Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
I was in my LBS (Simon's Cycles in Cowbridge) this afternoon after work, to get a new chain and bell for my bike.
It is not the sort of shop you can go into browse, but the owner is always helpful and will often say "you can probably get it cheaper online than I could get it" if you are after something he doesn't currently have in strock.
It is a small shop, absolutely crammed. Not sure how many of the bikes are for sael, and how manty are customer bikes in to be worked on (He has done a few things on mine, always with labour charges that seem too low).
This is the view from just inside the door:
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At this point, Simon is finding me a chain from round behind the stand middle left with the basket on it (which is where his stock of bells are). It looks like chaos, but he knows where everything is.
We used to have one like that in South Brent, Devon. Apart from all the bikes were a bit more battered and rusty. There was another huge pile of bikes outside which were all rusty. The chap would sell you a reasonably priced chain or tyre, but he'd then talk to you about the history of post office bikes for half an hour whilst you were trying to edge your way backwards out of the shop. He'd pretty much build any style of bike for £100 out of the frames and parts he had, but he didn't do disc brakes or suspension!