The useful things thread

[BobCatMax]

After Jon posted up about the powder coaters in Horsham, I thought we should have a sticky thread for all items useful in the South East?

You know, good LBS, bad ones, powder coaters ,enamellers particularly bike-friendly pubs..that kind of thing?

Add the to the thread and I'll manage them in a list in this first post

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LBS'

Quest Adventure - http://www.questadventure.co.uk/

Always helpful, even though i don't spent much there..

amazingly helpful, all very sound people, bit on the pricey side though

Michaels Cycles, South Farm Road, Worthing.

Just north of the level crossing. Closed wed, but has old school suff, though a bit pricey.

City Cycles Chichester 44 Bognor Road, Chichester PO19 7TG - 01243 539992 - www.citycycleschichester.co.uk


Blazing Saddles Rustington - http://www.blazingsaddlescycles.co.uk/

Highly recommended!

Berkshire Cycles, Crowthorne - Close to Swinley Forest (less than a 10min drive) and open Sundays

Been using them for years always willing to offer discounts and generally a good bunch.

Baker Street Bikes - http://www.bakerstbikes.co.uk

friendly and helpful and helped me out loads in the past few years. I walk past other bike shops to get there.

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Pubs

Seldon Arms - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.preston13/seldenarms/

Welcomes cyclists, and the landlady rides Muddy Fox and Scott.

Cricketers, Broadwater - http://www.useyourlocal.com/pubs/BN14+9DE/cricketers/q/ref-376/

Good garden for safe bike storage. Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club meets in broadwater Parish Rooms next door on Tuesday nights.

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Powdercoating, Enamelling, Anodising and stuff

JR Finshright, Foundry Lane,Horsham,West Sussex,RH13 5PX -

A great job, masked off canti bosses, steerer thread and crown race without being asked and are a nice bunch of chaps to boot

Great job, blasted and powder coated for £40

Ele-Flex - Quarry Lane, Chichester,Sussex, PO19 8NY - 01243 782205
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BJ Anodising (Brighton) Ltd - 10, Dyke Road Mews, Dyke Rd, Brighton

Another helpful lot if you erm, well, need some ano.

Chris Smith Restoration, Unit 3 Saxon Works, Olive Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 5LE - 01273 420024 - business card link

Chris Smith Restorations is a fantastic place, the sort of business that perhaps once existed in every high street in the country at one time, an Aladin's Cave of curios, from torpedos, to candelabras, to minature cannons that fire shotgun cartirdges, the air thick with the smell of freshly polished brass and cutting fluid.
I left the frame, not expecting too much, but sure enough a couple of weeks later when I phoned they were surprised I hadn't been earlier to collect. The cost was a paltry £10, I can't recommend them highly enough.

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

Yes wee can If you create a list I will make a sticky for it.

 

[Piperdave]

Always helpful, even though i don't spent much there..

Quest Adventure
http://www.questadventure.co.uk/

Michaels Cycles, South Farm Road, Worthing. Just nth of level crossing. Closed wed, but has old school suff, though a bit pricey.



Pubs

Seldon Arms
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony.preston13/seldenarms/ Welcomes cyclists, and the landlady rides Muddy Fox and Scott.

Cricketers, Broadwater
http://www.useyourlocal.com/pubs/BN14+9DE/cricketers/q/ref-376/ Good garden for safe bike storage. Worthing Excelsior Cycling Club meets in broadwater Parish Rooms next door on Tuesday nights.

Just for starters...

Dave

PS maybe the green rabbit would like to extract the info from posts and add to one coherant list...

 

[BobCatMax]

Why not make this the sticky one Jon?

I don't mind keeping tabs on it. I'll add all new posts to the one at the top

 

[Scarfacexxx08]

City Cycles Chichester

44 Bognor Road,
Chichester,
West Sussex,
PO19 7TG

01243 539992

www.citycycleschichester.co.uk

 

[rosstheboss]

Blazing Saddles in Rustington

http://www.blazingsaddlescycles.co.uk/

Highly recommended!

 

[TheGreenRabbit]

Blazing Saddles in Rustington

http://www.blazingsaddlescycles.co.uk/

Highly recommended!

Found them a off at first but good service with them a few times they were fine, has a very nice Curly Hetchins and a Calffe bamboo bike.

 

[rosstheboss]

Blazing Saddles in Rustington

http://www.blazingsaddlescycles.co.uk/

Highly recommended!

Found them a off at first but good service with them a few times they were fine, has a very nice Curly Hetchins and a Calffe bamboo bike.

Not as off as Quest I dare say, every one of my friends who have been in there have a JP "You can't do/use/etc. that!" story to tell!!! He's got a nice Kona though!!!

 

[Scarfacexxx08]

Blazing Saddles in Rustington

http://www.blazingsaddlescycles.co.uk/

Highly recommended!

Found them a off at first but good service with them a few times they were fine, has a very nice Curly Hetchins and a Calffe bamboo bike.

Not as off as Quest I dare say, every one of my friends who have been in there have a JP "You can't do/use/etc. that!" story to tell!!! He's got a nice Kona though!!!

The same can be said for Geared Bikes in Chichester, If is not a new Trek or Lapierre or they don't sell it they tell you everything else is sh*t

 

[BobCatMax]

Thanks for those..added them

tried to add a map too, but it wasn't having any of it?