Spa Cycles

[Dave Davenport]

We were in Harrogate last week and I took the opportunity to order a new set of wheels for my tourer. The guy there was a bit vague and wrote down my details etc. on a scrap of paper, didn't want a deposit or payment either. I was a bit dubious about actually getting them but they phoned yesterday for payment and they turned up today exactly as ordered (36 hole LX hubs, Sputnik rims, with heavy duty spokes on the drive side built by Dave Gall, £176 delivered).

 

[Dogtrousers]

IME they're good people, and very helpful, but it seems they have all been on dour grumpiness training as part of the brand image.

 

[Crackle]

Glad to hear nothing has changed since I bought my bike there then

 

[si_c]

Only ever dealt with them on the phone. Everything has always been as advertised.

I think the grumpy attitude is free, kinda like those odd chinese restauraunts. It is Yorkshire after all...

 

[Dogtrousers]

My favourite was the guy explaining that they'd left some spacers on top of the bars rather than cutting the steerer right down "so you can raise them up a bit when your back goes". I'll swear I saw the Grim Reaper sitting in the workshop at the back drinking a cup of tea.

 

[e-rider]

We were in Harrogate last week and I took the opportunity to order a new set of wheels for my tourer. The guy there was a bit vague and wrote down my details etc. on a scrap of paper, didn't want a deposit or payment either. I was a bit dubious about actually getting them but they phoned yesterday for payment and they turned up today exactly as ordered (36 hole LX hubs, Sputnik rims, with heavy duty spokes on the drive side built by Dave Gall, £176 delivered).

they are not still building with plain gauge spokes on the drive side are they? The latest Dinosaur technology from Spa Cycles

 

[Prometheus]

It's nice to know some things in life are rock solid and don't change!
My wheel are fine so far, stood up to all the riggers that Yorkshire can throw
even the Tea.

 

[slowmotion]

I bought a few chainrings from them as well as my most recent bike. Good people and wonderfully "old school".

 

[biggs682]

only ever used them online for some koolstop pads very good service

 

[Pale Rider]

they are not still building with plain gauge spokes on the drive side are they? The latest Dinosaur technology from Spa Cycles

Looks like they are: "...built using double butted spokes throughout except on the driveside rear where plain gauge are utilized for strength..."

Not that I would want to be the man to tell Spa their wheels weren't properly built.

http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b0s178p2235

 

[classic33]

My favourite was the guy explaining that they'd left some spacers on top of the bars rather than cutting the steerer right down "so you can raise them up a bit when your back goes". I'll swear I saw the Grim Reaper sitting in the workshop at the back drinking a cup of tea.

Wasn't me!
I was elsewhere at the time.

 

[slowmotion]

Here's the absolute classic clip. No arm-waving, look-at-me histrionics. Just simple instructions.
Fantastic!
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[Incontinentia Buttocks]

Here's the absolute classic clip. No arm-waving, look-at-me histrionics. Just simple instructions.
Fantastic!
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Straps, who'd have thought! That man is a genius, and from now on I'm keeping zip ties in my bag.

 

[slowmotion]

Straps, who'd have thought! That man is a genius, and from now on I'm keeping zip ties in my bag.

I followed that clip religiously with my first Marathon Pluses. I think I used about fifteen releasable cable ties for the job.

There was still blood oozing out from under both thumbnails at the end of the prolonged struggle. I didn't have the knack.

 

[growingvegetables]

A trick worth mastering. If you're a teacher who cycles into school, YOU repair kids' punctures. And doing it that way, just with your hands, impresses the sulkiest 14 year old.