Web Cyclery is good and keeps it real! MeanTodd has helped me out a few times!

Excel Sports has some Surly track cogs and other nonsense. I used to go there when I lived in CO.

Working bikes is overrun with stuff lying around. Picked up a nice old set of bmx break levers for the fixie, gave the guy 3 bucks. Urban bikes in uptown is also very good. Ask if you could go in the basement and look through the bins.

Chicago, don't forget:

Recycle Bike Shop
1465 S. Michigan
Chicago, ill 60605
312-987-1080

In Toronto, I've dealt with and recommend in descending order:

Cavern Cycles
179 Queen St. East, Toronto
416-203-2565

Urbane Cyclist
180 John St.
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1X5
Canada
TEL: (416) 979-9733
FAX: (416) 979-9734
www.ucycle.com

i didn't know you worked there...i pass by there all the time, never been in....next time i'll be sure to come in and check it out.....


adding to the eastbay shops....

http://www.montanovelo.com/

Toronto

Cogs Cycle
1 Howland Rd @ Gerrard
ph. 416-465-7677

http://cogscycle.com/

I've been in the shop a dozen times, never bought anything and never even really talked to the guy in there. But he always has the newest Fuji Pro Track frame on display in the front window, and usually has several track or fixed gear bikes for sale (new and used)

College Park, MD

College Park Bicycles (http://bike123.com/)

Chad (the manager) and Charles are great guys to work with.

Is he going to start selling Dutch roadsters now?

Melbourne, Victoria

I know 3 that handle SS frames and components:

1. Peter Moore's Abbottsford Cycles
Stocks Surley Frames, Velocity Hubs
Also does some frame work for conversion

2. Brunswick Street Cycles
Stock Surley and OnOne Frames aswell as some higher quality SS components

3. Spoke(n)
They stock Spot Brand frames as well as components

Peter Moore is excellent if you are trying to put something together to a tight budget. He often has second hand stuff that can be difficult to find.

cheers


marty

yup. i'm here thursday-sunday. (monday too, but ew're closed mondays for ordering)

i was goimg to list montano velo, but don't they focus mostly on triathlon stuff?

They've got a display case full of fixed/ss stuff, and a few old frames hanging around. Also a new hirschfield frame. Seem like pretty alright guys, too.

Raleigh, North Carolina
http://allstarbikeshop.com

Not much on the webpage, but come by the the store at Ridge and Wade. I try to keep small stuff, cogs and hubs and such, in stock all the time. We also have complete bikes and all the guys that work here ride.

was that you i was talking with about the adjustable itm stem?

dropped in picked up a spoke wrench riding a black iro...



they are mostly triathlon...but do vintage restorations and track stuff as well...they have a couple of local frame builders frames on display as well....

great overall shop.....

as the one you work in as well.... next time i'm in i'll be feeling 100% instead of feverish and sickly....which was why i wasn't as talkative which is probably for the best as now since i would hate to have gotten your whole shop sick....

Seattle
Wright Bros. Cycle Works
219 North 36th
206-633-5132

For a one time $30 you are a member for life and can "do it yourself" using their tools, workstands, wheel truing stands etc. including all lubes, cleaners, bio-deisel solvent and even rubber gloves. We are dialing in a used track bike that must have been wrecked. The owner, Charles, straightened out the frame, we repacked all bearings and are building up a Dura Ace HF wheelset. It rides great now! I'll post the final product.

Agreed....they're helping me build my own!

Hey Folks,

For anyone in Canada, there is another site. www.bikeophile.com (shameless plug for my own business of course)

I do carry a decent amount of track parts and am adding new stuff pretty regularly. I am a distributor for the new LEVEL Track hubs.

I also work with a local bike shop in Toronto, who in my opinion is one of the best authorities on track builds and repairs (CAVERN CYCLES).

On my site shipping is free to Canada.

As far as sources for amazing info:

My favorites are harris and business cycles

www.vailcycleworks.com my favorite frame of all time and good company to deal with--JJ

earmark for future summer travels:

RIH
Westerstraat 150, Amsterdam
tel. 020-6242303

old school frame-builder to the (local) trackstars. highly worth a visit. map here:

http://www.goudengids.nl/BusinessCar...=1#plattegrond

As to The Freewheel bike shop on Valencia in SF:
http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/bik/69026808.html

thats just scary and wrong

*Note... this in no way reflects on the Freewheel on Hayes in SF. Freewheel hayes is probably the best shop i've found here.

i've been seeing/hearing more complaints about freewheel valencia recently, word seems to be getting out.

can't go wrong with
Bill Ron's Bikes in Redondo Beach CA

ppl on this forum have had iffy dealings with the following EBAY SELLERS
APPLECART
BIKEKING
CINO59

Milwaukee

Crank Daddy's
414.347.5511

as far as i know there isnt a single bike shop that is fixed or single speed specific friendly. you have to hunt all over town. that being said there are a few couriers that work part tiem as couriers and part time as mechanics out of their home that can help out with fixing and building things. but not necessarily getting things.

I don't know about the best place, but Uptown Bikes has great used parts. They're right across the street from the red line stop of Uptown when you get to the street level. Here's the address: 4653 N. Broadway.

Koffee