About Us
Martin, still having the odd go at racing !
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Run by cyclists, for cyclists
Websters Cycles was started in 1992 by brothers Darryl & Martin Webster, both of whom were former international riders. Darryl had been a multi national champion on road & track winning 20+ national titles & competing in world & olympic games.Martin was more of a team man & had been national champion in the Team pursuit & team time trial .In 1992 Darryl had just finished a pro contract with the spanish Teka team & Martin had been laid off from his carpentry job, it was the kick up the ass they both needed to start something that had often been talked about...
Getting Started...
Being a new shop can often be difficult to get some of the more well known brands, particulary cycles but we managed to team up with KHS, an American brand new to the uk. With their bikes getting rave reviews they soon helped to get us established.. In 92/93 KHS was one of THE bikes to have, but after a couple of years their popularity dwindled to the point that they stopped being imported. However they had served us well, with other brands now knocking on our door to take their bikes...
SCOTT & SPECIALIZED come on board
At the end of 95 Darryl & Martin decided to seperate with Martin becoming the sole owner,this coincided with a move to larger premises on London road and the taking on of Scott bikes and the following year Specialized, which today are still our main brands for bikes.!
Need a Brompton?!
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We don't just sell road
Quite the contrary , we stock a large range of both road and mountain bikes and if you can't find what you want here then younger brother Alex sells Hybrids,Folding cycles,Bmx and electric cycles from the Leicester Bike Park in the centre of Leicester
& we don't just sell bikes
No, we repair them as well .Any make, any model. Need a wheel rebuild....fine, we pride ourselves on the quality of our wheelbuilding service for which we have a great reputation. Need a fork service, no problem there's not many our mechanic and keen mtn biker (Graham) hasn't done. and unlike some stores we aim for a very fast turn around for our repairs,often same day but mostly within 48hrs. We once rang a customer up, half a hour after he ordered a new wheel to say it was ready.!
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