Originally Posted by born on a bus
I lived in Portland for a long time. Forget everything anybody has said about bike shops in Portland, the only one worth going to is the Bike Cycle at Bramhall square, talk to Percy the owner, he is awesome and usually has cool bikes to rent out.
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The Bike Cycle is a hippie dump which is never open and has morons and weirdos
hanging about in the worst part of town. mucho suckage
stick to going to a decent, clean, no freaking drunks lying in the doorway shop
like back bay, cyclemania, or allspeed.
that is, if you care about clean and normal decency.
I know portland bike shops and have spent 22 years there and
also over $35,000 in bike stuff over the years. I know a little something
about bike shops. and the history of the original shops, which split
off and formed the different ones, the fire which destroyed cyclemania
and was rebuilt, and who's who and who now works at Belmont Wheel works and such.
and also the fastest riders in the state o maine...
I am 'in the loop'.
whatever. just show up, steal a bike, and ride around town.