velocity boy Evans in Chiswick I didn't find so bad. The guys in there admire my bike and keep letting me use all their tools. I actually buy very little from them, but a great LBS is one that lends you any tool you want. It's more than any other Evans I've seen would've done, probably because the Chiswick one is so new and they're over-staffed because they're so quiet.
Actually, they might've been the one Evans I had good service in. I was casing various bike shops around the area and they got me a spacer for my Mavic freehub. It wasn't the right one in the end but the fact was they had something I could try and they handed it over for nothing. Friendly too. Reminded me of my long, lost Croydon Cycle Works (in Oz, not the one just below London).
Actually, they might've been the one Evans I had good service in. I was casing various bike shops around the area and they got me a spacer for my Mavic freehub. It wasn't the right one in the end but the fact was they had something I could try and they handed it over for nothing. Friendly too. Reminded me of my long, lost Croydon Cycle Works (in Oz, not the one just below London).