Madgetts Cycles

28/05/2026

Another hot day out there, great for getting on the bikes but it's important to keep up with proper hydration (and no, not in the beer garden with Sean)
Water is great but adding tabs to help with lost electrolytes on hot days like today ate essential. Pop in and stock up before everyone else does.

23/05/2026

Another lovely warm, sunny day out there, and it's a bank holiday too, something can't be right.
Just a reminder that we will be shut on Monday and back open to normal opening hours Tuesday (9am-1pm) but just a thought for the weekend.

With the sun coming out, lighter evenings and mornings, our manager was riding in this morning enjoying his all so long commute of 1.2 miles (lives in Roydon) thinking, why don't more people do this, maybe a bit biased as all staff here love to cycle, but it's a great way to start the day, bit of fresh air in our lungs and a nice wake up before starting work.

We know it's not possible for everyone to cycle as they might live too far away from work or have to use a van for tools or car for school runs on their way into work. But if there is a chance you could use the bike to cycle in, even of from one end of town to the other, we would recommend it, not just because we are a bike shop, but it is a great way to achieve a few things.

1 - It can save a lot of money, £4 a day to park the car in town, working only 4 days a week during the summer months, lets say 4 days a week May to August is 17 weeks, lets say 5 weeks are raining and not great to cycle in that's 12 weeks, £4 a day for 4 days, all in that is £192 just in parking, no fuel added to that.
2 - Great for the environment and a good way to become carbon neutral, the bicycle is one of the most efficient modes of transport ever made.
3 - Will be less motor traffic on the roads
4 - After a summer of cycling in to work you will feel a great accomplishment.
5 - does wonders for physical and mental health.

Like I said not everyone could cycle in, some might not be able to get their current bike road worthy or afford the new bike you might need to make it a pleasant and efficient journey into work, and we get that, but there are government schemes to help with this, one of which is Cycle to Work, where the cost of a new bike, no matter the value, is spread over a 12 month period and taken from your wages before tax so its lowering your taxable income straight away, saving you money as well as spreading the cost over 12 months.

It might take a little longer to get in and you might feel a bit rusty or vulnerable, but the more you do it the faster you will become and it really wont take long to get into the routine of leaving a few minutes earlier, and the nervousness of feeling vulnerable and not so confident on the roads will soon fade away, and in reality even if you are going 5mph you are still going faster than you would be sitting in stationary traffic.

So it saves a good amount of money, makes you feel a sense of accomplishment, grows confidence and is great for mental health.

Pop in and chat to us with any questions on cycling into work and we will help you out as best as we can.

22/05/2026

More than just your local bike shop, we have new and 2nd hand bikes in stock, parts, accessories and clothing. But most bike shops do that as well.
So why are we more than just the local shop? We thrive in helping not just riders eyeing up their summer events but help to promote the events too, we have 100 years of history and knowledge and still work on bikes from the same age with pride and passion. We have a free library of books for customers to help themselves to. We listen to our customers needs and make sure they are comfortable with everything we are telling them about.
Sounds old fashioned, but that's us. So whatever you are in the market for, new bits, accessories, advice or information, pop in and chat to us.

20/05/2026

Hello all, how are you? Hope your all having a good week, its another Bank holiday on Monday so we will be shut, but we have plenty of spares, parts and accessories if you need them for your weekend projects.
Pop in and browse all our spares.

15/05/2026

We love seing people out on bikes and we try our best to be competitive with pricing too, we have some big sales on right now.
Yeah you might be able to save a few quid going online, but what you get coming into a proper shop that has over 100 years if history, talking to staff with over 70 years experience between them, having a place to go to if things go wrong, need looking at, servicing as well as advice, hints and tips, the few quid extra you might have saved goes a lot further.

14/05/2026

We at the shop love the older bikes and this is going to be a fun event, so pencil in TPR Events pedal retro on Saturday the 27th June, lots of different routes for all abilities, special guests Dan Bigham and Alex Dowsett, and plenty of bikes to look at.
Check out the events website below...

https://tprevents.co.uk/product/pedal-retro/

09/05/2026

A really good read on something that is so close to us, not just physically as in up the road, but for our customers and even staff, Sean raced here for a while as do some of our customers race here at the present, as well as being good friends with Ken and Dan.
Hit the link to read the story on how much work goes into organising racing, but what it brings together.

https://thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2026/05/02/dan-bigham-ken-jolliffe-and-the-fragile-art-of-keeping-racing-alive/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRrxIVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF5Z2liZlRxYjg2azM0dkFvc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtwwVqz-gPvzXTt-x0eahR1XUZ3IwJpNE4XXLV69znPqoA2BHRPuYUnxqafo_aem_DCG1y1UwXq50LbaotKFukg

At Hethel, Lotus is not only a memory of carbon monocoques, Chris Boardman and Olympic gold. It is also a Tuesday-night race league, kept alive by volunteers and stubborn belief. Now Dan Bigham has…

07/05/2026

Hello all, how are you? We sure have been busy here at the shop. So busy thay we haven't posted on social media of a while.
Workshop has been busy but don't let that stop you from getting your needed repairs and servicing in.
Has some new bikes delivered and built ready to go and a few sales on too.
So pop down and see us, bring your bikes in and make sure you keep us busy, we hate to see Sean slack off.

24/04/2026

Happy Friday all, hope you are having a good week. It has been a while, so let's have some fun, you know what to do.

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