I recently had a flat tire on my recumbent trike. As has been my experience there in the past, the folks at Bike Works were very pleasant and helpful. They also do not, to my knowledge, carry recumbent trikes, and so did not have a tube in the correct size (this is not unusual in my experience - trike tubes are much smaller than upright bike tubes - they are a specialty item). Anticipating this, I'd brought mine along and, that settled, they got to work on my trike.
Watching this was a little like watching Norm build a chair on New Yankee Workshop. He used real tire levers to pop off the tire and pop out the old tube. The new tube went on, and he did say that the tire itself was very tight, which made me feel vindicated since I'd struggled with trying to do that myself before bringing it in (see here: http://www.appliedlife.net/journal/2017/7/30/support-your-local-bike-shop). That feeling lasted for about five seconds - right up to the point at which he then popped the tire back on _using his bare hands_...
All told, they got me in and out in about 15-20 minutes, and the repair itself was an extremely reasonable - it cost me less than ten bucks.
It was all very fast, very polite and professional, and got me back on the road quickly. Highly recommend Bike Works in Peru! read more