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@Velocio
It feels to me, like Wiggle and Chain Reaction have had a diminishing range of stock over the years... having started out with everything you could imagine, they've worked out what the masses want and have been steadily reducing the range and focusing more on their own-brand stuff (like DHB clothing for Wiggle, or FWE tools for Evans, etc).
I end up searching for what I feel are fairly basic things from a whole range of places, be it SJS, Tredz, Starbike, etc.
I can deal with the fact that for clothing and bags going direct to Rapha, Assos, Vulpine, Mission Workshop, etc is the best.
I basically think, really? 2016, and I have to scour what feels like a load of online shops to find a bog standard battery powered rear light (as I did earlier).
So come on, what shops are the ones you really recommend and use most? The one that you know has the components and accessories that aren't just crappy commuter things.