@ Sue, as ever! If I close my eyes, I can just picture it...! 
Anyway, Moose are great, but in the arse end of nowhere. Dirt and Dreams were ace, but Gid just couldn't make it work.
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Londonists - Cycle Surgery Spitalfields refitting as MTB specialist shop
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CFH - I'm sure a gentleman such as yourself
He's no gentlemayn; he's nought but a bounder and a cad!
Flashy; d'you remember that shop under the Adelphi hotel? Funny underground tunnel street.
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Funny underground tunnel street.
used to be a good model toy shop there as well.. the tunnel street is where Heaven night club is plus a decent pub at the western end (ship and shovel)
funny to think that a bike shop would be there.. though could imagine a fixie type shop being there now.
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Nah, you're thinking of Action Bikes under Charing Cross station. Heaven is in a walkway further up.
The one I'm on about was on Lower Robert St. Comes off Savoy Place, what runs behind the park, then comes out onto John Adam St.
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interesting, my mate used to work in this Cycle Surgery, wonder if he know any more details...
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Heaven is in a walkway further up.
I know where action bikes is.. and their £6.99 for a Brompton inner tube - tut tut
was actually thinking of the walkway where heaven is.. called Craven Passage - few odd shops there (used to be a model shop there) and the pub is at the end up the steps.
seeing your pictures above I have been through that tunnel - was there really a bike shop there once? madness got to be the least likely location for a shop of any sort!
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That's what I thought. I only discovered it whilst on an urban exploration pootle. I think it was mainly couriers that knew about it. They may have then moved to a better location, possibly Covent Garden, but my memory's hazy. I was hoping Flashy could shed some light, but it seems he's too busy being a bounder and a cad.
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@ CFH - quite right, he was a disgrace!
you well?
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too busy being a bounder and a cayd.
FTFY
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Morning all! I saw this ticking along so I thought I'd get back to everyone, as I'm the new manager of the Strype Street store. (And also the taller one stood on stage for the 'From the Inside Out' premier, if any of you went along..?)
I just wanted to open the floor up to any questions any of you might have really, I'm super excited about the route the shop is going to be taking and am keen to give people as much info as possible about the goings on in the New Year!
(And no jimbobrighton, DC isn't still in the building... He's buying our bikes!)
I'll hopefully see you all in store!
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Evans Waterloo Road still have a decent selection of MTBs downstairs including hardtails and full-sussers (specialized, lapierre, bmc, kona, etc.) lots of tires, body armour, full face helmets, etc.
most stuff is available next day from that gigantic warehouse they have in Gatwick, rather than having lots of stores stuffed full of the same stock?
..bike sales in London are healthy and this involves mainly road/hybrid but MTBs figure in those sales too, I've heard from different sources that a store like Waterloo Road will normally reach £2 million in sales every season, and that is not the best performing store in the london portfolio
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I think part of the problem with the Waterloo Road store, if I may be so bold, is the lack of willingness on Evans' part to commit to stocking a range of the right stuff. We're going to be doing the right spread of tyres, components, clothing, soft goods accessories, bikes (including demo's) as well as in house mountain bike specific servicing (forks etc). We also have an unique knowledge base within London; I myself have raced XC and DH, ride trails all over the UK, have travelled within Europe and North America, including working in Whistler both in a shop as well as an instructor and guide in the bike park. We also have a staff comprising every type of rider from 4X and DH racers to endurance XC riders, so I feel we're perfectly set up to offer the strong mountain bike scene in London the service it has been desperately crying out for for a few years now!
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Strype Street will be one of my LBS's so I'm excited to hear about this.
I used to like the Evans and Cycle Surgery stores at Spitalfields as they had plenty of mountain bike clothing (often in the sales) but this seemed to dwindle over the past couple of years being replaced by day-glo endura jackets.
so I'd be intersted in mountain bike clothing, and also fork and brake servicing.Posted 5 months ago # -
Pinches: Sorry only just come back to this. Yes that was me. Afraid I picked up a Pro II hub off the Classifieds here, but would have come back if he hadn't posted the next day.
Cheers for the help. Keep up the good work and will be back in soon.
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