Can anybody recommend a good bike mechanic – private or otherwise (but not J E James) that I can pay to maintain and repair my bike.

I am happy to clean & oil the chain but hate all other aspects of maintenance.

Do people ‘wait until it breaks’ or perform scheduled maintenance? I am keen to keep the bike in good condition.

thanks

Got a friend in Sheffield who’s very good at bike maintenance cytech qualified, all but wheel building really. Got all the tools etc. Email: themolland8@hotmail.com

lazy sod, get some spanners ;-0

Thanks timbercombe will keep his contact details.

Swisstony – not really lazy, just not got the time nor inclination to learn – I play racket sports, but never string my racket – I have a passion for cars , but don’t lift the bonnet. Some people enjoy and are good at the maintenance – I would rather pay them and free up my time for things i chose to do.

Could this be classified as one of the first green shoots of economic recovery old Gordy Broon will be desperately scanning the horizon for evidence for the recovery of the service industries our economy relies on?..

Are you a hedge fund manager?

You will free up more of your time by learning to do a few simple maintenance/repair jobs instead of having to take your bike somewhere to have someone else do it.

No – they dispose of their bike after each & every ride to save any messing about with maintenace issues 😀

grumm – i am sure you r correct and if it is something simple then i would of course attend to it.

Hey this got me thinking i could set up my own little sideline mechanic -ing

is that a word?

maybe people should drop a quick line

if in the no trees on pavements northern side of Sheffield then Butterworths on the corner of Leppings Lane/Middlewood road is excellent

compositepro – I don’t know what area of the country you live in and I am new to this sport, but yes – in Sheffield it seems there is certainly skope to set up a business competing with the few shops already in the market – just look how few mechanic recomends this thread has had.

If you are Sheffield let me know – i may be your first regular customer.

I know some people love tinkering and setting up their bikes as much as riding them, but a lot don’t – me being one!

andyxxx
i am going on a bike maintenance course on sunday (near bolton) and we have one spare place
its £80 and you will learn all you need to maintain your own bike
let me know if you are interested

Gooner – Mant thanks for the offer, but no thanks – i can’t think of anything worse! – i will keep up my hunt.

there seems to be a lack of good mechanics all over. there are a number of shops in and out of Sheffield I’d never touch. thankfully I know just about enough to maintain my own stuff.

I live the north side of sheffield

my email is in the profile thing

18bikes if you want a good job doing at a good price. Bit of a drive, but the only place I’ll use for anything I don’t want to do myself.