Central London Bike Heavens

[aerobrain]

Hi

I've got a few hours to kill in Central London next Tuesday, just wondered if anyone could recommend any cool bike shops to wander round for a roadie. Tried googling but no idea which are worth looking at.

Ideally shops with some top end stuff in just to ogle at :-)

Cheers

Lee

 

[ianrauk]

You can start at Condor Bikes on Gray's Inn Road followed by the Spesh concept store in Covent Garden.

 

[vickster]

Condor, Grays Inn Road for proper bikes

Pinarello shop at Westfield, Stratford for foreign plastic stuff and Assos clothing (not sure it's there anymore actually)

http://mosquito-bikes.co.uk/

Edit: cross posted with the Blue one

 

[Simontm]

Soho Bikes on Berwick Street's good fun to have a pop into and it's just around the corner from the Rapha Cycle Club on Brewers Street. And if you like comics and graphic novels you can pop into Gosh Comics in Berwick as well!

 

[aerobrain]

Cheers all will check out the map and see which ones I can get to :-)

 

[aerobrain]

And you should of course go into Look Mum No Hands and wave to all the other cyclists.

I'm intrigued, what's that about?? :-)

 

[aerobrain]

Click

Could be worth popping in for a drink :-)

 

[Simontm]

Could be worth popping in for a drink :-)

Nice place, lovely coffee but it is in Ec on Old Street and not central, if you're thinking of Westminster and the West End.

 

[aerobrain]

Nice place, lovely coffee but it is in Ec on Old Street and not central, if you're thinking of Westminster and the West End.

I've got to be in Oxford St by 2.30, other than that if it's tube'able it should be OK :-)

 

[Biscuitfrisky]

Another shout for LMNH's in Old Street. Had a massive sausage and avocado sandwich that was amazing.
Also if you want to see some high spec roadies you have Pelaton & Co in new spitalfields market

 

[aerobrain]

Another shout for LMNH's in Old Street. Had a massive sausage and avocado sandwich that was amazing.
Also if you want to see some high spec roadies you have Pelaton & Co in new spitalfields market

Ooo just checked their web site, looks good!!

 

[Simontm]

I've got to be in Oxford St by 2.30, other than that if it's tube'able it should be OK :-)

It's about a ten minute walk from Old Street tube on the City branch of the Northern line or the same from Farringdon which is on circle/hammersmith/met.

Lovely place. Hipster galore Recommend if you have the time, if not Soho does cakes and coffee

 

[vickster]

You'll need to change trains to get to any of the Oxford Street stops

Big Evans 5 minutes from Oxford Street, they'll have some expensive bikes, if nothing very exotic

Spitalfields has Evans, CycleSurgery and Swift closeby

 

[aerobrain]

Think I'll definitely head Spitafields way!

 

[swansonj]

Hi

I've got a few hours to kill in Central London next Tuesday, just wondered if anyone could recommend any cool bike shops to wander round for a roadie. Tried googling but no idea which are worth looking at.

Ideally shops with some top end stuff in just to ogle at :-)

Cheers

Lee

You could always get a Boris Bike and ... err .... have a cycle?