Brick Lane Bikes (BLB) Bike Shop

+1 to what matt said. there's not a huge margin in parts so I don't mind spending an extra few quid there.

Did you look like you'd pay £40 to remove a BB? what was so special about it? All work in london is expensive (except smallbrownbike mat) but otherwise cough up or buy tools.

Thankyou once again!

From working in workshops, the thing that normally really gets to me is when you are explaining to a customer the pricing and time scale and then they say - thats too much/too long for a quick 5 minute job... at this point most mechanics will glaze over and not bother spending time with the customer anymore. I know quite a few wrenches that are like that and has happened to me a few times.

I don't think i have ever posted on a blb thread, never had anything to really say about them. But look at it this way - they set up a shop to be part of what they love. They are one of the only places in London with that amount of track/fixed specific stock... and that is what you are paying for.

If you are going to complain about service from shops and mechanics then just go out, take a course, buy the tools and do the work yourself.