Bike shop near Old Street ?

Chewy Cheeks
Chewy Cheeks Posts: 234
edited February 2009 in Commuting chat
Need a new inner tube - due to a whispering tyre and two resultant bouts of furious pumping on the way in.

Could you help recommend a shop near to Old Street EC1Y where I can buy a new inner tube at lunch-time.

Thanks
No Babbit No, Look what Birdy doing

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    There's a Cyucle Surgery here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=4CH&ei=HxylSdGVC5DRjAeHiqzJBQ&resnum=0&q=google%20maps%20old%20street%20london&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Evans are in Spitalfields too.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    cjcp wrote:
    Evans are in Spitalfields too.

    Not really a bike shop though... :lol:
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    jashburnham wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Evans are in Spitalfields too.

    Not really a bike shop though... :lol:

    I accept that they don't (a) sell enough red and white stuff, and (b) red and white tart-machines. :P However, the chaps in Evans in the same building as my office are very helpful (particularly when I rear wheel was having a bit of an episode a couple of weeks ago :? ).
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    The guys in Evans Spitalfields are/were lovely, so patient and nice, and some of them really know their stuff. Not all of them, obviously.

    When I commuted from Essex they were my LBS....
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    Brick Lane Bikes on Bethnal Green Road
    <a>road</a>
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Work is just around the corner from old street. 10min walk to Evans in spitalfields. I tend to go for tubes, brake blocks etc. They have a decent selection of tools, lights in stock, which has been handy on occasion.
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • steve-m
    steve-m Posts: 106
    There is also E1 cycles on Commercial St.
    Fixed, commute: Langster 08, FCN6
    Road : Aravis (byercycles) Shimano 105 triple
    Hybrid: Trek 7.2 FX, unused / unloved
  • Chewy Cheeks
    Chewy Cheeks Posts: 234
    Thanks for all the help - Evans are nearest and I have to rush.

    TTFN
    No Babbit No, Look what Birdy doing
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    I too work above an Evans (Fenchurch Street) and they are very handy for when I discover a flat at the end of the day as they stay open late and are happy to lend a track pump, nice to have some quite nice bikes to check out on the way in and out of the office as well.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    MatHammond wrote:
    I too work above an Evans (Fenchurch Street) and they are very handy for when I discover a flat at the end of the day as they stay open late and are happy to lend a track pump, nice to have some quite nice bikes to check out on the way in and out of the office as well.

    :shock:

    You work in the same building as me.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    small world - you don't leave your bike in Fitness First down the road as well do you?!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/41991871@N ... otostream/
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Nope - I'm at LA Fitness. My bike comes up in the lift with me. (Or up the stairs when the poxy lifts aren't working!)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Chewy Cheeks
    Chewy Cheeks Posts: 234
    Don't these things go off in funny directions (ohh err missus)

    - people bonding
    - folk saying how much they like evans, I have stuck up for them here before

    Maybe someone should list local bike shops locations or has that been done somewhere already and I cant find it, ratings could be set up in some sort of michelin star sort of way.

    I dont know but some might like it?
    No Babbit No, Look what Birdy doing
  • steve-m
    steve-m Posts: 106
    Chewy Cheeks wrote:
    Don't these things go off in funny directions (ohh err missus)

    - people bonding
    - folk saying how much they like evans, I have stuck up for them here before

    Maybe someone should list local bike shops locations or has that been done somewhere already and I cant find it, ratings could be set up in some sort of michelin star sort of way.

    I dont know but some might like it?

    http://tinyurl.com/ldnbikeshops

    From

    http://www.londonfgss.com/thread16306.html
    Fixed, commute: Langster 08, FCN6
    Road : Aravis (byercycles) Shimano 105 triple
    Hybrid: Trek 7.2 FX, unused / unloved

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