Given up my landline so only phone 07772 948568

email: davidseaman10@gmail.com

Update early March 2025:  an "engineering" start to March! I'm not a skilled metalworker by any stretch, I can gas and mig weld and panelbeat a bit so engineering for the bike shed is pedal helicoil inserts and tapping and facing on steel frames. So in the same week: insert a pedal helicoil to a drive side crank after a pedal thread chews its way through the alloy (I never ask), this saves the rider around £140.  After drawing a blank at other cycle repairers who "...dont do that sort of thing", he was very glad to find me.  Salsa steel frames, know and like the quality of these, customer asks for the bottom bracket to be cleaned out and faced.  I'm always surprised at how out of parrallel these often are, but now no bottom bracket issues for this frame when built up.

Now my 15th year of trading.  Set up in 2010 after being at a desk for 20+ years and attaining certified qualification as a bike mechanic and wheelbuilder, I am really proud of maintaining a viable and enjoyable business which has benefited from repeat custom and word of mouth recommendation from many of you: thank you for this.

Regrettable price increase, my 1st in 2-3 years, but still great value fixed price servicing, cheaper than is typical as my overheads are not as crippling as bricks and mortar shop premises, so you continue to benefit from this: Bronze £37, Silver £56 and Gold £99, yes take you bike to bits and rebuild for the magic £1 less than 3 figures.

New for 2024 was noticeable demand for second handbuilt wheelsets to switch wide gravel rubber to narrower (28mm) road rubber.  Back in the day of 15mm wide rim brake road rims, your second wheelset would be for winter use, is the gravel bike reversing this? Its easy to build a wheelset with the same through axle, disc rotor style and diameter, and cassette and fit the tubeless tyres of your choice, let me advise.

I can also "prove" a spare wheelset for you. I can set up so your changeover is hassle free and minimal fettling required.  You also need too closely monitor your chain so that you dont use a worn out chain with a hardly worn cassette, I can advise, its easy.

Please note: I no longer undertake Dr Bike work, in the past I travelled far and wide and visited many fetes, galas, promo events, offices; fitting parts to make bikes safe and giving out loads of advice - superb times! I also no longer undertake learn to cycle training and advanced skills training, although I may return to this in the coming years.

Wheely good deals on handbuilt wheels - stock clearance! 

Only one remains! Rear tiagra hub & Ambrosio Evolution 32 spoke £65

Full specifications and details on the About Me & Wheel Building page, just click through. Using up excess stock of high quality hubs and 700c road bike rim braked rims! Best prices, I've done my research!  Just 1 remains quality rear wheel for £65.  Winter wheels? Get a set, don't run your shiny, you love them, road bike wheels over the winter, they will get trashed, happy to talk you through the options.

NEW IN STOCK BUILD Front 700c 6 bolt disc, tubeless ready, QR or 12mm thru, all black see wheelbuild page for full details £160 replace the low quality wheel your new gravel bike was supplied with.  Also, brand new, centre lock front 28 spoke onto a tubeless ready, with rim brake capability Kinlin rim, all silver, all axle options; £155.

So far no 2025 increase in my service prices: £33/£50/£85 - Bronze/Silver/Gold. I have sought to buck the trend and keep my fixed price labour costs fixed all through this inflationary price spiral, inflation is still with us but it has reduced from the peak. Component prices "still appear" to have slowed and in some cases returned to a realistic level.  By way of example, a black sapim double butted spoke - these fly out the door as my default wheelbuild standard! - went from a steady 3 year trade price to fluctuate about 30-40% higher for around 18 months, looking at the price now compared to then its an 8% increase, similar with all the consumables.  As always, who knows where we go from here, supply overstocks and supply greater than demand, the wigglreaction administration, raleigh ending parts supply in UK...

Vintage Bike News:  still have a Fred Dean in the shed FRED DEAN click if interested, well respected and now very rare; totally period to late 1960's/early 70's; Campagnolo throughout with wolber tubular rims and fine pair of tubs fitted. Happy to discuss.

At last a recognition of the value of...REPAIR

Its on the telly, its in the press...at last folks are wanting (or pay someone) to repair stuff.  The end of throwaway culture, probably not, but a growing realisation that repair is better than replace. Thats always been my way, as a child it was changing plugs, lightbulbs, hammer, nails and a basic tool kit in every house. Dexterity in using hand tools was commonplace.  Repair and maintenance to give you the performance you deserve from your bike is (and always has been) my byeline. Its what I do; its simple! So get in touch and save over the cost of my competitors and dont shell out your hard earned for a new bike. Yes after an estimate it may not be economic for you, but at least you will know and with decent quality entry level hybrids now around the £500 price point - the economics of repair are more in your favour.

Have enjoyed working on many more Campagnolo equipped bikes recently - yes I'm an aficionado - rebuild hub repair kits are now around £60-£70, that gets you new bearings, cups, cones, pawls and pawl retaining spring, impossible to do on shi*an* and keeps your record/chorus/athena hubs rolling along without issue.

Spokes breaking on tubeless disc brake wheels! Whats this about, a spoke break is a spoke break, you charge £1 per spoke and £15-25 for a retrue? Yes thats on a inner tube rim braked wheel, add the time and cost of disc remove and refit, new tubeless tape and fluid and you are adding cost to the job.  As an honest trader - just flagging this up.  Also give my opinion? Rim brakes will never go away, they will undergo a resurgence!

Welcome! Have a read through to find out a bit about me, what I do and prices. Always happy to help with chat and advice so get in touch! Its an older photo below, have stopped cutting my hair as short!

Now in year 15 of trading, Dave's Bike Shed has established itself as a trustworthy provider of great value for money cycle repair and maintenance to people from Fife, Lothians, Edinburgh and beyond.

Thanks to all who continued to support the Shed in its first fourteen years, your repeat business and friendship is greatly appreciated. Thanks for spreading the word about me and my expertise and care in looking after your bike.

To my new customers; my thanks for your business, see you again for the regular maintenance your bike needs to keep it tip top and giving you the performance it should.

Is your crank arm cross threaded or the thread stripped out at the pedal? With a chainset costing from £35 to £600, this problem would normally result in these parts going to the recycling. Not any more! Let Dave's Bike Shed repair this with a Helicoil insert that will allow a pedal to attach to your crank and for you to save the cost of a new chainset. See prices and maintenance page for full details.

Do your disc brakes consistently squeal? Despite cleaning rotors and changing pads your disc brakes need to be set up correctly to ensure they operate effectively; where the calliper mounts to the frame has to be absolutely square, let me make sure this is the case with my specialist tool. Details on the maintenance page. 

Bought a bike from the internet and marvelled at the cost savings but despaired at the customer service and then having to set your bike up? Identify a broad range of bikes, in your price range, and ask me to advise on best vfm.  I will then take delivery and build it for £25 and set you up with saddle adjustment when you collect.

More on e-commerce and internet competition. "You cant fit a bottom bracket over the Internet" Okay, its not a direct quote but the superb book "The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad"  makes the case for the internet being unable to hammer in a nail.  More and more business's are thinking local, doin the right thing by customers, here is one my examples.  An Edinburgh resident, who is Aberdour born and still has family in the village makes contact, front gear changer not working and front wheel buckle.  Turns out the wheel buckle is an incorrectly mounted 2.10 Conti Mountain Race tyre, sometimes they dont seat well, front changer is a cable retension and reset the limit travel screws.  Ten minute job using 1 allen key, 1 screwdriver, 1 wheel truing stand and my experience and skills - charge £5 - because that makes sense to me.  That the job was done on a Saturday morning while he waited, says so much more than saving £15 on a new chainset or £3 on the same Shimano cassette that I can fit for you.

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