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n 1984 George and Janice Watson made the decision to open a bike shop and armed with just a £1,500 bank loan, they set up Ballynure Cycles in the small village of Ballynure in Northern Ireland.

"Janice and I had always been keen cyclists and used to spend holidays touring on our bikes," says George, and with him also having a great level of mechanical experience after spending his youth working on cars and motorbikes they were ideally positioned to create a great little family bike business.

After some great years in Ballynure, the next obvious step to progress the business was a move to the larger neighbouring town of Ballyclare with a much bigger catchment area. There was no bike shop in the town, and so, in 1989, a suitable premises was found and the first big move took place.