You arrive on main campus and finally manage to squeeze your bike onto a rail outside Costcutters. You have just had to awkwardly scrape your feet along the ground to stop your bike, as applying the brakes would be too noisy and embarrassing. Oh and you think you have a puncture, the front wheel is flat from that day you were late to your 9am and you hit a pothole. Unfortunately you canât rummage through your dadâs toolbox to find some oil or a spare inner tube, and although I can hold my hands up to say I have played the âdamson in distressâ card and knocked next door â this isnât always possible.
âGet Cyclingâ is situated at 22 Hospital Fields Road York (near Aldi) and offers a vast range of bike services at incredibly reasonable prices. If itâs something minor you can walk in and are likely to get it fixed there and then. If though girls your bike is slightly more battered, you can book it in for a full repair/service and get a courtesy bike free of charge. This prevents those early mornings from getting all that moreâŠearlyâŠ
The workshop is open from 8:30am until 6pm 6 days a week (excluding Sundays). A puncture repair (including inner tube) is ÂŁ10 while a full bike clean (including degrease and lube chain) is ÂŁ17.50. If you have something a little more obscure however, the full pricing list can be seen here. They sell a range of accessories in the store, from lush lights to âjellyâ seat covers, oh and if you want to buy something a little more nostalgic they sell pink foil handle bar streamers too. Not even joking.
So girls, if your having bike issues donât postpone it until you embarrass yourself in front of your course crush, itâs not worth it when thereâs a place like âget cyclingâ so close to campus.Â