York Cycleworks
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:03 pm
Just a plug for York Cycleworks. Admittedly, I’ve been going there for longer than I care to remember, but there’s no way they can make a viable business out of me. Money on cycling kit is purely discretionary on a hard pressed family budget. And like most of us I try hard to source things cheaply on the internet – I’m actually at the stage where I enjoy searching through internet sites for the best deals. A couple of times I’ve been hunched over a flickering computer screen on the internet looking at tyres, bottom brackets and jockey wheels, when everyone’s gone to bed – when I’ve been roused by an affectionate pat on the shoulder and a ‘that’s why I married you,’ comment from my missis after she’s quietly come down the stairs. What does she mean? 
And over the years I’ve become more competent with the usual maintenance. It’s amazing what you can do with a large flat head screwdriver, hammer and monkey wrench – who needs a chain whip and extractor?
So when I stripped the headset and found small rusty, roughly spherical brown things which when they were made I’m sure they called ball bearings, bouncing over the garage floor, it was then that I realised my winter bike didn’t have the sealed headset bearings I was expecting. Turning up at Cycleworks with a part stripped mucky winter bike and a look on my face no doubt similar to that of a puppy sat next to a yellow puddle when its owner comes home you’d have thought they’d have given me short shrift – but no, with no fuss and at a price which it’s hard to think was anything much other than cost, they just sorted it.
I’m sure some of you have had just as excellent service from some of the other bike shops but with Cycleworks being as they are I’ve no reason to go and find that out for myself.
And over the years I’ve become more competent with the usual maintenance. It’s amazing what you can do with a large flat head screwdriver, hammer and monkey wrench – who needs a chain whip and extractor?
So when I stripped the headset and found small rusty, roughly spherical brown things which when they were made I’m sure they called ball bearings, bouncing over the garage floor, it was then that I realised my winter bike didn’t have the sealed headset bearings I was expecting. Turning up at Cycleworks with a part stripped mucky winter bike and a look on my face no doubt similar to that of a puppy sat next to a yellow puddle when its owner comes home you’d have thought they’d have given me short shrift – but no, with no fuss and at a price which it’s hard to think was anything much other than cost, they just sorted it.
I’m sure some of you have had just as excellent service from some of the other bike shops but with Cycleworks being as they are I’ve no reason to go and find that out for myself.
the garage is ok for 25' +