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Welcome to the UK's largest Cycle Store. We stock one of the UK's biggest selections of bikes from 15 of the world’s best brands like Trek, Cannondale, Cube, Cervelo, Brompton, Santa Cruz, Scott, Orbea, Whyte and Yeti to name but a few. Plus, the very best in clothing and equipment to help you enjoy the ride.
Today we are Wheelbase.co.uk, Wheelbase Lake District, Wheelbase Darlington and Wheelbase Yorkshire. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and friendly store for everyone who loves cycling, whether that be road cycling, mountain biking, touring, commuting, family riding or e-Bikes.
We are a team united by a passion for bikes and we have a wide range of cycling experience amongst our sales staff, mechanics and mail order team.
Our passion for cycling is invested back into the sport through the sponsorship and support of our British Elite road race team Wheelbase CabTech Castelli.
Now in its 12th year, we hold our annual MTB demo weekend in April, attracting up to 250 riders to our Lake District store, often in spite of the wet Cumbrian weather. We have a great community of cyclists here in the Lake District and there are plenty of events going on throughout the year, including the Fred Whitton Challenge in May and 3 Valleys Challenge in June. We offer backing to local organisations where possible and are great supporters of Kendal Cycle Club and Fix the Fells.
Visit us online at www.WHEELBASE.co.uk or in one of our three stores in the Lake District, North East and Yorkshire.
Contact us via Customer CareMill Yard, LA8 9LR, Staveley, United Kingdom
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Very good communication and bike was packaged extremely well. You can tell they take pride in their work.
Delivery time and communication good, well packaged, and item great price.

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From order right up until the delivery, the service was excellent. Really nice comms from an actual human who was super helpful. Then, the delivery day came.
I got a delivery window from 8am - 6pm on a Friday. No huge stress but then my phone rings at 5:45pm, from someone who can barely speak, let alone English. We live up a driveway and despite artic lorries being able to turn around at the top, this man and his van decided it was a task he didn't want to tackle, and refused to drive up it. After 5 minutes of me explaining that he can drive up and turn around, he finally agreed to not drop £4k's worth of Bikes of at the bottom of a hill for me to lug up on my own...
Fast forward 3-5 minutes of horrific driving/manovering whilst he swore and chuntered away to himself, he decided the task wasn't for him, and told me he's not doing it.
He then flung open the van doors and suggested I pull the two boxed bikes out myself - both of which were upside down - despite the box clearly stating 'WRONG WAY UP'.
The guy was incredibly rude as he demanded a signature and then drove off at breakneck speed.
When you're spending quite literally, thousands of hard earned money on something, the LAST thing you should expect is this type of experience. Wheelbase, the incredible service before delivery, is almost all but forgotten due to the lack of care in your delivery services.

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Purchase process very slick, item arrived on time and well communicated with tracking options. Invoice and packaging all good.

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I had already decided on the make, model and size of the bike I wanted.
Several online retailers had the bike in stock, Wheelbase had the most competitive pricing, including delivery.
I contacted 3 retailers to establish if the bike was in stock and the projected delivery time.
Wheelbase staff were easily the most informed and informative, I ‘rang’ them ( on my phone !) rather than email or message, each time I spoke to one of their team who were all able to progress the purchase and delivery without unnecessary delays.
The bike arrived on time extremely well packed AND completely assembled and functional ( front wheel, seatpost and pedals were all that needed doing)
First class service from people, not bots or outsourced call centres or AI
Highly recommended
Thank you

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Arrived within 48 hours. Top quality jacket at a bargain price.

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Easy to find and order what I was looking for on website,fast despatch and arrived well packaged, only let down by Royal Mail taking 48hrs to deliver24hr service but not wheelbase fault and I would order from Wheelbase again.

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Brilliant ordered and product delivered very quickly !

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What a great company to deal with, the bike arrived when they said it would ,they are professional and friendly.
Although the bike was slightly damaged on arrival, ( I suspect not a fault of theirs ) My complaint was dealt with immediately and I was reimbursed straight away for repair costs, I wouldn't hesitate to deal with them in the future

Reply from Wheelbase
Fantastic, swift service, excellebt customer service when an issue raised, certainly be a returning custimer 😃

Reply from Wheelbase
Absolutely brilliant and hassle free experience, within 1 week of placing my order the bike was delivered to my door, had 2 calls from to keep me updated on what was going on also.

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Highly recommended and amazing service.
Had a problem with the order going through twice,the next day received a phone call querying the order and checking that if it was a mistake..upon verifying that it was they refunded one of the orders and proceeded to send out the other...excellent service,will definitely be using this company more often.
Having recently purchased wheels tyres and tpms sensors, I am delighted with all and need to re assure anyone that has probs with tpms light on? Don't panic as Wheelbase will sort it all out for you and all very easy. I recommend them in all areas. Thank you all at Wheelbase.
Great product, very easy to navigate web site and zero issues placing and paying for my order.
the price was very competitive and the delivery time was exceptional
Found what I wanted at a great price and delivery was super quick. Really happy!
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