My 3 hour trail ride turned into a 3.5 hour excursion as I encountered some mechanical difficulties just about as far away from home as I could possibly be on the route. I was heading, I think, for FARTHING DOWN.
Luckily for me I realised the nature of my impending mechanical doom (earlier today) just outside of Cycling Made Easy in Coulsdon.
30 minutes later I was good to go.
The point of this post is to thank them and give a heads-up to anyone in the area. They did an awesome job doing some quick repairs and ROB seemed to know FAR too much about maintenance for my liking.
THANK YOU GUYS
From my brief experience today; a highly competent bike repair shop. They also had an inordinate amount of electric bikes of every type (I thought there only was one type). There were even carbon fibre mountain bike…with electric motors, handy for your non-sporting friends for a day out of YOUR choosing (they can keep up).
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Last Updated on 16 January 2026 by the5krunner
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tfk is the founder and author of the5krunner, an independent endurance sports technology publication. With 20 years of hands-on testing of GPS watches and wearables, and competing in triathlons at an international age-group level, tfk provides in-depth expert analysis of fitness technology for serious athletes and endurance sport competitors.
