Visiting London. 2nd hand shop?

Hi everyone I am visiting London for a month. After looking into renting a bike I have decided that buying one could be a better idea. I have been searching the forum here for a very long time. I have seen several links to shops. . none of them really specify if they sell fixed gear, which I am looking for. I found some good info.. but its from 2008 and the places that were recommended are out of business. Brick Lane Bikes seems legit, but pricey- and again- they do not specify if they sell 2nd hand.

Again, I am desperately seeking a shop, in London; that would have 2nd hand/USED fixed gear bikes - I would also consider buying new however my budget is looking like 250GBP maximum. Any help pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated, I apologize if this has been covered already - all of the links I found were for freewheel multi-gear bike(s)/shops; which I have a severe allergic reaction to.

I found a site www.gumtree.com that has a decent amount of mostly used fixed gear- seems that some of the local shops post bikes for sale on there. can anyone vouch for this site? thank you all very much - hope to see you out on the streets, maybe you'll catch me passing you :] much love. -Ted

If its on Gumtree it is probably stolen.
If it is for sale in or around a street market it is almost certainly stolen.
BLB is mostly new or mint condition old frames. If you want something cheap you need to look elsewhere.
Try the classifieds on here.

brick lane bikes
i liken it to an alladins cave

prices are slightly inflated but they got some nice stuff to rifle through loads of frames forks bit parts bars stems etc

Fullcity of Leather Lane might be able to sort you out something.

Perfect. Much thanks! Fullcity looks solid.

Check out Vintage Bike Cave too, and perhaps Sargent & co, maybe you want something that you can be proud of, if you dig some vintagey english steel. Have a good time in London.

When are you in London? And what size bike are you after? I'm toying with selling one of my bikes I don't ride enough to justify taking up the room...

you must visit wingedangels shop. some very lovely bikes there.

^ +1 Pia's shop is on Felstead St, Hackney
She'll sort you out

I am in N10 1GJ.. up by Muswell Hill, I am looking for a 50cm-52cm. 200-250max budget. I like both vintage conversions and newer frames, whatever I find first for under 250. thank you guys for your help. Found a solid lookin langster on gumtree but it sold before I could get there. Checked out Full Cycle yesterday, cool people. they said come back friday and they might have something in my size to work with. thanks again for the recommendations- if any of you find yourself in or around Chicago in the future you will have to hit me up- very fun city for cycling.. literally zero hills/climbs and hundreds of miles of off street paths.

winged angel? Pia's shop? no luck searching for any of that.

zero hills?

forum search for hills will tell you otherwise :-)

wingedangel is on this forum send her a pm

come on over to Chitown and I will show you.. we have maybe 5 'hills' which compared the the hills here are childs play. <3