Ever so recently I decided to buy a bicycle to accompany my already bike mad boyfriend on rides out. We browsed most of the bike shops in york and finally decided on buying from Fulford cycles. What set them aside from the other shops, apart from the huge and varied range of shiny (bike porn) as my boyfriend calls it, was the helpfulness of the staff and the attention to detail in finding the right bike for me. Most of the other bike shops just pulled a bike from the rack asked me to sit on it and after lowering the seat said yeah !thats the bike for you and that was it. At Fulford cycles they asked which kind of bike I was after, how much riding did I expect to do where I would mainly be cycling etc so as to get a bigger picture of bike style and spec. Once I had decided on the bike (mountain bike) I was then measured for seat height, distance from bars (reach). they tried various stem length to find the right one and then even replaced saddle for a more comfortable one. Even the tyres were changed for me to a more town riding hybrid style. Basically I got a tailor made bike.Overall I was very impressed with the shop, very clean well set out, lots of stock, very friendly, knowledgable staff. read more