bike service

[Dombo]

Creaking could be from the rear hub. Mine was dry (discovered instantly by the bloke in GBs just by applying the brakes and pushing on the pedal) so they re-lubed it. That was 2 years ago and i've stripped and done it myself since.
The only thing you really need a shop for are headsets and possibly removing old style BB.
Park Tool website and Zinn maintneance books are all you need. Plus tools of course but just buy them as you need them. My chain splitter is over 30 years old and still works fine. Ditto my cotterless crank puller (from the days when cotterless cranks were the cojones del perro)

[Dombo]

[quote="Snoop Doug"]I used ecolocal in Sutton recently.

Got a full service including new brake pads and a couple of cables replaced. Including these spares the cost was £85 including a £20 discount offer the council are promoting cycling in the borough. The folk @ ecolocal were friendly, kept me informed too. I took the bike out on the roubaix day trail ride and it's all working tickety boo. I think this is v good value for money.

Snoop

[quote="Dombo"][quote="Snoop Doug"]I used ecolocal in Sutton recently.

Got a full service including new brake pads and a couple of cables replaced. Including these spares the cost was £85 including a £20 discount offer the council are promoting cycling in the borough. The folk @ ecolocal were friendly, kept me informed too. I took the bike out on the roubaix day trail ride and it's all working tickety boo. I think this is v good value for money.

Snoop

[Snoop Doug]

...in all seriousness I thought £85 was pretty good value. I mean, the brake pads must've cost £30 plus for a full set, add in a couple of cables, some grease etc and I don't think they're ripping folk off @ these prices. In fact my concern would be, are they making enough?

[Ivor]

[quote="Snoop Doug"]...in all seriousness I thought £85 was pretty good value. I mean, the brake pads must've cost £30 plus for a full set, add in a couple of cables, some grease etc and I don't think they're ripping folk off @ these prices. In fact my concern would be, are they making enough?

[Andrew G]

[quote="Ivor"]Sounds like a good price for that service to be honest. I just prefer tinkering with my own.