Crahift Bicycle workshop

Marlow Fields, since 2020

A two person workshop that would rather fix your bike than sell you a new one.

We service everyday bikes, build wheels by hand, and put together a handful of custom bikes a year. No showroom, no clothing rail, no upsell. Just two benches and the tools to do the job properly.

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Most repairs back in a day Quoted before we start
Line drawing of a steel commuter bicycle with mudguards and a rear rack

Why people bring us their bikes

01

Opened in 2020

Same two mechanics, same bench, same phone number of a name on the door.

02

Two of us

You will speak to the person who works on your bike, not a service desk.

03

Priced before we start

You get a number and a reason for it. If it changes, we ring you first.

04

We will tell you no

If a repair costs more than the bike is worth, we will say so.

What we do

Five things, priced honestly

Every price below is what you pay for our time. Parts are extra and we tell you what they cost before we fit them.

Full service

Everything stripped, cleaned, measured and rebuilt. For a bike that has done a hard year.

Price
£95
Turnaround
Two to three working days
What is included

Custom builds

A bike put together around what you actually do with it, from a frame you bring or pick.

Price
From £280 labour
Turnaround
Two to six weeks
What is included
All five services in detail

How it works

Booking a bike in

There is no online calendar and no deposit. It is a short email and then a time we both agree.

  1. Email us at hello@crahift.com, or use the contact form. Tell us what the bike is and what it is doing wrong.
  2. We reply with a slot and a rough price. Usually the same day, always within two working days.
  3. Drop the bike off in the window we agree. It takes about five minutes.
  4. We ring you before spending your money. If the job grows, you hear about it before we do it.
  5. Collect and pay. We will walk you through what changed and what to watch.

The full drop off and collection routine is written out on the workshop page, along with our opening hours.

Builds

A few bikes we put together

We take on a handful of custom builds a year. Here are three, written out with the brief, the parts and what it actually cost.

All six builds

Who you are handing the bike to

Two mechanics, one bench each

Illustrated initials avatar for Wren Halloway

Wren Halloway

Wheels, drivetrain, frame prep

Builds every wheel that leaves here by hand. Will happily spend an hour getting spoke tension even on a wheel nobody will ever look at.

Illustrated initials avatar for Ossie Brandt

Ossie Brandt

Brakes, hydraulics, cargo and e bikes

Handles anything with fluid in it or a motor on it. Wrote most of the notes on this site, usually after explaining the same thing four times in a week.

Inside the workshop

Notes

Things worth knowing

Written down because we say them so often. All of it is stuff you can do at home with a couple of tools.

All notes

Where to go next

Services

What a service costs

Five services, each with what is included, what is not, and a real price.

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Six bikes we built

The brief, the parts, the cost and the time, written out in full.

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Book the bike in

Tell us what it is doing wrong and we will come back with a slot and a price.

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