Thread started by Ninja biker at 08.24.10 - 1:38 pm

I need help with my cranks,can anyone suggest a good bike shop around L.A.
Or should I just go to the bike kitchen??
I had a pretty bad experience with safety cycles on western so I'm kinda
sketchy when it comes to bike shops.

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Saftey Cycles did horrible work ... Im shocked ...



OsnapsonJC
08.24.10 - 1:46 pm

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You'll get good advice, hands-on help, and very fair prices at any of these places:

Valley Bikery


Bike Oven

BikeRoWave




jericho1ne
responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
08.24.10 - 2:54 pm

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Saftey Cycles did horrible work ... Im shocked ...

OsnapsonJC

I didn't even get that far.
I needed a stem extender for my threadless headset and this korean dood was giving me this totally incompatible piece of crap and kept insisting that it would work...
Serenity Now!




Ninja biker
responding to a comment by OsnapsonJC
08.24.10 - 10:57 pm

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Echo Park Cycles! <3
or El Maestro



imachynna
08.24.10 - 11:57 pm

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that exact thing happened to me there.

every bike shop in town has at some point fucked up a customer's bike, and if you have other people work on your bikes, mistakes will eventually happen. at least if you're working on your own bike, you will learn something, and hopefully be able to fix it again yourself, sometimes even on the side of the road.

bikes aren't hard. if you haven't been to the kitchen, you'll love it.



tortuga_veloce
08.25.10 - 12:20 am

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ECHO PARK CYCLES



Graham
08.25.10 - 2:00 am

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I recommend Wheelworld or chubbys....both on sepulveda



tulosba
08.25.10 - 3:04 am

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If you are in the valley.Cycle World on Reseda off Parthenia

You can get berated, find out why CRANK MOB sucks and get a serious education on metal music all while getting your cranks fixed.



sexy
08.25.10 - 4:10 am

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Another vote here for Echo Park Cycles. Best shop in L.A.



frumble
08.25.10 - 12:33 pm

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Ahhahaha what sexy said.
If youre not a creep (im assuming you are) i can work on your cranks at my house.
Sexy, i need a haircut. Can you help me out We can listen to raven and talk about drummers who wear hockey masks.



ruinedbyidiots
08.25.10 - 1:30 pm

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Thanks guys
I've decided to take Tortuga's advice and work on the cranks myself.
I got me a crank puller and got the bottom bracket out.
Ordering a replacement bracket right now
It really isn't hard like he said.
You just need the right tools.
I'm still planning to go to Echo park cycles & The Kitchen coz they sound like
really cool places. and to "Ruined"
Yes I am but how do I know you aren't and when I get to
your house you get me wasted and I wake up in a bathtub naked with no Kidneys?
Sorry,I've been watching too much Jay & Silent Bob....

In a world gone mad, we will not spank the monkey, but the monkey will spank us :P



Ninja biker
08.26.10 - 11:25 am

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I too need a haircut – can you bring Big Sexy with you so RBI and I can listen to some grindcore while getting haircuts?

Wait… you’re getting a haircut? Do it yourself hippie! Unless you are going for some feathered (I don’t know what that means and got yelled at by a stylist for being clueless when she was cutting my hair) look, then I guess Sexy would be the person to call.





Kakihara
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08.26.10 - 11:30 am

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ruinedbyfarrahfawcet.



ruinedbyidiots
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08.26.10 - 11:35 am

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