Bespoke Cycling

optimisticbiker

Went for a walk this lunchtime to have a look see at Bespoke Cycling at 143-145 Farringdon Rd, London, as they are, in theory, the nearest bike shop to my new office.

This isn't a bike shop, its a high class boutique for bikes and gear...

First you have to press the doorbell to be let in. Inside its minimalist and the walls are dripping with top end kit, Ritchie, Assos, SwissStop, etc, etc. Downstairs are the bikes: Specialised S-Works, Pinarello, Firefly, Trek and a few brands I didn't know. No Evans this with 100's of bikes; more like a select dozen, on custom bottom lit stands, or just frames or wheels hung on the wall like works of art, and like a high class boutique, no prices. As they say, if you have to ask....

This isn't a bike shop to go to for a bottle of lube or a set of brake pads (though of course they do sell such mundane stuff); its an emporium to go to drool over fine machinery.

An enjoyable 30min out of my lunchbreak

SimonAH

B'stard, I've got a Halfords a mile away as my nearest.

iPete

Wish I didn't know, that's less than a mile from the office.

clarkey cat

might have a little perv in there at lunchtime...

Ben6899

I'll invoice you for the wallet-damage sustained when I inevitably visit this establishment tomorrow...

Edit: OMG, they stock Parlee!

clarkey cat

isn't it by appointment only on Saturday?

jonginge

Erk, that's distressingly close to work...

il_principe

JonGinge wrote:

Erk, that's distressingly close to work...

Yeah, and they sell Pinarello and Campagnolo and do Retul. Debating whether to go there rather than Sigma... although better the devil you know and all that.