The Bikeman
Cambridge City Council, The Guildhall, Market Hill, Cambridge CB2 3QJ, United Kingdom
3.8
35 reviews
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6449+6M Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Monday: 8–17
Tuesday: 8–17
Wedneasday: 8–17
Thursday: 8–17
Friday: 8–17
Saturday: Close
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 8–17
Wedneasday: 8–17
Thursday: 8–17
Friday: 8–17
Saturday: Close
Sunday: Close
I went there regularly for a year or so because, at first, it seems cheaper than most other shops in Cambridge and it is very central and close to my department. However, whenever I went there and got something fixed it did take no more than a couple of days or, if I was lucky, some weeks before the very same trouble reappeared. They fixed a flat tyre, two days later it was flat again (three times in a row! Honestly!). They replaced my chain and readjusted my gears, two weeks later it snapped again. They replaced my brake cable and it snapped again. And that's where I finally lost patience because that's really FREAKING DANGEROUS. In total I must have pumped a 100 quit or so into that bloody shop before I realized that they must have been ripping me off. That, in fact, they are making money by ripping off students and counting on them to come again because their shop seems so cheap. They never really advice you and try to find the, in the long run, cheapest solution for you, which you would expect from someone of course, who cares for his customers. Instead they simply sell you the quick, at the face of it cheap fix without resolving the real issue. Then they only use the worst of materials etc. pp. Arrggg I'm so angry that I could keep writing for ever, when really all I want to say is
DON'T GO THERE! Just don't!