Freewheel Leeds has been closed by its owner, Simon Gershon of Orbit Cycles. Under its former name of Two Wheels Good, the shop was the breeding ground for journalists such as John Stevenson, former dep ed of MBUK, and Brant Richards

Bike shop that spawned MTB journos closes

In the early years of MBUK, half the mag seemed to be written by former staff members of Two Wheels Good, including Stevenson and Richards.

Some of them shared the same flat, a flat which included riders such as Deb Murrell.

The shop was later renamed Freewheel Leeds but had recently been underperforming.

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