Originally Posted by
itsajustme
Why don't you name any bike shops on your website? Finding a good bike shop is not easy, but if you put the names out there it makes it a little easier.
Here are a few that have had rave reviews around the forum:
thorusa.com
blackdogbicycles.com
bfold.com
Safety Cycle Shop
1014 N Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 464-5765
First Bike Shop that I (or rather my parents) that my first & second bike came from.
B & H Cycles
1017 S Fair Oaks Av
South Pasadena, CA 91030
(626) 799-6788
New Location. My sister bought her mountain bike here almost 20 years ago. Great service and now free bike repair classes are being formed.
Temple City Bike Shop
9628 Las Tunas Dr
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 287-6936
I bought my Piccolo here. A busy shop but does take time with each customer to tune up new bikes at purchase and after.
Glendale Cyclery
1250 - A W Glenoaks Blvd
Glendale, CA 91201
(818) 246-5551
Call Sales & Service - Parts - Mountain - Road
Fitness - Specialized - Trek - Expert Repair-My Brompton's first and only tune-up was done here-All Makes
Perhaps you might see the pattern forming here. If I post this for someone out of the Los Angeles Area, I think this information would be utterly useless unless he/she visits or moves here. I try to inform the public on how I keep my current bike shop
s (emphasis on the plural) list that I use and how I chose them using the criteria that I developed over the years as a consumer, rather than just blindly suggest a particular bike shop. I rarely mail order since I personally believe that
great local bikes shop should be patronized by people in order to stay in business. I look for many things, not just prices, to choose the right shops for me.