Mastercraft Cycles

01/06/2025

01/06/2025

Wow! What a wonderful send off we had yesterday. THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who took the time to call in and wish us well in our retirement and also to send messages on Facebook etc.
Nigel and I were totally overwhelmed by the gifts that we received and all the cards and well wishes.
It’s been emotional today reading all the cards and arranging all the flowers! What wonderful customers and friends we have. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for all your support over the numerous years years that we have known you.

Hopefully we may see some of you around when we are out and about in our beautiful county exploring on our Electric Bikes!!

Lots of love from Lynette and Nigel and remember
- “Keep Cycling”! Xx

31/05/2025

Plus of course lots of other absolute bargains!

31/05/2025

It’s our last day today!
Everything left is now
50% Off sale price
That means we have road tyres from as little as £4.50!

30/05/2025

Take a further l0% off all sale prices on all remaining stock for these last 2 days!

29/05/2025

We have 2 days left and still many interesting items at Rock Bottom prices!
Open Friday and Saturday and then that’s it folks….the end of an era!
Pop in on Saturday for some cake and a drink and of course- a reminisce!
See you then. X

27/05/2025

27/05/2025

4 days left to get a serious bargain! We still have a few half price wheels, Bottom brackets for £5, Seat posts for £2.50, gear hangers for £3, wheel skewers for £1, Absolute give away’s on Brompton bits including reflective bag covers.
There are a few cassettes left at great prices and some front and rear derailleurs from £3.
Odd tyres now from £1.
Black Jack tyres 26” are two for £22.99.

Lots of other goodies too numerous to mention but please pop by to have a mooch!

26/05/2025

This is the last bike that’s left before we close our doors on Saturday. *Isn’t she a beauty!*
If you would like to be the new proud owner, we are open tomorrow from 9am. Why not pop by and see if she fits?
❤️

24/05/2025

It’s been a very busy day today. Lots of customers getting fabulous bargains as we enter into our last week of trading. 😄
Nigel and I will be back in on Tuesday and we still have wheels, a few tyres, front and rear derailleurs, a few cassettes, lots of Brompton cables and Brompton bits and bobs.
There are bargains to be had on some inner tubes, brake blocks. Disc pads are mostly £1 a pair. Wheel skewers, hollow axles, bike racks, cartridge bottom brackets (£5) each , headsets all greatly reduced. Cat Eye computers- 2 left at half price. Etc etc…
See you Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday for the last of the absolute give aways. Saturday will be drinks and cakes as we edge into our retirement! Pop by if you can make it. .🍰🧁🍻🥂🥃
Shop fittings will also be for sale. Offers invited.
Our handsome manekin has now found a lovely new home! X

23/05/2025

It’s our last week and we have even greater bargains!
Disc brake pads mostly £1 pair.
Mineral and Dot oils £2/£3.
Last few tyres all half price or less.
Headsets 75% off.
26” presta tubes now £1.00 for two.
Ladies new Raleigh Willow- £200 off.
Brake blocks now all half price or less. Etc etc…..
plus, we have a very fetching male manekin for sale for just £20!
Open this Saturday and Tuesday to Saturday next week. Pop in before it’s too late!!! X

17/05/2025

🚲 A Fond Farewell from Mastercraft Cycles 🚲

Mastercraft Cycles was founded back in 1953 by the current owner’s father – Eddie Thompson. Eddie was well known in the cycling fraternity for being a pretty good racing cyclist and his particular passion was Cyclo Cross. He was also quite well known as “Mr Mastercraft” and was always ready to help and advise on bike repairs or the suitability of a new bicycle for his well thought of customers.

The business was successful and Eddie eventually brought in his wife Sylvia and later daughter Lynette also joined the team.
In 2000 Eddie and Sylvia decided that the time was right to take a well earned retirement after running the show for 47 years, and passed the business over to Lynette and son in law Nigel.

Nigel and Lynette continued to run the shop in a very similar manner with the exception of having to install a computer system of course! There was a plan to update from the old “open all hours” till to a more modern electronic system but it never happened and the OLD TILL is still being used to this day! Lynette says that they receive great comments about it most days. “People just love it and are so pleased to see that it is still in use”.

Having successfully continued with the cycle shop for 25 years, Nigel and Lynette have decided that the time is now right for them to retire. Lynette said that it has been wonderful serving the people of Hereford and beyond and we have some fabulous memories to take away with us. It hasn’t always been plain sailing but on the whole we wouldn’t have changed what we did for the past 25 years for anything.

Nigel and Lynette would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all customers, past and present, for their tremendous support over all these years. We really couldn’t have stayed so long without you all.

Drop in to check out our closing down sale with many items vastly reduced, some by up to 75% !

Our last day will be Saturday 31st May and everyone is invited to join us for a drink (and maybe a bit of cake)! From 10am onwards.
Hopefully we shall see some of you then . Please pop by if you can make it.