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Chain Reaction Cycles (sometimes known as CRC, CR or Chain) is an online retail website selling sporting goods focusing mainly around cycling. Currently based in Doagh, in Northern Ireland, Chain Reaction Cycles is the largest online bike shop in the world. Chain Reaction Cycles started out as a small bike shop named Ballynure Cycles which was opened in 1985 by the Watson family. The current website has multi lingual and currency options including currencies for the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and China. Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross, road cycling,Triathlon and Running equipment.

History
In 1984 George and Janice Watson made the decision to open a bike shop. This saw George leave his job in the road service in exchange for the selling and repairing bicycles. A £1500 bank load was used to set up Ballynure Cycles in the small village of Ballynure in Northern Ireland. The business moved to larger premises in Ballyclare in 1989 to take advantage of a bigger catchment area, with the name of the shop changing to Ballyclare Cycles. During this time the Watson family organised some of the first ever downhill races in Ireland and put together the first ever Northern Ireland Downhill series. As business continued to grow a mail order service was created and adverts were placed in cycling publications. In 1998 a decision was made to move location once again, this time to a warehouse that would cater for more stock as the increase in orders through the mail order service began to grow and shop displays had to give way to new kit. In late 1999 the registered domain name www.ChainReactionCycles.com was launched and the first version of the Chain Reaction Cycles website was made live. From these early days of ecommerce the business grew year on year into the world’s largest online bike store with 2011 revenues at Chain Reaction Cycles increasing on the previous year by 25 per cent to £136.4 million (€170 million).

Products
Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross and road cycling. The website also stocks Triathlon, Moto X, Running and Swimming equipment. The first ever sale was a chain link sold for 11p chain. Chain Reaction Cycles currently offers 90,000 bike and cycling accessories and processes 6,000 orders a day. Chain Reaction is the Royal Mail’s largest customer in Northern Ireland and Parcel Force’s largest export account. The website receives around 1.5 million hits a month  and is considered the most visited cycling website in the UK.

Sponsored riders
Chain Reaction Cycles sponsor various cycle teams in several different disciplines including the CRC/Nukeproof downhill mountain biking team, the CRC/Vitus road cycling team and CRC/BMX team.

Chain Reaction Cycles
Chain Reaction Cycles (sometimes known as CRC, CR or Chain) is an online retail website selling sporting goods focusing mainly around cycling. Currently based in Doagh, in Northern Ireland, Chain Reaction Cycles is the largest online bike shop in the world. Chain Reaction Cycles started out as a small bike shop named Ballynure Cycles which was opened in 1985 by the Watson family. The current website has multi lingual and currency options including currencies for the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and China. Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross, road cycling,Triathlon and Running equipment.

History
In 1984 George and Janice Watson made the decision to open a bike shop. This saw George leave his job in the road service in exchange for the selling and repairing bicycles. A £1500 bank load was used to set up Ballynure Cycles in the small village of Ballynure in Northern Ireland. The business moved to larger premises in Ballyclare in 1989 to take advantage of a bigger catchment area, with the name of the shop changing to Ballyclare Cycles. During this time the Watson family organised some of the first ever downhill races in Ireland and put together the first ever Northern Ireland Downhill series. As business continued to grow a mail order service was created and adverts were placed in cycling publications. In 1998 a decision was made to move location once again, this time to a warehouse that would cater for more stock as the increase in orders through the mail order service began to grow and shop displays had to give way to new kit. In late 1999 the registered domain name www.ChainReactionCycles.com was launched and the first version of the Chain Reaction Cycles website was made live. From these early days of ecommerce the business grew year on year into the world’s largest online bike store with 2011 revenues at Chain Reaction Cycles increasing on the previous year by 25 per cent to £136.4 million (€170 million).

Products
Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross and road cycling. The website also stocks Triathlon, Moto X, Running and Swimming equipment. The first ever sale was a chain link sold for 11p chain. Chain Reaction Cycles currently offers 90,000 bike and cycling accessories and processes 6,000 orders a day. Chain Reaction is the Royal Mail’s largest customer in Northern Ireland and Parcel Force’s largest export account. The website receives around 1.5 million hits a month  and is considered the most visited cycling website in the UK.

Sponsored riders
Chain Reaction Cycles sponsor various cycle teams in several different disciplines including the CRC/Nukeproof downhill mountain biking team, the CRC/Vitus road cycling team and CRC/BMX team.

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Chain Reaction Cycles (sometimes known as CRC, CR or Chain) is an online retail website selling sporting goods focusing mainly around cycling. Currently based in Doagh, in Northern Ireland, Chain Reaction Cycles is the largest online bike shop in the world. Chain Reaction Cycles started out as a small bike shop named Ballynure Cycles which was opened in 1985 by the Watson family. The current website has multi lingual and currency options including currencies for the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and China. Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross, road cycling,Triathlon and Running equipment.

History
In 1984 George and Janice Watson made the decision to open a bike shop. This saw George leave his job in the road service in exchange for the selling and repairing bicycles. A £1500 bank load was used to set up Ballynure Cycles in the small village of Ballynure in Northern Ireland. The business moved to larger premises in Ballyclare in 1989 to take advantage of a bigger catchment area, with the name of the shop changing to Ballyclare Cycles. During this time the Watson family organised some of the first ever downhill races in Ireland and put together the first ever Northern Ireland Downhill series. As business continued to grow a mail order service was created and adverts were placed in cycling publications. In 1998 a decision was made to move location once again, this time to a warehouse that would cater for more stock as the increase in orders through the mail order service began to grow and shop displays had to give way to new kit. In late 1999 the registered domain name www.ChainReactionCycles.com was launched and the first version of the Chain Reaction Cycles website was made live. From these early days of ecommerce the business grew year on year into the world’s largest online bike store with 2011 revenues at Chain Reaction Cycles increasing on the previous year by 25 per cent to £136.4 million (€170 million).

Products
Chain Reaction Cycles specialise in selling equipment and apparel for various disciplines of cycling including mountain biking, BMX, cyclocross and road cycling. The website also stocks Triathlon, Moto X, Running and Swimming equipment. The first ever sale was a chain link sold for 11p chain. Chain Reaction Cycles currently offers 90,000 bike and cycling accessories and processes 6,000 orders a day. Chain Reaction is the Royal Mail’s largest customer in Northern Ireland and Parcel Force’s largest export account. The website receives around 1.5 million hits a month  and is considered the most visited cycling website in the UK.

Sponsored riders
Chain Reaction Cycles sponsor various cycle teams in several different disciplines including the CRC/Nukeproof downhill mountain biking team, the CRC/Vitus road cycling team and CRC/BMX team.