Good NH LBS?
03-01-08, 09:51 PM
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Good NH LBS?
It's been suggested that we just go down to Boston to find a decent bike shop but, are there any closer to home? We've got two kids under 3 and that's just not conducive to the 2.5+ hour one way drive down to Boston just to wander around and get lost trying to find bike shops (not to mention a pain if we needed to go back for service or whatever). We live in the Sunapee area so, we're used to having travel to the Upper Valley or Concord/Manchester to do anything. We can handle a 45-60 min drive to find a decent shop, we just don't want to have to deal with Boston!
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I like the Goodales Nashua location, but there's a Concord and Hookset location as well.
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03-02-08, 08:40 PM
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There are four bike shops in Manchester:
The Bike Barn on South Commercial street.
The Alternative Bike Shop on Mast road.
Jakes Bike Shop on Kelley street.
Concord has Revolution Cycles and Eastern Mountain Sports, which I have read on other forums that say it has a good bike department.
Here is a link with some info:
https://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=383576
The Bike Barn on South Commercial street.
The Alternative Bike Shop on Mast road.
Jakes Bike Shop on Kelley street.
Concord has Revolution Cycles and Eastern Mountain Sports, which I have read on other forums that say it has a good bike department.
Here is a link with some info:
https://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=383576
03-03-08, 08:09 AM
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Thanks for the recommendations; I really appreciate them. We've checked out the Goodales in Concord and Hooksett. The guy in Hooksett was very helpful and also said that there were a lot more bikes down in the Nashua shop since that's their main warehouse. I'm still shopping around. 
03-08-08, 07:17 AM
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I just saw this thread - Nault's in Manchester has a good selection of Trek, Giant, Lemond. They have a very good selection of bikes, and some good closeout deals as well. Check out their site. https://www.naultsbikeshop.com/
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We hit up the Hooksett one today, and the saleswoman was quite good; we were pleased and will be heading back for some test rides next weekend--if we're not getting another foot of snow or 3 inches of rain that is.
