Find us

The blue front, with the mural.

Number 148, on the corner of Llandaff Road, with the mural on the side wall and the hire fleet in the yard behind. The workshop door is round the corner on Llandaff Road and opens for drop-off at 8am, before the shop. The Taff Trail is two hundred metres down Sanatorium Road; the city centre is ten minutes by bike.

A blue-fronted independent bike shop on a Cardiff street corner with a cycling mural on the side wall and a bike locked outside under a clear sky

Getting here, drop-off, access and hours

The shop

148 Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff CF11 9ND: the blue front with the mural, between the pharmacy and the Thai restaurant, opposite the junction with Llandaff Road. Workshop at the back; the hire fleet in the yard; the fit studio upstairs.

Getting here

Buses 17, 18 and 33 stop outside; Waun-gron Park and Ninian Park stations are a ten-minute walk. The Taff Trail is two hundred metres away down Sanatorium Road; the Bay is twenty minutes by bike, the city centre ten. A Nextbike stand is on the corner.

Parking

Thirty minutes free outside for dropping off a bike; the Canton car park on Market Place is two hours free and a four-minute walk. We will carry a bike to the car for anyone who asks. Bike parking is a rack outside and a locked one in the yard for hire customers.

Workshop drop-off

From 8am Monday to Saturday, before the shop opens: ring the bell at the workshop door on Llandaff Road. Tell us the slot you booked and anything new since. We text when the bike is ready; collect until 6pm, or 5:30 from the workshop door.

Access

Step-free from the street into the shop and the workshop. The fit studio is upstairs; for anyone who cannot do stairs we bring the jig down to the shop floor after hours, by arrangement. Accessible toilet on the ground floor.

Hours

Shop Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday 10am to 4pm. Workshop Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 5:30pm. Hire collections from 9am. Bike fits Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by booking. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Standing outside at five to eight with a bike and a flat? Ring 029 2018 0490; whoever is in will open the workshop door.

Book the workshop. Fixed prices, the next free slot, a text when it is done.

Three service levels at £45, £85 and £150, labour only, with parts quoted before they are fitted. Book the slot here or by phone, drop the bike from 8am, collect the same day for Bronze and Silver. Punctures while you wait, any time.