Mobile Bicycle Repairs Lincolnshire
Mobile Bicycle Repairs in Lincolnshire & Event Support
Fully Insured Level 2 qualified & experienced shop mechanic (Cytech is the industry standard in professional cycle services and is professionally regulated as such - not to be mistaken!)
Problems getting your bike to a bicycle shop?
Don’t want to wait 3-4 weeks for a service slot?
Need to use your bike to get to work - or just to get out the house?
Most jobs usually completed and returned same day or next day
With the cycling bonanza caused by lockdown showing no signs of slowing down, it is even more difficult to get your pride and joy serviced or repaired, with most bike shops having month-long waiting lists for even minor repairs.
I am offering a mobile bicycle repair service so you can get your trusty steed fixed and back on the road in no time at all. I will repair outside your home or collect and service, repair and return your bike whilst adhering to Covid-19 health and safety protocols.
Discounts for key workers who use their bikes to get to and from work!
Coverage
The repair service is available within a 10 mile radius of Metheringham LN4 3EH and further by agreement*
Areas covered: Metheringham-Sleaford, Conningsby, Horncastle, Bardney, Branston, Heighington, Washingborough, Potterhanworth, Nocton, Dunston, Cranwell, Navenby, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, Digby, Cherry Willingham, Fiskerton, Ruskington, Bassingham, Aubourn, Waddington, Brant Broughton, Welton, Coleby, Harmston and all the other interconnecting villages.
* For appointments outside of my 11 mile working radius there will be a charge of 45p extra per mile
What I offer
Bike repairs & servicing
I offer a full range of mobile bicycle repair services, from puncture repairs to complete bike re-builds and custom builds. The work can be completed at your home or workplace, alternatively I can collect your bike and return it to you after the work has been completed.
As an experienced Cytech qualified mechanic, I am fully insured to carry out work and transport customer bikes in my charge.
Cycling Support Services - Event Support - Repairs & Upgrades etc
Event support
If you are running a local charity / club cycle ride or Sportif, I can provide event mechanical support and logistical support (route setting, signage, guides, catering, medics, mechanics etc) for those too.
Damon & Imp Adventures have planned, organised and led hundreds of cycling and trekking adventures all over the world for dozens of charities, individuals, corporates and groups of friends. See www.impadventures.com for ideas and info and the picture gallery below
Pricing
Please note: there is a minimum callout charge of £30.00 which is not added to the bill if labour is more than £30.00.
For appointments outside of my 10 mile working radius there will be a charge of 45p extra per mile
If your bicycle is in a dirty condition there may be a charge for cleaning to allow for closer inspection of the frame and components.
Prices do not include the cost of replacement parts unless mentioned.
Build
Full bike build of new bike (from scratch) — £110
New Bike in a box (Build & PDI & set up to BS6102 Pt1192) — £40
Brakes
Brake Service – Brake adjustment, clean, inspect pad/replace & lube — £20
Brake Cable – Inner & outer replacement, adjust (single/pair) — £20 / £30
Hydraulic Brake Service – Remove pads, clean & inspect. Replace fluid & bleed system as required — £35
Disc Brake Rotor fitting – Single/Paid Rotor(s) & suitable frame/fork (adaptors to order) — £19 / £35
Gears
Gear Service – Adjust, Index, Clean & Lubricate (front & rear each) — £20
Front Derailleur replace & Set up — £20
Rear Derailleur replace & Set up — £20
Gear Cables – Replace & adjust (pair) — £25
Tyres & wheels
Wheel Truing (new spokes from £1.20 each) — £20
Tyre or tube replacement (1 wheel / 2 wheels) — £10 / £15
Puncture repair / tube replacement (includes tube cost) — £10
Hub Service (Front) — £15
Hub Service (Rear) — £25
Headset & suspension
Fork Fitting including Crown Race fitting — £30
Headset Replacement — £20
Headset Service (Replace Bearings & Adjust) — £15
Bars & grips / tape
Handlebar – Fit/Replace — £25 (including re-taping) - Hydraulic routing extra!
Stem – Fit/Replace — £10
Grip/bar Tape – Replace — £20
Drive-train
Fit Bottom Bracket — £25
Chain + Cassette replacement (recommend to do both to eliminate slipping) — £20/£25
Chain-set / Crank-set replacement / inner Chain Ring replacement — £25
Chain-ring replacement – replace outer ring if chain-set / crank-set not removed — £15
Re tap crank pedal thread (1 pedal / 2 pedals) — £15 / £20
Degrease & lubricate chain — £15
Servicing
Some may offer a cheaper service for your custom, but always read the ‘detail’ and remember, - you’re not paying for my hours and minutes, you’re paying for my years and experience!
Bronze Service Recommended after 6-9 months of riding. The plan includes gears and brakes adjusted, chain checked and lubricated, full safety check and advice on worn or faulty components, all fixtures, fittings and bearings checked and correctly adjusted / torqued and a basic wheel true — £40
Silver Service Recommended after 9-12 months of riding. Includes all the bronze package, plus the drivetrain / gears cleaned or stripped and de-greased, if necessary, components lubricated and wheels tensioned and trued, plus spoke replacement if required — £65
Gold Service Recommended after 12-18 months of riding. Includes Bronze and Silver package, plus a complete bike valet, full strip down with all components removed and rebuilt, comprehensive inspection, cleaning and appropriate lubing and re-greasing of components — £120
Cables & Bar Tape Replacement - Replace both gear & brake cables and cable outers and bar tape (this is a highly recommended yearly service that will keep your shifting and braking silky smooth. Bar tape will usually be required to be replaced to achieve this on drop handlebar road bikes - something that should be done yearly regardless) - Cables only replaced £50 Cables & Bar tape replaced £65 (black bar tape inc) alternatively you can supply own bar tape and this will be £55 (complex TT/Tri bikes may be charged more)
Upgrades
Consult with me on how you can improve specific components on your bike such as lower gearing for climbing, better wheels and tyres, performance finishing kit - seat-post, stem and bars.
Get in touch
Phone: 07768 608914
Email: damon@impadventures.com
Damon is proud to be affiliated to Lincoln’s newest and quickest growing Cycling Club - COBL (Mention you’re a club member when contacting Damon) https://www.cobl.cc/
Speedplay pedal servicing
Damon can service your Speedplay zero pedals, or upgrade your current alloy/steel zero pedals to Ti ones inc new Ti spindles, butterfly plates and all internal bearings etc.
Bearings greased - £30 inc postage
service - £45 inc postage (you provide the new bearings etc and I replace and service)
upgrade to Titanium model - £110 inc postage (new Ti spindles & Butterfly plates and full internals)
Customers’ bikes gallery
Canyon Aeroad CF SLX silver service new BB
Cannondale Synapse 2017 Silver service new headset & Brake Pads
Latest Super-Bike build; the Van Nicholas Eurus
After covering well over 100,000km around Europe it was about time this well loved 13yr old bike was treated to a full makeover.
1. Frame sanded down and polished like new
2. New Decals applied
3. Campagnolo Shamal Ultra wheels + Vittoria Corsa Control tyres
4. Full Campagnolo Super Record group-set (Record chainset & chain) with super record Ti 11/25 cassette and 39/53 up front.
5. Cinelli NEOS finishing kit (bars, stem, seatpost)
6. Speedplay pave pedals and Specialized Power mimic saddle
7. Fizik tempo bartape, Arundel stainless steel cages, K-edge out front Garmin mount, Tacx crash bung, Campagnolo water bidon.
This is most definitely the coolest and sexiest build I’ve created so far. Stunning from every angle and with faultless mechanical engineering and performance. 100% super-bike and a pure work of art.
Nothing Rides, Looks or Lasts like Titanium!
Planet X service - new shifters, cables and bottom bracket
A hand built Italian classic restored - Tyres, chain, brakes, cables etc.
A lovely Cannondale given a Gold service and now running like a dream
One of the fastest bikes I’ve fettled in a long while - Specialized Tarmac
Canyon Aeroad for a tune up - one of the most popular bikes I’m servicing at the moment (for good reason)
Canyon Aeroad Di2 fully stripped down after accidental damage, repaired by Carbon bike repair and rebuilt again for Tom
Cannondale Supersix Evo given a bronze service, chain and pads and ready to fly
Bianchi Intenso Campy Chorus slammed and tuned and ready to roll
Giant Propel serviced and ready to smash those Strava Segments for Andy in Metheringham.
Campagnolo Record / Super Record Build - The best groupset from the makers of the best groupsets in cycling!
Campagnolo Chorus EPS removed from a clients bike and cleaned ready for sale
Finally got Liz’s Ti Lynskey back up and running after several months waiting for new warranty shifters! Complete strip down, re-sanded and polished and new decals fitted along with a service and new cables and bar tape. Looking fantastic and such a silky smooth stylish ride.
Nick’s fantastic ‘Prologo’ bar-tape
Liz’s stunning Bianchi Infinito CV build:
1. Bianchi Infinito frameset CV 50cm
2. Campagnolo Zonda wheels + Vittoria Corsa Control tyres
3. Full Campagnolo Chorus group-set 11/32 cassette and 34/50 up front.
4. Cinelli NEOS finishing kit (bars, stem, seatpost)
5. Speedplay zero pedals and Specialized Power mimic saddle
6. Bianch bar-tape, Bianchi cages
A stunning build and looks superb!
Robin’s ORRO Terra gravel bike fixed and serviced and running like new…
Had the honour of cutting down the steerer on this Bianchi Sprint today and servicing it. Cracking bike Steve
Another Canyon Aeroad CF SLX serviced for COBL rider Tom.
Replacing Campagnolo standard bearings in Eurus/Zonda wheels with ceramic bearings and high -speed ceramic grease
Specialized Diverge in the stand today, gold service and new Praxis M30 bottom bracket and headset bearings. Running smooth for Abby now
Specialized ‘future shock’ service
Giant Propel headset service and cable swap
Converting a Cannondale Super Six Evo to the new KNOT integrated bar & stem system. What a job, new hydraulics and cables and the joy of threading them all through frame and bars to correct lengths! Loved it! Cheers Adam
Another fantastic weapon serviced - Jonny’s Canyon Aeroad CF SLX; new Zipp 404 wheel bearings, new chain, bar tape, Speedplay pedals serviced and tuned ready to race!
It’s finished! S-Works Tarmac with Knight 50mm hoops & Dt Swiss hubs, Dura-Ace Ultegra Di2 mix, Roval bars, S-Works seat-post & Fizik Antares 00 saddle, Cane Creek EE special edition brakes, Arundel Mandibel cages, Schwalbe Pro One rubber and Fizik Vento bar tape.
An amazing build with top notch components, built from scratch for Sam - One extremely fortunate chap with impeccable taste!
Cannondale Super Six Evo
£243 ‘Farsports’ (Far East) integrated aero-bars. Not as straightforward as described. Ideally designed for Di2 or Etap as the cabling holes are very small and not really ideal for two cable outers.
This conversion on a Cannondale Super Six Evo hydraulic proved ridiculously hard to thread the hydraulics through the two tiny ports inside the headset spacers and using the Park hydraulic threading cable would not clear the exit holes near shifters!!
Solution - to marry these bars to the current headset spacers requires a 3D printed top spacer which I drilled two exit holes into (very tough material) and threaded hydraulics through which allowed a cleaner run to shifters. I taped the gearing outers under the bars which looks neat and hidden too.
The steerer required one of the supplied spacer tubes fitting and a new expander plug to use the supplied top cap and a couple of micro spacers to take up the play.
Fabric bar tape to finish and looks good, def improvement on the old bars for sure.
Very Important Bike - Fred’s Bianch Oltre XR4, Campagnolo Chorus Groupset and Campag Bora One wheels, This is the super-bike that dreams are made of!
The new ‘climbing’ bike completed! Colnago Carbon CLD with mix of Ultegra 6800 34/50 chainset and 170mm cranks with Ultegra 8000 mechs, Campagnolo dark label Zonda wheels and Vittoria Corsa Control tyres, Brooks C13 carbon saddle, fizik bar tape, Castelli under saddle bag with new cables inners and outers, speedplay pedals, K-edge Garmin mount and Ultegra chain and 105 11/34 cassette. Can’t wait to ride her…
Trek Madone SLR9 - £12.4K super-bike in for new bars following high-speed altercation with a van!
rather tricky job indeed seeing as the bars and cables are completely integrated into the stem and frame and swapping the bars means cutting and removing the hydraulics and removing the Di2 wiring and replacing both. Precision job with intricate and fiddly skills required with the right tools and sequences to follow.
Finally finished assembling the latest weapon in my performance armoury. Ta Da, The Dedacciai Nerissimo 12-speed Campag ‘Red rocket’.
Hard to find engineering excellence in this modern era with designers having way too much influence in design rather than being engineering led. This gorgeous super stiff frameset still keeps external gear cabling whilst also allowing for Di2 intervals if required.
Deda frame-sets have super smooth internal tubing too, (achieved by injecting foam) rather than the many complicated frame-sets who use an internal bladder to form their shapes which results in rough intervals and nightmare cable friction problems with their rough innards and ridiculously angled cable runs.
The Campy 12-speed drivetrain is an absolute dream in operation, still 11/34 range at the back but with way fewer steps to achieve that than a clunky (ier) 11 speed with the same range. The gear changes are positive clicks with the USP of being able to upshift 3 gears at a time and downshift 5 gears at a time (if you’ve not tried this it’s simply awesome)
Campag Zonda wheels are still the best everyday wheel-set on the market and fitted with the Corsa Control rubber are faultless for everyday riding. Finishing kit is about as good as it gets for performance, and all up weight is a reasonable 7.78kg ready to roll
Dedacciai Nerissimo high modulus t700 carbon frame
Campagnolo Chorus Carbon Chainset - 12 Speed - Black / 36/52 / 172.5mm 11/34
Deda Superleggera 35 Carbon handlebar and stem and Deda Superleggero carbon seatpost,
Fizik Aliante saddle,
Speedplay zero pedals
Campagnolo Zonda wheelset and Vittoria Corsa Control 25mm tyres
Deda loop bar tape
Deda bottle cages
Garmin mount
Top Tools & Tech
Inner tube sealant (NOT tyre sealant) - The difference:
Whilst every manufacturer will sing the praises of their tubeless wheels and bike set-ups, the truth is that for road bikes ‘with high tyre pressures’ they just don’t work! For mtn bikes ‘high volume low pressure’ they are great, for road bikes ‘low volume high pressure’ the sealant does not get enough time to seal the hole before being ejected all over the bike, road and rider ha ha (I’ve witnessed dozens of such scenarios).
There is also the faff of trying to seat your tubeless tyres after filling with sealant as unless they are new and you are very lucky requires a compressor or tubeless air-can type pump, and often the skill and dexterity of a brain surgeon to install the valve core without loosing air pressure and unseating the tyre bead. Numerous people including myself on events and rides have had to fit an inner tube to a tubless tyre which deflated and this is a right mess!
The answer (maybe) - Inner tube sealant, squirted into the inner tube by simply deflating the tube, removing the valve with the simple supplied tool, squirting a couple of ounces into each tube, replacing the valve core, inflating, spinning the wheel and done! Took me 10 minutes to prep both wheels and - no mess, no fancy pump and so simple a triathlete could do it.
The verdict - It works! I installed the sealant and set off on an adventurous 100k ride through some very stunning quiet lanes complete with pot holes, thorns and even a section through a farmers field to avoid a road closure! I did notice a slight sluggishness to my accelerations but overall for most people the additional weight to the rotating mass would not be noticeable. On returning home I was aware that my front tyre was feeling slightly bouncy and there was definitely some air-loss from my usual 100psi which confirmed that I had suffered a puncture, my tyre was now 60psi, but the inner tube sealant had worked! No mess, no faff and even if it had failed I would still have just had to replace the inner tube as normal and inflate with my CO2 canister which is still only a two minute job for the experienced rider.
For many people this solution could be just what they need to give them that little bit more confidence to venture further afield without worry. It’s obviously not infallible but it certainly works in my experience.
Gravel riders and mtn bikers should still probably stick to their tubeless setups but for roadies, this is definitely worth considering, especially in winter or on challenging routes and roads.
Another observation is for those running really tight wheel/tyre combinations then this liquid magic might just save the day when tasked with the near impossible task of changing an inner tube on a cold winters day with a seemingly impossibly tight tyre removal or for those with weak thumbs etc.
Wheels manufacturing hub press and over-axle kit for servicing those precious bearings and keeping those wheels spinning
Zipp 404 Firecrest hun bearing service
Bit of toolbox husbandry this evening - decided to keep my most used ‘small tools’ in a tool roll and then the smaller ‘medium use’ tools I kept in my Park Tools tool box I’ve cut into foam and divided into 4-layers that fit snug into the Park Tool Box. Longer daily use tools in a tool bucket with oils and lubes etc and remaining less used specialist tools in a tool chest. Hopefully this will keep me best organised and better accountable. #toolboxwars
Damon is available for private hire to support your personal or group cycling challenge as both medic & mechanic, as well as chaperoning you and assisting you in all logistical and planning aspects of your challenge (pic shown on a recent mobile mechanic support job in Italy)
Loving the new Park Tools mobile work bench. Bit lighter and quicker to assemble than my Pedro’s equivalent.
Cycling Events gallery
Damon’s cycling events business ‘Imp Adventures’ has been planning, organising and leading cycling and trekking events since 2008. Imp Adventures has led cycling challenges all over the world. See www.impadventures.com for information no
Clients Bikes Gallery
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