Edmonton bike shops?

[Viceroy]

Just wondering what you guys have to say about Edmonton bike shops. I visited quite a few last year when I bought my road bike (Cannondale R700, 2006!). I got mine from Revolution Cycle. Highly recommended, great staff and service.

[0_emissions :=)]

Just wondering what you guys have to say about Edmonton bike shops. I visited quite a few last year when I bought my road bike (Cannondale R700, 2006!). I got mine from Revolution Cycle. Highly recommended, great staff and service.
If you want quantity, go for united. easily the biggest inventory in Edmonton, but to be honest a bunch of losers. For extremely knowledgeable service and a smaller setting, I would highly recommend River Valley Cycle
http://www.unitedcycle.com/
http://www.rvcns.com/
any more guys?

[Sheik_Yerbouti]

I have always enjoyed shopping and getting my bike serviced at Red Bike.

[highflyr]

i've been to most of the shops... depends on what you're looking for in Edmonton.

high end road stuff... pedal heads
red bike is by the university and has a very trendy feel to the shop with good guys in the service dept. river valley carries rocky mtn, kona while united has norco, trek, specialized... but 0_emissions is right... UC is a bunch of losers for the most part with a massive selection. i bought my bike there but it gets serviced everywhere else.

[musicsucks]

it seems like all the shops are hit and miss.
Red bike especially- if you talk to the older guy who (i think) owns the place, it's a really great experience. If you talk to the guy who is usually behind the counter, well, it's just not.
Also- pedalheads; last time i went there i was really unimpressed, but i wandered in today and i was very well taken care of.

Cranky's in st.albert is actually really surprisingly good. (surprising mostly because everything in st.albert is usually so terrible).

[Capricorn]

Hi! There are at least three or four bike store of note in Edmonton city. Revolution cycle seems to have all the stuff you could want, Hard Core on Whyte has the best wheel mechanic, Red Bike I don't know, but Belveder Sport has some of the best prices and lots of the right stuff. There's also Klondike Sports on 149 Street. When and if they stock things, the MEC on 124 Street is good for prices and their own clothing and packs and some bike gear cassettes. The city's best bike mechanic ever works there but he's no longer in the bike area. OK now that you know all of this stuff, you can enjoy just price shopping and comparing what's available. There are other shops in St. Albert etc., just look in the Yellow Pages.

[Capricorn]

Hi! For the worst bike experience do what I did. I bought a Raliegh Hybrid Sport from Canadian Tire. After installing a new computer, the magnet on the wheel would strike the pickup unit. So I didn't return to the seller, I took it to Hard Core and was assured my wheels were now and forever true. Cost me a buck but worth it.

[Sixty Fiver]

My favourite shop is Bikeworks... the EBC shop.

I am of course a little biased since I volunteer there as a mechanic.

After that... the Hardcore is probably my favourite shop in the city although I never pay anyone to work on my bikes and just buy parts.

Belvedere has an experienced mechanic and some smoking deals on parts... they also stock older parts that you might not find anywhere else.

[pbwolf]

it seems like all the shops are hit and miss.
Red bike especially- if you talk to the older guy who (i think) owns the place, it's a really great experience. If you talk to the guy who is usually behind the counter, well, it's just not.
Also- pedalheads; last time i went there i was really unimpressed, but i wandered in today and i was very well taken care of.

Cranky's in st.albert is actually really surprisingly good. (surprising mostly because everything in st.albert is usually so terrible).

totally agree with that about redbike, the older grey haired guy is so helpful and easy to talk to, some of the other guys come off a bit snotty sometimes, like they dont care or want your business. Its still my favourite shop since they seem to have best parts and service for what I am usually looking for, other than that Hardcore had great service.

[Pig_Chaser]

+1 on the Cranky's (i got my bike there)
+1 on MEC for the gear
+1 on United for good selection but staffed by loosers.

[Capricorn]

As a kid on the farm, I used to watch the bull pen and wondered why these unhappy animals were so confined. The cows weren't in danger but every other living thing was. The replies I see on poor bike shops in Edmonton, reminds me of those bad tempered animals. Try reading the "venting columns" in the Edmonton Journal and you've got a pretty good example of what bike lovers are like. For my part I'm just cheap. Good service and advice means getting a "cheap deal" no matter what I paid.

[kieraine]

+1 on the Cranky's (i got my bike there)
+1 on MEC for the gear
+1 on United for good selection but staffed by loosers.

United is hit and miss, +1 on selection....but just stay away from getting bike serviced there.

Talk to the girls upstairs[at United], they know what is going on and don't talk your ear off.

[Pig_Chaser]

a cautionary tale from united:

My wife took my wheel to have a spoke repaired at united. It cost $60 which seemed high to me but whatever. They returned the wheel sans skewer (quick release). However, they were good about finding me another one, free of course.

[Sixty Fiver]

$60.00 for a spoke ?

My god.

I'd teach you how to do it for a small donation to the shop.

[trustnoone]

a cautionary tale from united:

...it cost $60...

My god, you may have got a whole new wheel.

Cranky's charged me $6 last summer. Pedalheads charged me $15 and trued both my wheels with same day service.

I'll go back to both.

[sean marcel]

+1 Bikeworks (EBC shop). Great staff, real bunch of bike lovers.

[Sixty Fiver]

+1 Bikeworks (EBC shop). Great staff, real bunch of bike lovers.

We're total bike fiends here.

:D