Balfe's Bikes - Waterloo Avis 

excellent shop, helpful and knowledgable - highly recommend!

Such a great shop, helpful staff with honest opinions and good advice. Wouldn’t shop anywhere else. Jason & Max are a credit to the company. 👍🏻

Great customer service at Balfe’s Bikes Waterloo. Highly recommend this store to all the cyclists!

4.5 / 5, as nothing's perfect..
A bittersweet note..

Straight forward service..
The person who brought the bike, don't know his name;
Made an initial comment in a way, I won't say what, that I could tell straight away his mindset & motivation was different & more genuine..

Also the description of the methods for booking services were a complete contrast to my previous experience with Balfe Angel Islington, where in short, bar a couple of individuals' good service, was a P.R disaster in general..

This bike is an upgrade & back-up I wanted, to my Contessa EQ..

İt's beautifully elegant & reminiscing 70's & 80's Italian supercars, with the curved top tube etc, unlike the unstylish male designs, & I'm male..

İt's excellent, agile, smooth & doesn't struggle against road bikes, & in no way inferior to my previous big brand bikes'..
Awesome Bike...

The standard 29" wheels make sense, unless you do over-excessive manoeuvring..

Super friendly staff and excellent products. Recently bought a new bike and Max at the Waterloo shop was incredibly helpful in getting me sorted. Couldn't be happier, thanks very much!

Max was very helpful throughout the process, helping me select the perfect bike

Good solid advice, no pressure from the team. Helpful from initial discussion through to collection at my convenience a few days later

Came in with a bike that needed tire replacement, and had it sorted within 20minutes for the same price as a normal booked in appointment

They hunt view , and they give you a good advice

Giles and the team are superb. Sorted any issues I had with my bike professionally.

Fixed the creak on my bottom bracket very good job all round from start to finish.

Super helpful staff, very kind and friendly. Also very knowledgeable and technical.

Bike was ready on time. Very helpful staff who ensured the saddle was at the right height and fitted pedals for me.

Socks I ordered arrived early! Friendly staff quickly found them and I was on my way!

Unlike some other bike shops, not at all patronising, and did a good job on the repair, with clear communication about when my bike would be ready.

I walked into the shop in Southwark looking for a couple of very specific adapters to fit 160mm rotors on my bike. They told me they didn't normally sell them but they managed to fish some out of their parts bin to help me out.

Joe was very helpful and knowledgeable....many thanks

When my folding electric bike was returned, the cranks were badly out of line making riding impossible. I returned to the shop and it was fixed. When I got home I discovered that the cranks had been put on the wrong way round - left on righthand side and right on left. This could mean the pedals might unscrew and the removable pedal, for when the bike was folded' was on the wrong side. I also noticed the adjustable bolts fixing the wheels to the frame were both the wrong way round making it impossible to fold the bike. I returned to the shop, in the rain, and the faults were fixed.
Surely an expensive service should include a short test ride and a check that the bike can be folded correctly.

Amazing service

Great team. Very informative and helpful.