Spoke & Chain
Inside a brick railway arch at dusk: a gravel bike leaning by a repair stand, a mechanic truing a wheel under a lamp, the open arch onto a wet cobbled harbourside with cranes
Scene 01 / Bristol / since 2014

Built for the way Bristol rides.

Independent bikes, workshop craft and honest advice — under one railway arch by the harbour side.
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Unit 4, Gasferry Yard
Tue–Sat · 09:00–18:00
Two hands holding a spoked bicycle wheel by its rim in front of a tall arched window
Scene 02 / The independent route

ANY BIKE. ANY AGE. ANY SHOP.

We sell city, gravel, road and e-bikes. We service, repair and fit any bike with the same practical care: explain the work, quote it clearly, then ride it round the yard before it leaves us. Two stands and a kettle in 2014; six stands and four mechanics today.

  • Since 2014
  • Six stands
  • Four mechanics
A bike shop floor under a brick vault, rows of bikes on both sides, a customer and a mechanic talking beside a grey gravel bike
Scene 03 / The shop floor

ABOUT SIXTY BIKES. ALL READY TO RIDE.

City, gravel, road and e-bikes — every one built up, checked on the stands and ready for a proper test ride. We ask where you ride and what you carry before we talk about a bike. Part-exchange on bikes we can safely sell on, with a written price that holds for two weeks.

  • City
  • Gravel
  • Road
  • E-bikes
Seen from above, a mechanic working on a bike clamped in a repair stand beside a bench of ordered tools
Scene 04 / Six stands

THE WORKSHOP IS THE HEART OF THE ARCH.

Four mechanics, six repair stands and one bike-fitting jig. From a quiet creak to a full rebuild, we work on the bike in front of us — not where it came from. Parts are quoted by text before they are fitted.

  • Labour included
  • Parts quoted by text
  • Test-ridden
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Scene 05 / Published prices

Clear work. Clear numbers.

Labour is included. If the bike needs a part we have not quoted, we send a photo and a price by text — nothing happens until you reply. Customer parts are fitted at the normal labour price; we cannot guarantee a part we did not supply.
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  • Safety check, £3530 minBrakes, gears, tyres and every bolt checked and adjusted.
  • Full service, £1491 dayStripped, cleaned, re-greased and rebuilt, every cable and pad checked, ridden round the yard.
  • Drivetrain refresh, £65plus parts2 hChain, cassette and chainring measured, cleaned or replaced, gears indexed.
  • Wheel truing and tubeless, from £3045 minTrued and tensioned, tyres set up tubeless with fresh sealant.
  • E-bike service, £1791 dayA full service plus motor diagnostics, the latest firmware and a written battery health report.
  • Bike fit, £12090 minSaddle height, reach and cleats set on the jig around how far and how often you ride.
Scene 06 / From book-in to ride-out

No mystery between the stands.

Two city loan bikes are kept for customers whose bike is in for a full day — ask when you book.
  1. A customer wheeling a city bike up to the workshop counter, a mechanic waiting behind it

    01 — Book

    Book a day online or at the counter. Full and e-bike services need booking; safety checks and punctures are first come, first served before ten.

  2. A mechanic's and a customer's hands on the handlebars of a bike, looking over the brake lever together

    02 — Check in

    We look over the bike with you and agree the work.

  3. A gloved hand measuring a worn bike chain with a chain checker beside a new chain on the bench

    03 — Approve

    Find something not quoted, and you get a photo and a price by text. Nothing happens until you reply.

  4. A mechanic in a helmet riding a bike slowly across the wet cobbled yard outside the arch at dusk

    04 — Test

    Every finished job is ridden round the yard.

  5. A smiling customer wheeling her serviced city bike out of the arch, a mechanic seeing her off at the door

    05 — Collect

    We talk you through what we did before you take the bike home.

Servicing · Repairs · Wheels · E-bikes · Bike fitting · Gravel Sundays · Gasferry Yard · Bristol · Since 2014 · Six stands · Four mechanics

Mira Sandoval in black gloves working on the battery of a black e-bike in a repair stand
Scene 07 / Electric, understood

DIAGNOSTICS WITH THE SAME MECHANICAL CARE.

An e-bike service is a full service plus motor diagnostics, the latest firmware and a written battery health report. We service the motor systems we have the tools for, and tell you at check-in if yours is not one.

  • E-bike service
  • £179
  • 1 day
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A rider in a helmet on a fitting jig while Owen Price crouches to adjust the cleat at the pedal
Scene 08 / Fit the rider

LESS FIDGETING. MORE RIDING.

Saddle height, reach and cleats set on the jig around how far and how often you ride, with Owen at the jig.

  • Bike fit
  • £120
  • 90 min
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Scene 09 / Every Sunday

Out of the arch. Into the mist.

A free, no-drop group ride from the shop door: about sixty kilometres of lanes and old tracks, with a café stop halfway. Come on whatever you ride — with a helmet.
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08:30
From the shop door
60 km
About — lanes and old tracks
Free
No-drop, any bike
Halfway
The café stop
Four riders in helmets on gravel bikes riding away along a misty track between stone walls at first light
Scene 10 / Four at the stands

People who listen for the quiet things.

Different specialisms. One shared standard: understand the ride before reaching for a tool.
  • Des Hallett, grey-bearded in a dark beanie and a work apron, arms crossed in the workshop

    Des Hallett

    Founder · wheels and frames

    Opened the shop in 2014 with two stands and a kettle.

  • Kofi Mensah in a dark beanie and a work apron, smiling in the workshop

    Kofi Mensah

    Drivetrains and gears

    Chains, cassettes, gears and the creaks between them.

  • Mira Sandoval with her dark curly hair tied up, in a work apron, looking to the side

    Mira Sandoval

    E-bikes

    E-bike services and their written battery health reports.

  • Owen Price in a dark cap and a work apron, sitting on a bench in the workshop

    Owen Price

    Bike fitting

    Bike fits on the jig, around how you ride.

Scene 11 / Heard in the yard

Ridden. Repaired. Remembered.

They found the creak three other shops missed. A worn bottom bracket, sorted properly.
Hannah R., Commutes 14 km a day
I came in for a city bike and left with a fit, a lock and a route to work I actually enjoy.
Tomasz W., New to riding in town
The e-bike service came with a written battery report. Nobody had ever told me that before.
Grace O., E-bike owner
They talked me out of a new wheelset and trued the old one for thirty quid.
Dev P., Gravel rider
The quote came by text before any extra work. The bill matched it to the penny.
Lucy M., Full service customer
Sunday rides are the reason I know half the people on my street.
Ade K., Sunday regular
Scene 12 / Useful answers

Before you roll in.

Scene 13 / Book the stand

Tell us what the bike needs.

Choose the work, add anything useful, and someone from the workshop desk replies with a day and a price.

Tue–Sat 9:00–18:00 · Sunday mornings for the ride · 0117 496 0381 · or write to
The open railway arch at dusk seen from inside the workshop, wet cobbles running out to the harbour
Spoke & Chain Cycles Ltd
Unit 4, Gasferry Yard, Bristol BS1 6UN — the railway arch by the harbour side
A rider in a helmet riding out of the dark railway arch towards a low sun in the mist
Scene 14 / Ride out

Leave quieter. Ride further.

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Spoke & Chain · Bristol
Est. 2014