Goat Cycles is a bike shop and workshop at 93 Barrington Street in Somerfield, Christchurch. It opened in August 2017 as a workshop-focused store, with a particular interest in mountain bikes and bikepacking. The shop now sells bikes across mountain, bikepacking, gravel, commuter and cargo categories, along with parts and accessories. The website says it stocks Evil and Surly, and that it is a Fox certified service centre. It also stocks lesser-known brands alongside the major names. Its workshop invests in training and specialist tools, and it describes its repairs as high quality. Customers mention new brakes, urgent repairs, skilled mechanics and polite staff most often.
Customers say the staff explained things clearly and gave practical advice, including to a rider who is not confident with mechanics. One customer whose bike arrived packed carefully, with easy instructions, said the whole process was excellent. Another came in with a brake problem on their first visit and had a positive experience. One reviewer felt the staff were average on two visits and that the shop gives off a top-end feel, though they added that it serves that market well and is in a good location. Among the other bike shop within a kilometre, Basic Bikes, 0.9 km away, rates 4.3 from 84 reviews, and of the two nearby shops with ten or more reviews, none rates higher than Goat Cycles.