Good service

Is quick postage, especially since you chose a courier option, really "good service"?

I consider good service things like Will writing little notes in his packages or answering your repeated stupid questions. Or Bike Whisperer sorting you out with parts after hours or rushing jobs through for deadlines or giving you ferrules for nothing. Even some guy in Evans down south trying his best to match some stupid Mavic part and giving it to me free since he wasn't sure it was the right one. There was a guy in Waterloo Evans who just had a good chat when I'd just arrived in London. He was really nice. Random stuff like that.

+1 to all of the above.

With that in mind - Cliff at Royce is an absolute legend. There are many out there that would have lost their patience with my incessant emailing but he's been nothing but super helpful and patient.

Did he do you a discount to say that? ;)

I'd say all the boys at Epic Cycles in Worcestershire deserve a wee mention. I got my road bike from them and they went out their way to make it the smoothest, easiest transaction possible. Friendly blokes, great knowledge, no pushy sales patter. Everything you want from a bike shop. If only I didn't live 250 miles away.....

Also my new hairdresser (ahem barber((ette)) gave me a bottle of peroni to drink while i was getting my last haircut. she also managed to conjure up an almost believable sexual tension between us during the shearing. respect to her.

holdsworth's in putney

friendliest shop in SW London, very helpful and excellent service

Freshtripe (www.freshtripe.co.uk)

They've got a nice selection of kit - I've bought Nitto bars and seatpost and Sugino cranks from them - and the prices are very good. Excellent service as well, all my orders arrived next day.

i bought some tyres from wiggle last week, ordered at 12.15 wed lunchtime, free delivery, arrived 11am thursday. bonza mate!

Just bought some lovely Swrve gear from www.alwaysriding.co.uk - Arrived next day but unfortunately the jacket was the wrong size. Pete from Always Riding let me drop by (Wandsworth) to try on a different one and stopped for a cup of tea and a chat. Great guy, great service - Thanks!

The guys at 14 bike co who sorted out my front wheel on tuesday morning cheers, friendly people, good service..

Charlie the bike monger always turns orders around quickly and you always get a few stickers...

Mike @ High on Bikes.

Ordered a selle saddle, paid for it online. E-mail the next day not in stock, but we'll send out a more expensive one if thats ok.

Selle prolink gel light. V nice.

Edwardes were brilliant today. Was having dsome parts taken from one bike and put onto a new frame. Went in at 11 with the bike and bike was ready by 5 with no charge for the service. Possible the best bike shop service ive ever had. Highly recommended.

I've got say these guys are really high on quality service

Seriously fucking annoying.

I took my bike down to Brick Lane Bikes yesterday for a pre-winter service (although to be honest the gears, chain and bottom bracket hadn't been looked at for years), and to get a couple of modifications done. I dropped it off at 11 and picked it up at 6. The two mechanics and the ladies working behind the counter couldn't have been more helpful and they did an excellent job, it's like riding a new bike now.

Fudges Cycles: Absolutely brilliant

Went back to London Fields Cycles yesterday as my shoes I managed to strip the thread of the insert. Nice chap with long hair and massive glasses sorted me out with a new insert for free - thank you again!

Spitalfields Cycle Surgery- always a pleasure.

Sorted out my disintegrating S-Works shoes and ensured that all expensive purchases will continue to be made there.

Simpsons in Gospel Oak (my LBS) for selling me a Park pedal spanner which on the web is at least £26 for £19 because 'they've gone up, we paid the old price for it so it wouldn't be fair to sell it to you for the new price'. And giving me a bike box the other week while being really helpful about it, even though it didn't cost me a penny.

Ordered a BB from Velosolo expecting it to take ages and get lost in post mayhem, but it was with me within 2 days (ordered afternoon -- so more like one day really) and had a personally signed note on the receipt. Nice to have a bit of a human touch to an internet transaction. Impressed all round.

Banjo Bros bags - have had one for about 6 months when a seam ripped on where the side strap meets the main strap..

Mike at Banjo Bros agreed to replace it no questions asked - massively impressed..

really nice bags with a massive reflective strip at a great price

http://www.banjobrothers.com/

I absolutely love the Haribo from Wiggle. Every now and then you'll get two in a box.

After a slightly lean patch, I got 3 bags of haribo in one box from wiggle the other day

I'd like to shout out to:
Holdsworth and Will at Hubjub.
Both of whom have been amazing.
Will for helping me with a difficult order, and Holdsworth for today having all the parts I needed, and doing the work I wanted done whilst I was mooching around looking at the porn worthy Old Holdsworths, and Colnagos that were gracing the store.
Heroic.

Putney Cycles.... had a chat with them today about a complicated transaction - they couldn't have been more helpful.

:)

Oh yeah, they're ace too.
I used them to get my brakes ordered- I think I posted it in the void of doom.

I have a special place for Holdsworth though.
I got my 1st bike ever there.

Basically:
Putney bike shops= Win!

Evans ive found are great and reliable if you order online, iv order 4x with them, no fails yet. All when the postal strikes were on, they sent it free via UPS, not bad me thinks!

great titchfield street cyclesurgery, had chainring bolts, £5 for five, let me bring my bike inside and fit one there. (one had fallen out, i'd been to 3 bike shops previously in search and none had them or had them at £10 for 5 at evans!)

London fields cycls, they are all extremly nice, and unlike many other bike shops in the area, dont just try to sell you stuff you dont need.