Paul's Custom Cycles, Peckham

Just received this from a friend as an MMS:

... WTF man.

Apparently, 'On Time Pizza' on Bellenden road is becoming a Cycle Shop?

Anybody know anything else about this???

really? awesome. only 2 streets away from me

I heard it was going to be a cycle shop which is opening on July 23rd.

^ funny ...

maybe i'm just looking to see who else is a resident of SE15 as well...

i'd like to margherita the owners to see what they have in mind ... hmm tenuous

i hope they formaggi into a decent bike shop .... hmm even worse

i think i'll quit while i'm behind !

A bit close to BC Bikes. Doubt they'll even last four seasons

true that - but it depends what they have to offer IMO
BC bikes might just be one of the most over-priced, ridiculous cycling shops i have ever been to...
no criticism to them - they're catering to the East Dulwich crowd so they can get away with it, but c'mon... what SE15 needs is a friendly, helpful shop that will let you use their tools and provide quality second hand shit, co-op style. then i'm in.

it depends what they have to offer IMO

Peckham Pre-owned Cycles - New stock arriving nightly

maybe i'm just looking to see who else is a resident of SE15 as well...

what SE15 needs is a friendly, helpful shop that will let you use their tools and provide quality second hand shit, co-op style. then i'm in.

Yeah this would be nice. Kinda what I thought Wilsons would be like when I first saw it from outside.

R U on crack?

I think it should be pointed out that it is BC bikes by peckham rye park and NOT Londons famous Brixton Cycles that they are talking about (i hope).

Oh phew I thought he was talking about brixton cycles

Shit was about to go down

of course i'm not talking about brixton cycles. thanks omar.

Oh, that's OK then... Elguapo speaks very highly of them tho', they always help him out for a coupla beers...

thanks TS. my feelings were slightly hurt for a mo.
they're very nice in there, but the day i said 'fuck this' is when they charged me £8 for a seat bolt.
i almost shit myself.

wilsons IS great, they're amazing in there, but they never have ANYTHING.

Bon Velo are good too, really fast turnaround on workshop stuff and like a chat.

where are they again? herne hill right?

Got a pair of track nuts (French-to-regular converters) from BC for £2 the other week, then asked if they had any p-clips, he chucked them in for free.
Wilsons have really sorted me out with repairs. But they ordered in some steel forks for my housemate, said it'd be a few days so he left his bike for them to fit the forks... took about 3 weeks to get his bike back, £100. I told him to never do anything like that again without consulting me first.

worrrrrrdddd.
they're nice blokes though.

Bon Velo are good too, really fast turnaround on workshop stuff and like a chat.

where are they again? herne hill right?

Yep, Half Moon Lane. I gave them a box full of misc. hub gear bits and an untensioned wheel on a busy Saturday morning, and they had it all trued, fitted, indexed and ready for collection within 2.5 hours. A+ service and turnaround.

Oh, that's OK then... Elguapo speaks very highly of them tho', they always help him out for a coupla beers...

Definitely good guys at BC bikes. I live across the street from them so it cant get more convenient than that. I hardly ever buy anything from them, mostly because they tend to cater to the hybrid loving mum's and dad's in the area and dont have the bits I need.

I wonder what the Bellenden shop will be? It would be awesome if they were a brixton cycles type shop, even in a small way. There are a lot of fixed, SS geeks in the neighborhood now. It would be excellent to have a shop I can actually use that close.