Dave Kane Cycles

Dave Kane cycles is a great bicycle shop located in Ballyhackamore.I was recently looking for bikes for my girlfriends birthday, and I stumbled upon this place when I was taking some photos to post to Yelp, and it turned out to be an excellent accident!
Dave Kane Cycles have vast knowledge and experience of all aspects of cycling The shop's owner Dave was actually an elite cyclist for a long number of years back in the 70s so the man knows what he is talking about, and the other staff also have distinguished cycling knowledge and abilities!
This place is perhaps best suited to the more professional cyclist, as there a wide range of road racing bikes and biking equipment, but the advice I got here was very helpful for helpoing me purchase my bike elsewhere!The shop contains a huge range of accessories like shoes, waterproofs, bike maintanainance materials and even GPS monitors!
To go with the professional equipment and service the prices are wuite high, but I suspect that you are getting what you pay for in here!From what I have seen in the last few years, cycling in Northern Ireland has been growing a lot, as evidenced by far more cycle routes and the large amount of near misses I have had on the road!(I joke, I actually am a careful and considerate driver!)To those people, I would recommend this shop with no hesitation!

I love my bike, and the general consensus is that Dave Kane Cycles love theirs too. My lovely bike had a puncture, so after looking online and seeing that this place did repairs I wheeled my two-wheeled baby down the road to get her fixed. When I went in, one of the guys was on the phone chatting about recent races and didn't so much as look up. Eventually someone else emerged from the back and I explained my predicament. He was less than impressed and didn't seem remotely keen to have a look, saying they didn't do that sort of thing. I gathered up all the charm I could, explaining their website said they did repairs, and he shuffled out the back to see if he had a tube for me.
My bike was not cheap, I use it all the time, but it has a basket on the front, gasp! The feeling I got from this place was that I wasn't a proper cyclist, nor was I about to spend three grand on a bike you can lift with one finger, so my business wasn't interesting. Reluctantly he fixed it, and I went back in to pay, where the other guy was still on the phone, and made no effort to finish his call even though the card machine wouldn't work until he did. Thirty quid down I left feeling I had been a chore, and having heard nothing but glowing reviews about the passion of the place I was somewhat disappointed. Maybe they just had a bad day, but I'll be hesitant to try them out again, sadly.