Bike repairers in south Hampshire Fareham/Portsmouth area

[Lethal]

any MBR's in the Fareham / Portsmouth area on here ?

i need some repairs done and was wondering if anyone had any good cycle repair specialists they go to.

I've Wheel2wheel in Lee-on-Solent - recommended ?

there's also Velocity and Cycle World in North end , Pompey. Any good ?

i'm wanting attention on XTR stuff so i'm looking for good mechanics, not cheap and cheerful.

I was tempted to avoid Halfords and Action Bikes but is this wrong, are they what i'm after ?

regards
Simon

 

[Not Responding]

Lethal wrote:
> any MBR's in the Fareham / Portsmouth area on here ?

What's an MBR. (Sorry for being thick).

> i need some repairs done and was wondering if anyone had any good cycle repair specialists they go to.
>
> I've Wheel2wheel in Lee-on-Solent - recommended ?

I've used 'em before and would use them again. It's run by real cyclists
with a road focus. They'll also hire you a bike while they fix yours but
this is utilitarian service is only really useful to carfree zealots.

> there's also Velocity and Cycle World in North end , Pompey. Any good ?

Dunno.

For cheap but good, I'd recommend Portswood Cycles in Fareham
(Bishopsfield Road). They replaced a spoke, trued a wheel, replaced a
headset and did general bike shop tweaks for £30 (IIRC) for me last year.

> i'm wanting attention on XTR stuff so i'm looking for good mechanics, not cheap and cheerful.
>
> I was tempted to avoid Halfords and Action Bikes but is this wrong, are they what i'm after ?

You're probably right with Halfords. Action Bikes always seem clued up
when I pop in for essentials even though their new bike stock is limited.

> regards
> Simon
>
>

 

[Tony Raven]

Lethal wrote:
> any MBR's in the Fareham / Portsmouth area on here ?
>
> i need some repairs done and was wondering if anyone had any good
> cycle repair specialists they go to.
>
> I've Wheel2wheel in Lee-on-Solent - recommended ?
>
> there's also Velocity and Cycle World in North end , Pompey. Any good
> ?
>
> i'm wanting attention on XTR stuff so i'm looking for good mechanics,
> not cheap and cheerful.
>
> I was tempted to avoid Halfords and Action Bikes but is this wrong,
> are they what i'm after ?
>
> regards Simon
>

Rock n Road
96, Northam Rd
Southampton
SO14 0QL
(023) 80221022

Specialist high end dealer with workshop

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

 

[Al C-F]

On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:32:26 +0100, Tony Raven <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Rock n Road
>96, Northam Rd
>Southampton
>SO14 0QL
>(023) 80221022
>
>Specialist high end dealer with workshop

I ride past this shop every day - haven't worked out where the
entrance is yet though. Worth a browse?

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:15:38 +0100, Not Responding
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<[email protected]>:

>For cheap but good, I'd recommend Portswood Cycles in Fareham

I used the branch in Portswood a few times, they seemed very
competent. But that was All A Long Time Ago


Guy
--
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

 

[Tony Raven]

Al C-F wrote:
> On Wed, 25 May 2005 17:32:26 +0100, Tony Raven <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Rock n Road
>>96, Northam Rd
>>Southampton
>>SO14 0QL
>>(023) 80221022
>>
>>Specialist high end dealer with workshop
>
>
> I ride past this shop every day - haven't worked out where the
> entrance is yet though. Worth a browse?

Yep. Friend of mine has two Serotta MTB's from there.

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

 

[ian henden]

"Lethal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> any MBR's in the Fareham / Portsmouth area on here ?
>
> i need some repairs done and was wondering if anyone had any good cycle
> repair specialists they go to.
>
> I've Wheel2wheel in Lee-on-Solent - recommended ?
>
> there's also Velocity and Cycle World in North end , Pompey. Any good ?
>
> i'm wanting attention on XTR stuff so i'm looking for good mechanics, not
> cheap and cheerful.
>
> I was tempted to avoid Halfords and Action Bikes but is this wrong, are
> they what i'm after ?

Peter Hansford (?) directly opposite Kams Palace at Park Gate

One I can't remember the name of in Whitworth Rd Gosport (if they're still
there)

Ian