Review Date
February 6, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Customer Service Rating
 5 of 5

Technical Expertise Rating
 5 of 5

I visit this shop:
Been there once

Reviewed by: ebrunette ,  Racer

Shop Summary:
While endurance training on a 1983 Raleigh road bike, I put too much torque on the smaller chain wheel while climbing a hill and the bolts holding it on were ripped off. The bolts were specific to the old Raleigh and I could not find their replacements anywhere- ebay, on-line, or any bike shop in the Milaukee area- I went to 5 different shops. Finally I went to Patio Bike Shop and not only did they have the correct bolt set, but they called in an off duty machinist to craft me a new bolt set becasue I could not afford the discontinued factory set at the time. Their machinist actually came into the shop on his day off,took a standard bolt and altered it to fit the Raleigh chain wheel and it looked exactly the same as the factory set. The next day I competed with the Raleigh in the Devil's Lake Triathlon in Baraboo Wisconsin which consists of several long and steep climbes and the chain-wheel and bike worked better than ever- they also gave it a thourogh tune up and lubrication inside the crank and chain. I am very impressed with the level of service, price, knowledge, and craftmanship I recieved from this shop and now I wouldn't go anywhere else.