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It is, I would not advise going there, was being lazy and was eating next door so asked them to put my bar tape on for me while I ate. When I came back the guy had for some reason removed the handlebars from the stem, done the worse job at putting tape on I have ever seen, erratic and full of air bubbles and was white cloth tape now covered in oily hand marks. He had then tried to put the stem back on obviously getting stuck half way and had tried forcing it destroying the bar tape and scratching up my bars by the time I returned he was prising the stem open with a sharp screwdriver taking chunks out of my stem.

I did wonder about that place. I'd never been in until Friday. French lad there, Tom-Tom he introduced himself as, was making a hash of installing your stem/bars, so the chap I was with showed him how to do it. I couldn't believe it. I don't think Tom-Tom would even pretend to be a mechanic, but if you're not capable of doing a job you shouldn't even try it. It was pretty embarrassing actually. When we left he seemed more sure of what he should be doing, but seems not from what you say. Nice bike you've got there.