The wave of new London bike shops

Micycle: On Barnsbury Street, at the Liverpool Road end. New bikes, repairs, coffees, with a nice garden out the back, and a special bike wash. They seem to have a membership/registration system on their web-site which I haven't taken advantage of but which seems to give you discounts on their services--info on the front page.

http://www.micycle.org.uk/

(From the ICAG mailing list, thanks to Paul Standeven.)

Like Lock-7 and LMNH, this seems to be a cycle café, which is clearly a very welcome trend emerging. :)

This looks sweet. They offer free use of tools too which is a welcome change from the grumpy notices posted on a few bike shop doors. Have pressed my face up against the window a few times but not actually seen it open yet. Has the added excitement (for me) of being 30 seconds from my flat. In fact, my missus was living in the flat above it when I met her. Ahhh memories.

Kind of wish it was open later though. Turned up looking forward to a post-work coffee and bike nerd-out last week to find it all shut up well before 6pm while the sun was still out and commuters were streaming past on Liverpool road... would have thought as shop/cafe they'd do better staying open later to catch the post work rush too.

Just a thought.