Hein Gericke (UK) back in business!

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Sleepyboy · #1 Post by **Sleepyboy** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:35 pm

Hein Gericke remains in the UK – Shops now open for business
The successful bid of the German Hein Gericke Group has seen the company come out of administration as of Saturday 8th September, with a commitment to retaining 16 of the original UK stores in the following locations:

Manchester, Stockwell, Southampton, Edinburgh, Farnborough, Gants Hill, Glasgow, Belfast, Maidstone, Preston, Leicester, Braintree, Aberdeen, Hanger Lane, Oxford and Chiswick

http://www.hein-gericke.co.uk/

Lets hope they manage to make sure there is stock in the shops this time....

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:41 pm

CURRENTLY THEY HAVE A 30% Off SALE

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:06 pm

Thats good news and i'm glad the Farnborough shop has managed to be saved from the axe.

flatlander · #4 Post by **flatlander** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:04 pm

Stu the 30 % I'm waiting till they go pop again I could only afford a helmet this time and could do with some other stuff

paddyz1 · #5 Post by **paddyz1** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:43 pm

Sounds like a way of getting rid of the shops that were not making a profit.

blinkey501 · #6 Post by **blinkey501** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:31 am

Doncaster shop was out of town on the outskirts and situated by a dual carriage way so it was not easy to get too.
Plus j and s in doncaster is thriving with a massive parking area so i agree with you paddy

robbier6 · #7 Post by **robbier6** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:37 am

it's good to hear they've not gone completely, but it seems they don't have a location covering herts, beds, bucks, which is a large geographic area, thought a shop in milton keynes may have worked for them?

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:43 am

Coventry is another area very badly covered by bike shops and bike clothing and accessory places.
Nearest HGs are 20miles away in Birminghan and Leicester .... crap rides to both of them and a 40mile round trip just to browse ain't going to happen.

You'd never have thought that this city used to be the centre of the world's motor cycle industry - in fact the motor industry in general.

Gio · #9 Post by **Gio** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:38 am

D-Rider wrote:Coventry is another area very badly covered by bike shops and bike clothing and accessory places.
Nearest HGs are 20miles away in Birminghan and Leicester .... crap rides to both of them and a 40mile round trip just to browse ain't going to happen.

You'd never have thought that this city used to be the centre of the world's motor cycle industry - in fact the motor industry in general.

Wasn't that Cowley?

D-Rider · #10 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:32 am

Gio wrote:
Wasn't that Cowley?

No!

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:37 pm

The German's have bought them? Last I read in Dealer News, Hein Gericke Gmbh had also gone into administration :-/

Seems not : http://investing.businessweek.com/rese ... Id=7336422

Reading or Southampton are my nearest ones, both in the middle of town and with crap parking :-/

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:32 pm

Nooj wrote:
Reading or Southampton are my nearest ones, both in the middle of town and with crap parking :-/

Has the Reading one moved then? Last time I was there it was right along the Oxford Road.

Aladinsaneuk · #13 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:38 pm

i think the 30% off is the amount of stores left....

and the norwich one was good - and i am sad to see it go as i may be forced to use CJ Balls - and as I have told the man himself CJ stands for Cunt Judas - money grabbing tosser that he is.... he ripped me off badly when i was 17... but I did get him back - spent several hours buying a top of the range bike a few years ago - kept adding extras etc - had a huge wad of drinking vouchers that was being waved around - he was almost gibbering as he almost came with the delight of such a big sale..... then i remembered where i had met him - well, thats what I said as i told him to fuck off as even if he had my dream bike, i would rather suck semen from a dead sailors cock than ever buy anything from him....

one advantage of drama school was the ability to project my voice through the whole store....

randomsquid · #14 Post by **randomsquid** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:33 pm

I saw a great example of shitty dealer revenge once.
One of the local ones (bunch of krunts) used to leave the keys to all the bikes on the shop floor in the back light.
Someone broke in, smashed all the lights, took all the keys. So that's about 40 lock sets, and fitting, and lenses.

bert · #15 Post by **bert** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:36 am

"Aladinsaneuk" you could try acesport up by the airport,all the usual stuff at a fair bit cheaper.
http://www.acesport.co.uk/