. I will be visiting again. Five star experience.
I was riding 8 miles from Osmotherly in the North Yorks Moors with no phone signal when my chain snapped. Ian from Wheel Base was cycling by as we limped towards Osmotherly (where there is no bike repair facility but presumably a bus stop) and stopped with his partner Sandy and repaired my chain and gave expert advice on nursing the bike to our destination at Darlington Railway Station. I would have no hesitation in using Wheel Base. Thank you Ian for being a Good Samaritan and saving my day and I think I need those maintenance lesson which you run at Wheel Base
Bike Stop Darlington
31 Skinnergate, Darlington DL3 7NR, UK – 01325 788857
A really helpful shop, offering good advice and very good service.
Bike Parking is amazing and convienent! Staff are friendly and helpful
The Iron Horse Cyclery
10 Clarks Yard, Darlington DL3 7QH, UK – 01325 284500
Always knowledgable and quick repair service
Cycle Hire
Halfords - Darlington Store
Russell St, Darlington DL1 1TB, UK – 01325 358817
Fantastic service with knowledgeable and helpful staff . Thanks Tom , car seat is just fantastic keeps my grandson safe and looks good too , your a star :)
Went into Halfords to look at bikes for Xmas the young lad we saw was really helpful so I bought one will go there again
Europcar Darlington
24 Chesnut St, Darlington DL1 1QL, UK – 0371 384 3451
Very hard to find the entrance - we circled the block before we got the correct, narrow street. (The entrance is NOT as depicted on Google Streetview - the Streetview shows the back of the building; access is via the parallel street). Helpful staff, but a 25 min delay as there was a customer in front of us.
Unusually long wait today, but otherwise no issues.
Europcar UK Ltd
Bank Top, Darlington DL1 4AA, UK – 0871 384 9900
Bicycling Safety Video
Lots of little tips you might not have thought of - from Ireland.