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I think it's very easy to name people we like as being good mechanics, although that isn't always the case.
I would count myself as a fairly normal mechanic, nothing special, but then I'm in the position to have worked with some truly great mechanics, most of which you won't know because they are busy actually doing the work on the bikes that the rest of us are talking about on here.
At Brixton Jim is very good, but Nigel is the best there.
At Look Mum Nik does good work (really, really well considering she's fairly new to it!) but I'm sure that she would agree with me that Alexis and Sam are great.
You would never hear Alex (who I work with at Fitzrovia Bicycles) mentioned, but he too is a great mechanic.
Everyone know's Condor does good work, but no one knows that it's Andrea that is doing it.
Ninon is also one of the greats, and it will be a major loss to west London's cyclists when she retires (retyres?) in the next few years. She also, isn't up at nearly midnight posting on the internet.
Please consider this carefully when you are thinking about listing someone as an excellent mechanic, although the ego stroke is nice, I know I'm not ready for the honor yet and that my name has come up because I am well liked.