What should we stock in our new London shop?

I reckon you should stock beards. Everyone in east London has a beard - even some of the doris hipsters.

HEY!!!! Im in the east and i have never been able to grow a beard!

sunday opening hours.

Late opening hours

Then you can be their first customer for a beard.

Props on opening near my house. Good move.

A proper selection of Sapim Race spokes.

It *would *be nice to have a London bike shop that kept a decent selection of Sapims (incl CX-Ray). I'm not the only person that's built nice wheelsets around your value-for-money track hubs, and more and more people are having a go at building their own. It would be great to source all the parts in one shop.

Don't know if your Belgian links are as strong as your Italian ones though…

Seriously thanks for all this, please keep posting ideas and suggestions.
You can also put thoughts etc on our fadgeboook

I'll go through them all first thing and answer any questions. I've got a 14 mile (9 miles uphill) ride home and a 5 week old little-un (my other half called him Fabian - after guess who?)
see attached. So I've got to get off... I'll post replies first thing.

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Sell basic stuff that people that do bikes need.

Lock nuts.

Single bearings.

Cone nuts.

Axles.

More +1 for this type of stuff. Ideally at a sensible price too.

These^.

Best of luck.

+1 for a late night and Sunday opening, not all Londoners live/work in central, like me down here in sarf Lahndahn.

Just have nice knowledgeable staff who even though I ride the most wankiest of all hipster bikes doesn't automatically think im a Shoreditch media twat and treat me accordingly (i.e any non East based bike shop)

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Fabian Sanchez :)

I'd like to see you accepting Bike To Work/Cyclescheme vouchers daydreams

They already do.
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/cycle-scheme

Ace! For my next wish I'd like...

This sort of thing, Id like something like this: http://www.on-one.co.uk/readers-rides/your-ride/q/2843101100_kithesketh_on-one-pompetamine

I'm not sure pompetamine's would be popular given that most polo players want V brake mounts longer dropouts.

Pompino! Ha! I'll pass that on. Which models?? with what kit?

Pompino's.
Cheap model.
No kit just frame because most other bits are polo specific.

I can't speak for the (extensive) polo community but if you're serious about helping us out, then we (the community) should talk.

Good luck with it all, definitely popping in for a beer. Why not have an opening night party and invite us all? :)

• 1 to everything already said, especially, tea, cider and Garibaldis
  oh, and a branch in Hammersmith please, as we Westies don't have hipster passports....
  

I've got a 14 mile (9 miles uphill) ride home and a 5 week old little-un

beautiful kid...full carbon?

While I think of it...perhaps a small forumenger discount?

A little bit goes a long way...

Carbon wheels!

Any of these?

Are those inflatable?

No kit just frame because most other bits are polo specific.

thompson laybacks, short stems, dual-pull levers, gas pipe, ski poles, etc.

are we basically requesting london's first dedicated bike polo shop?

:)

Fabian Society?

+1 on a good range of spokes. It'd be good to know there's somewhere where you know you'll find what you need. My vote is for Sapim Strong, I know the polo crowd would dig that spoke too.

Whats happening with Bicycle Magic?

+1 for BM, my 1st LBS in London..