Fix it once. Ride it more.
Independent bike repairs and servicing by Darren Moores. Booked in quickly, fixed properly, handed back ready to ride.
Everything from a quick puncture to a full strip and rebuild. Prices cover labour, plus cables on a service and a new tube on a puncture. Anything else your bike needs is quoted on top and always agreed with you first. Not sure what yours needs? Bring it in for a free safety check and I'll tell you straight.
A full once-over so you know exactly what the bike needs and what it'll cost, before you commit to anything.
The one most bikes need once a year. Gets a tired bike shifting and stopping like it should.
Stripped, cleaned and rebuilt. For high-mileage bikes or anything that's been sat in a shed a few winters.
Spongy lever, or brakes that bite differently every time? Fresh fluid usually fixes it. Mineral oil and DOT both covered.
Tubes, tyres and tubeless setups. Bring the wheel on its own and it's quicker still.
Rubbing, slipping, howling or refusing to shift. The most common job on the bench.
Buckles pulled out, spokes replaced, or a fresh wheel built from scratch to your spec.
Full service on anything with wheels under 24in. Stabilisers, first pedal bikes and hand-me-downs all welcome.
What's included, and what isn't. Prices cover my labour plus a couple of parts as standard:
And the rest:
Four stops, no surprises. You'll know the price before a spanner touches the bike.
Fill in the form or send a WhatsApp with a photo. A short description is usually enough for me to know what I'm dealing with.
I come back with a fixed price and the first slot I can take it. We agree a time for you to drop the bike off at the workshop.
If I find something else while it's on the stand, I message you before doing it. Nothing gets added to the bill without a yes.
I message you the moment it's ready to collect. It comes back cleaned and test-ridden, with a note of what was done and what to keep an eye on next.
I'm Darren Moores. Every bike that comes in is worked on by me, on my bench, start to finish. No queue of juniors, no jobs passed around, no guessing about who touched what.
That's the whole idea behind the name. A repair should buy you months of riding, not a fortnight before the same fault comes back. So I'd rather spend an extra half hour getting a bearing right than hand something back that's only technically fixed.
I'm self-taught. No Cytech certificate on the wall — just years of stripping bikes down, working out what went wrong and putting them back together properly. I'd rather be straight with you about that than pretend otherwise. If a job is beyond what I'll take on, I'll say so and point you at someone who can do it, rather than have a go and charge you for it.
Most of my work comes from Farnborough, Aldershot, Fleet and Camberley — commuters keeping a bike alive through winter, families getting kids' bikes ready for the spring, and riders heading out to the Blackwater Valley and Alice Holt trails.
Tell me the bike and the problem. I'll reply with a price and the next slot, usually same day.
