Top London Mechanics

Whoever the mechanic is a De Ver Cycles, I had great service from them and also Brixton mentioned already.

My brother uses Condor, Mosquito and JC at Bike Love/Pretorious and has nothing but praise for them.

Whoever the mechanic is a De Ver Cycles,

They have 2. One could be Charco, who is also awesome.

It's a funny question really as anyone who can really tell you if their bike has been properly mech'd will 99% of the time be doing their own bike.

For instance; a front mech may shift crisply but the derallieur cable tension could be off or a wheel may be perfectly true but the spokes over-tensioned, etc...

I doubt very much that every mechanic listed above could explain the relationship between cable length and single pivot brakes. Mind you, if you just want a puncture changed it's a good thread.

My vote would be for Scheritt BTW, he has the required amount of uber-geek.

And a lovely dog

It's a funny question really as anyone who can really tell you if their bike has been properly mech'd will 99% of the time be doing their own bike.

True - which is why people would be advised not to blindly follow the list at the top, but to pick through the posts and assess the credibility of those making the recommendations.

Just wanted to metion Edwardes camberwell, who have given me a discount on practically everything they ever sold me, and are also the only people who do any form of try before you buy on saddles. Just picked up a fizik antares, gonna test it in richmond tonight, might try the arione tomorrow, then start on the selle italias. Evans are useless for this.

Bikelab in Richmond
Cyclefit
Brixton cycles

Have all given me excellent service.

Lots of people I know trust Fish, I think he is back at condor now but he moves around a lot.

is that bikelab actually good? i think fish used to work at moore bros. in twickenham, he was good.
richmond cycles, technically in st.margarets have always been good to me.

the dude with hat in tokyo fixed

look as with any list,it's about the opinion of the person saying it.im keen on hearing about those mechanics who are talented,who know what they are doing and not just handy with a size 13.

you have it in other professions, so surely we can create a sticky here for bike mechanics?

anyone got a good recommendation for a mechanic in NW London?

Kris at http://cloud9cycles.com/ a small independent, Kris is a friendly guy and knows his shit. Has helped me out countless times usually with the irritating little issues that I cant sort myself

They have 2. One could be Charco, who is also awesome.

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For instance; a front mech may shift crisply but the derallieur cable tension could be off

Slightly OT but what do you mean by this? I mean, if the front mech shifts crisply and everything works, does it matter if the tension is "off" (and define "off" anyway?)

(I'm one of those who does 99% of the work on our bikes, but this one confused me. Clearly something I need to learn to do the other 1%).

bicycle workshops? it's a small independent bike shop though.

The Bicycle Workshop again. Central and westish, but they have a long lead time for work.

Though I am fond of Prav at PUSH, and our JimBilly, and no-one says a word wrong about Nhatt's work, I have to say that Ninon Asuni at Bicycle Workshop is legendary. As I have said before on this forum, the guy who builds THORN bikes only recommends her, and her alone, in London.

EDIT: It seems like my post was a little over-enthusiatic. Lets just say that for argument's sake, that I do consider Ninon to be the best mechanic I have used in London. Its a fact. But obviously others may have different views and opinions about who is better than who.

http://thebikeshow.net/wanted-bicycle-mechanics/

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.

// pick through the posts and assess the credibility of those making the recommendations.

I've made Ninon's position here difficult. It mustn't be. Soz.

(I'm glad others are putting it right.)

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.

Ninon is wonderful and has an amazing depth of knowledge.

Can anyone recommend somewhere for a Brompton overhaul?*

*rather embarrassingly, I've been using it as a football goalpost for 2 years so I think it has some non-standard problems that also require non-standard tools! :/

what was the short book about cycling in which Ninon is mentioned? i now can't remember

Can anyone recommend somewhere for a Brompton overhaul?*

*rather embarrassingly, I've been using it as a football goalpost for 2 years so I think it has some non-standard problems that also require non-standard tools! :/

Go see Ninon, she is a Brompton great. Mike at Phoenix in Batersea is also very good with Bromptons.

.................No point to my trying to be helpful. None at all.

Jog on this ain't your list.

clearly someone does not understand how to manage lists

Slightly OT but what do you mean by this? I mean, if the front mech shifts crisply and everything works, does it matter if the tension is "off" (and define "off" anyway?)

(I'm one of those who does 99% of the work on our bikes, but this one confused me. Clearly something I need to learn to do the other 1%).

Off is too tight or too slack, both can present problems when shifting under load or across drive.

Top mechanics should be actively schooling themselves on new products too, they should know the difference between Ultra-Torque and Power-Torque, how many micro-steps Di2 has, how to peen an 11 speed chain etc...

Although they can be forgiven for not getting a cable through a SRAM shifter first time. Dumb luck, a rabbits foot and a special incantation are all required.