My old one Apex Cycles in Clapham. Got them to replace my back wheel after a motorist (fortunately slowly) drove into the back of me in traffic. Whole rear hub came loose within a week of having the work done - they had no interest in fixing it 
Decathlon are shit arenât they. Tbf loads of places Iâve taken bikes have been a bit shit. Luckily my proper five minutes away lbs is great.
Pcbe 
Untrue
My âfunny makeâ he probably means ânot Shimanoâ
Shit bike shop though
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The words in this post are perf 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqSaPe9lEqP/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=o5umia2535c7
Thereâs one old guy in Sheffield whoâs great, really knows his stuff and talks you through everything. The rest of them are clueless
Thereâs loads of new gcn presenters and most of them are really bad so now I only watch when itâs Simon and Dan Lloyd or Emma and thatâs a shame 
Actually thereâs another one who isnât completely awful but Iâm still not sure on him
Havenât watched in ages. Itâs been shit for a long time
this
ever since they couldnât be arsed to show our âwelcome to the GCN showâ but showed cgâs instead
FUCK THEM
Irked
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yes
Not a huge fan of the red but donât really care as it is more about the comfort so I would really appreciate the saddle 
(at least to try, I can always return it if I donât get on with it). The stem would be handy too, not sure what I have at the moment as I wasnât sure how much of it to measure? Tbh I am thinking the 60mm is probably more likely to be the better fit for me.
I can come and collect them if postage would get a bit much for the size/weight? Got some other things I could do on the price of my travel card to get value out of my trip 
That makes a lot of sense, everything is so stop start riding around town, and then where about two thirds of the routes I have been doing are on cycle paths you canât really get a steady higher pace going because of a variety of hazards. Good for learning stop/starting and getting better at handling though. Think I will probably max out around 15km/h for solo town riding.
Going to have a good look over the maps and work out an out of town ride to try soon, which I imagine will feel quite liberating as there isnât really a pedestrian route out of here so cycling beyond the edge of Basildon will feel pretty good 
also have a look at ride with gps and do a search of routes near wherever you live
as for the stems: the length is how long it is (60mm). the other measurement is the diameter of the âclampâ where it attaches to handlebars. theyâre all pretty much 31.8mm these days. so for this you have to know the diameter of yr bars. pretty sure theyâre 31.8mm.
iâll package up everything this week 
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yep, iâm right:
Red T3 Stem | B'TWIN Road Bike Owners Club says:
Clamp sizes (all frames):
Size to steerer tube (from the forks) 1 1/8th inch
Size to handlebars 31.8mm (sometimes described as âoversizeâ)
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Is the length the entire stem or excluding where it attaches?
Just had a quick search on ride with GPS, a couple of promising routes already, thanks for the tip! I might need a bit of climbing practice before tackling The Crown though (biggest local hill, always had to trudge up it at primary school to the church at the top for a carol service at Christmas so it holds a place of fear in my mind).
Anyway, THANK YOU! You are properly amazing Niki 
iâm not sure really. bâtwin own brand ones have the length printed on them, like this:
(i think itâs the entire length)
one thing to mention; shortening your reach (stem) can make the bike feel twitchy and possibly indicates that it may be too big for you. when i had a 60mm stem on i got some hand pain and it turned out i need to go the other way.
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theyâre usually measured centre of steerer tube to centre of handlebar
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@anon89873996, as are handlebars. Seatposts are measured from the inside of the post, not the outside.
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