Brick Lane Bikes, summed up in one exchange

Or....

that look like a squid.

Clearly Dale has yet to see this thread....so I will contribute on his behalf:

HTFU, this is London my friend.

Anyway, Progold Prolink is probably the lightest lube you can get; goes on wet but is the consistency of Tippex thinners and sets up almost dry.

"law wins"! thanks for the progold tip. the wheelbuild was about 2 years ago, a long time ago but such elementary errors that I still wouldn't go back for any big work. I only dropped in to buy lube because I was like, "surely they can't fuck THAT up"...the thing is he could've just said "I don't know", there was no need to bullshit.

I don't fully understand the hostility shown to this thread - sorry if the topic isn't hipster enough - but if this site isn't for reporting stuff like this, what is???

I don't fully understand the hostility shown to this thread

There are loads of other threads slating BLB. It's been done to death.

Brick Land Bikes is fucking awesome!

...or shit

I used to know a girl called Lucinda. Her nickname was Loobs.

I think it was too hipster if anything - you kind of set yourself up for it by buying some oil in an unmarked packet from BLB when they told you it was what you thought it was, while merrily waving money in the air. So people probably thought hmm, person waving money in the air in BLB while not really knowing what's going on = trustafairian!

You'd said you weren't impressed by them in the past, so all the more reason for buyer beware. Other bike shops are available, including the excellent 14 very nearby, so you can see why people get bored of these threads.

I don't fully understand the hostility shown to this thread - sorry if the topic isn't hipster enough - but if this site isn't for reporting stuff like this, what is???

I used to know a girl called Lucinda. Her nickname was Loobs.

I am resisting the urge to compose a limerick

Fire away chatters!

There once was a girl named Loobs...

FFS... it rhymes with fucking "pubes".

Its not that hard dude.

There once was a girl named Loobs...
Who had chainrings 'stead of boobs

she had a rough head but was easy to bed...

as long as you used brick lane lubes

Fucking high five Fox. Repped!

Although rhyming loobs with lubes was slightly tenuous.

There once was a Rabbi named Keith...

I think theres a limerick thread somewhere actually

"Other bike shops are available, including the excellent 14 very nearby"

Yep. Would have been worth the 5 minute walk. I think it was reasonable of me to buy vaguely labelled stuff based on Jan's word, on the assumption that he was telling the truth, but meh we're getting bogged down in the detail. The whole situation wouldn't have arisen in a decent bike shop, or even a shitty one like the one I used to work in - we wouldn't sell stuff that was poorly labelled, and we wouldn't mislead customers when asked specific questions even if it meant losing a sale. BLB are total hucksters and I can't believe they're still in business. The only reason I went was because it was en route, anyway if this topic has been done to death before I'll happily watch this thread sink.

There once was a Rabbi called Keith
Who opened a tin full of teeth

There once was a Rabbi named Keith
Who pulled out all the gold from his teeth
He got a cheap hooker (not much of a looker)
She said finish me off and then leave!

Yeah sorry but had to be done I thought :)

Although rhyming loobs with lubes was slightly tenuous.

not mine but...

in days of old when knights were bold
and paper wasn't invented
you'd wipe your arse with a lump of grass
and walk away contented

Today I went to shop fourteen
The bird working there is a queen
I like brick lane bikes
but the chicks are all dykes
Shame theres not one in between.

There once was a Rabbi named Keith
Who circumcised men with his teeth
T'was not for the leasure or sexual pleasure
but to get to the cheese underneath

pours out remaining beer and hangs head