Why so bleeding expensive......

[jimo746]

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I've just found a great little bike shop not too far from me

Prices were very reasonable, and they had what I wanted in stock.

The kind of place that you would actually want to go back to in future.

I only found out about it by word of mouth though.

 

[highlandsflyer]

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Heard good things about http://www.stuartscycles.co.uk/index.html from pals out at Fndhorn.

 

[secret_squirrel]

We should probably have a good lbs thread.

 

[jimo746]

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Heard good things about http://www.stuartscycles.co.uk/index.html from pals out at Fndhorn.

They're good, but you pay a premium.

Bikes & Bowls in Elgin is where I went, never even knew it existed!
They didn't have what I asked for in the shop, so they rummaged through their storeroom and found it for me

http://www.bikes-and-bowls.co.uk/

 

[Rob H]

I tend to do all the work on my bikes myself despite a couple of them coming with free servicing for life, for two reasons; I enjoy working on bikes (it the past I've given my time to the Bristol Bike Project) and most bike shops are 9-5 which make dropping off and collecting the bike a real pain.

That said I'm quite happy to pay someone £25 to bleed my brakes as whilst I enjoy most jobs I hate doing brakes.

 

[joe careless]

Point to add is hydraulic fluid is classed as a hazardous waste so consequently businesses end up paying for disposal

 

[lumos2000]

ive seen people walk into a bike shop and ask for a puncher to be repaired, true story

 

[Rob H]

ive seen people walk into a bike shop and ask for a puncher to be repaired, true story

I've done that, had a road bike with stupidly narrow rims, and 80% of the time it would double snake bite when putting the tyre back on, so I figured it cheaper to pay a shop to do it than trash several tubes trying to get the bloody things on.