Our passion is cycling, whether it be road cycling, touring and leisure, MTB, or cyclo-cross, and the staff themselves are keen cyclists in the Bolton area who can give advice and help at all levels. The Green Machine Bike Shop first opened in 1991 in Horwich and has since become an established and well respected bike shop, known for quality advice, sales and repairs.
John is well regarded for his experience and expertise in custom bike and wheel building. Simon assists John in the shop, and as a former Category 1 road race rider and mountain bike racer, can give excellent advice on both bike fit and training techniques. Currently we prepare race bikes for a National Champion and support a number of promising young riders who are involved in the Olympic Development Squad.
John is well regarded for his experience and expertise in custom bike and wheel building. Simon assists John in the shop, and as a former Category 1 road race rider and mountain bike racer, can give excellent advice on both bike fit and training techniques. Currently we prepare race bikes for a National Champion and support a number of promising young riders who are involved in the Olympic Development Squad.
Services
As part of our commitment to a greener UK, The Green Machine Bike Shop works with both Bike2Work.co.uk and with cyclescheme.co.uk to support you to get to work by bike. The process is a very simple one, Green Machine have already supported dozens of people with their bike and bike safety equipment, helping them to make huge savings on transport and get fitter whilst doing so.
Clothing designed to maximise your performance. We stock a wide variety of clothing and shoes to suit all requirements including leisure, road, MTB, training, ladies and functional. Wind-proof is a complete shield against the wind, that protects you at all speeds and in the most adverse weather conditions.
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Paris Hayes
Sep 11, 2021
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Simon Speak
Aug 31, 2021
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David Walton
Jul 11, 2021
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Antony Ashcroft
Nov 17, 2020
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Richard Frost
Nov 15, 2020
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We've been using Green Machine for some 25 years, which says it all. John is a pro-cyclist, excellent mechanic, honest as the day is long as well as all round nice guy.
I had a bizarre, difficult problem with my trusty mountain bike which I couldn't fix but he sorted with various bearing and spindle replacements. The price was more than reasonable and he's saved me the massive cost of a new replacement bike. Great!
We've bought some 6 bikes here over the years and never been let down by the quality or service. This is one small business that deserves support. Highly recommended.
I had a bizarre, difficult problem with my trusty mountain bike which I couldn't fix but he sorted with various bearing and spindle replacements. The price was more than reasonable and he's saved me the massive cost of a new replacement bike. Great!
We've bought some 6 bikes here over the years and never been let down by the quality or service. This is one small business that deserves support. Highly recommended.
Mark Gardiner
Aug 01, 2020
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Well iv used green machine a lot recently and although I find you have to sort of butter the staff up u bit to get them somewhat nice with you iv found them to be OK overall. I understand people are busy but I'd of thought work is work. However iv just phoned up to ask if they would fit 2 new tyres on my sons bike. As I'm on the phone he continually was speaking to someone in the shop. I obviously thought he was talking to me. This went on for a couple of minutes with great confusion on my behalf. Eventually I got his attention and finally explained what I required. His response was that I could
D. E.
Jun 13, 2020
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Wow! I’ve never known such rudeness! It’d be 0 stars if I could 😡
I was advised to try this shop for a saddle for my Granddaughter’s bike. I rang 3 months ago and the owner was helpful and pointed me in the right direction to choosing a bike. Today I rang again, I asked basic questions to see if their saddle would fit our bike and the VERY RUDE assistant was abrupt, condescending and totally unhelpful. Reading through these reviews I can see it’s not just me!
Avoid this shop. Buy local? The owner should sack him as he’s losing him custom.
I was advised to try this shop for a saddle for my Granddaughter’s bike. I rang 3 months ago and the owner was helpful and pointed me in the right direction to choosing a bike. Today I rang again, I asked basic questions to see if their saddle would fit our bike and the VERY RUDE assistant was abrupt, condescending and totally unhelpful. Reading through these reviews I can see it’s not just me!
Avoid this shop. Buy local? The owner should sack him as he’s losing him custom.
Philip Watson
Sep 19, 2018
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