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New jobs created by £1 million investment in Wetherby cycle megastore as Grand Depart looms

A Yorkshire cycling business has announced a £1m investment in a second store in Wetherby.

The company plans to open a new 9,000sq ft unit at Audby Lane on the outskirts of Wetherby creating four new jobs.

Originally established in 1907, £3 millon turnover retailer All Terrain Cycles already has a successful retail outlet at Salts Mill, Saltaire in Shipley, as well as a thriving online business.

All Terrain Cycles managing director Tony Booth: “With a heritage of over a hundred years, this is our biggest ever expansion and a really exciting development for the business.

“It is particularly fitting that we are opening our second store just a month before the greatest cycle race in the world descends on Yorkshire.”

“The region has an active and growing cycling fraternity which will get another boost from the Grand Depart and many enthusiasts will be delighted to find they now have one of the UK’s largest and best equipped bike stores within easy reach.”

Selling many of the leading brands such as Trek and Cannondale, the store will stock over 1,000 mountain, road and BMX bikes as well as clothing and accessories.

Work is already underway on the extensive refurbishment of the unit with the first phase due for completion in May when the ground floor of the showroom and workshop will open.

All Terrain Cycles is a family business employing 20 staff. Originally trading as Riley Brothers Cycles, the firm traded from premises in Crosshills until the move to Salts Mill in 2007.

The business was acquired from the Riley family by Mr Booth in 1996 and has grown from a turnover of £45,000 in 1995 to over £3m in 2013.

The firm is one of the UK’s largest independent cycle retailer, and as well as the Saltaire showroom, also has a 12,000 sq ft warehouse at Salts Mill that is the base for the firm’s thriving e-commerce business.

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