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Recycling Elephant and Castle

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London, United Kingdom

Used bicycle shop· Bicycle store

Recycling Elephant and Castle Reviews | Rating 2.9 out of 5 stars (5 reviews)

Recycling Elephant and Castle is located in London, United Kingdom on 110 Elephant Rd, Elephant and Castle,. Recycling Elephant and Castle is rated 2.9 out of 5 in the category used bicycle shop in United Kingdom.

Address

110 Elephant Rd, Elephant and Castle,

Phone

+44 2077037001

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Luke Edom

Sadly these are the kind of bike shops that are disappearing over time. You might find a shop like this in a rural town outside of London; kooky, a little bit grimy and full of hidden gems. I had a seriously cracked Fort aluminium frame with a mish-mash of Campagnolo that I couldn't strip down for parts because of a lack of tools, space and time. After looking about the shop freely without being oversold; I found a late 90s Raleigh mountain bike. Adam, the manager, was approachable and offered a number of different solutions available to him. We ended chatting and came to an agreement whereby we would part exchange the bikes with abit of cash. My non mover for a fully working MTB with new tires, new cables and a mudguard chucked in! This by no means is a perfectly organised Evans Cycles, with a carpet and uniformed staff selling you a reflective Brompton, No. This is an old school operation with a fully visible work shop at the back, complete with a grease covered mechanic holding his cup of tea - Fixing rather than replacing old parts, pushing the lives of these has been bikes further into new ownership. The shop's sign states 'reCycling' My new bike came with a free service, as long as I came back within 2 months, and if I wanted to swap back in a few days I was welcome to. My advice if you go here is to be friendly, be open to suggestions and definitely look about the shop. I left with a huge smile, and a sweet hack about bike which is now easily handling the wintery London conditions!

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Dani Quinn

Looking at some of the negative reviews, they don’t match my experience at all. It isn’t a swanky place with fancy service (the smell of smoke is like being in a bar 10 years ago!), but I find them direct, friendly and quick. My boyfriend and I have both come with issues that we thought were big and had minor tweaks made for free or at low cost when we were expecting to pay more. I always feel I have been taken seriously or been given helpful advice at a fair price. I have seen some customers get short shrift, but that has often seemed the customer wouldn’t listen or was asking for services or products they don’t do/have and refusing to take no for an answer.

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Emily Stewart

Staff were incredibly patient, generous and helpful. Nothing was too much to ask, and they made all necessary adjustments (including swapping out seat and pedals) to get that 'yes' moment. I didn't want to spend 400 on a new bike, and was quite happy spending half that for a bike with reconditioned parts, and a relationship with a shop and its community. Major benefits of buying here: the guarantee on parts and ability to come back and exchange whatever you buy if you ride it for a bit and aren't happy (I've yet to attempt this, but I'm not worried). For someone who prefers to take a bit of time to get used to a thing, the chance to try a few out on the street, change my mind, and trust I'll have no problems is priceless - in the current pandemic especially, this was a godsend. Thanks again :)

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Lauren Downie

The staff are friendly & knowledgeable and always able to help. They have fixed up my old road racer so many times quickly & efficiently at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.

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Anna K

This shop was recommended to my by a friend and I did eventually buy a bike from there a few months ago, which at the time I thought was overpriced but bought it anyway because I really needed one. It's had minimal use and although I knew it was a used bike, I wasn't expecting to already be paying 120 to get parts changed and get it fixed up- I haven't even been commuting for the last few months. I would recommend avoiding this one...

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