My injury means I've had to close my beloved Fylde coast cycle shop
“We’re very grateful to everybody who has supported us over the years.”
A much loved cycle shop on the Fylde coast has announced its closure after 22 years of trading after one of the co-owners has been left ‘struggling’ with a serious injury.
Fylde Discount Cycles, located on New Lane in Thornton, will close its doors for the first time in 22 years next week after its owners have decided to sell up and move on.
Stuart and Debs Parkinson have co-owned Fylde Discount Cycles for over 22 years, but recently made the difficult decision to sell because of a worsening shoulder injury to Stuart.
Co-owner Debs explained: “The only reason we are closing is because of an injury to Stuart. He’s got very damaged shoulders now and has been struggling for some time, and it’s got to the stage where we need to do something. It’s been a difficult decision, but unfortunately it’s got to that point where we need to make a change.
“The business has been for sale for about 18 months, but nobody wanted to take it on. We’ve only ever had interest in the building, so that’s why we’re now doing that and selling the building, unfortunately. We did try to find somebody who would take it on, but we’ve not really had any interest in the business itself.”
Fylde Discount Cycles was set up in 2004 and has established itself as one of the best cycle repair shops on the Fylde Coast.
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Alongside selling and repairing bicycles, the shop was also well known for trading lawnmowers and other small gardening machines.
Debs added: “We’re going to take some time out and think about what we want to do and where we want to be. Maybe 12 months travelling is the plan at some point, but maybe not this year. We just want to have some time to think about what comes next.
“We’d just like to say, thank you very much to everybody for the last 22 years. It’s been a long time and we’re going to miss them. The business was owned by my brother-in-law before us, so there's been a lot of history here. We’re very grateful to everybody who has supported us over the years.”