Bike Repairs and Consultations
All bikes welcome.
Whatever your ride, we've got solutions for you. Bring us your beloved road bike, your comfy cruiser, your mountain bike, your cargo hauler or your beater, we'll give it some love. We have a wide selection of parts on hand for any frame, wheel size or rider.
Walk-ins always accepted AND we always fix flats on the spot.
Our bikes are our transport too, and as long as we have the right tube on hand, we'll always fix a flat tire right away to make sure to keep you going. Many other simple repairs can be done same day while you wait, depending on the time of year.
Come on in. Check ups are free.
Hear a ping. Grinding a gear? Not sure what it needs? Step one is to bring your bike to one our staff so we can check it out. We offer honest, straightforward advice and will work with you to come up with the best short and long term solutions.
We'll take a look at each system on your bike and offer an assessment of what it needs. We'll ask you for your thoughts and feedback, what you have noticed and make a plan together. Some things - like seat height fitting, handlebar and seat adjustments or air are completely free and can make a HUGE difference!
If you need shop service, we'll work with you to find a repair strategy that fits your expectations and quote you based on what we can see at a glance.
We offer both tune-up packages tailored to the type of bike you have and à-la-carte service covering all systems of the bicycle.
Once the mechanics dive in, if we notice anything that wasn't caught during the assessment, we'll call you for your go ahead and approval.
How much will it cost?
We'll quote you once we see the bicycle and are able to assess it for required labour and parts. We offer both tuneups and system-by-system repairs. See our tune-up rates here. [add link]
Tune-ups are popular and designed specifically to make your basic regular maintenance and periodic overhauls easy. Tuneups represent a bundle of critical maintenance tasks that should be done regularly. We recommend a "regular" tuneup every year and an overhaul every 3 or 4 depending on how often your ride and in what conditions.
We will never do work that isn't needed. Sometimes you only need to fix one thing, which is why we offer a range of "a la carte" services we can help you choose from:
- Flat tire repairs and tire swaps
- Wheel truing, wheel installations and wheel building
- Brakes and shifting overhauls and adjustments (caliper, roller, disc, vee, etc..)
- Hub overhauls and adjustments (regular, coaster)
- Chain cleaning and replacement
- Bottom bracket replacement or adjustment (if possible)
- Accessory installation (racks, fenders, kickstands, etc..)
- Specialty hub servicing (roller brake, internally geared Shimano nexus and Sturmey-Archer)
Need a loaner while we fix your bike?
Is your bike your only means of transportation? We get it, we are bike commuters too. We can give you a loaner Dutch bike from our rental fleet. This way you can keep biking as much as possible with little down time. We do require a deposit on the bike that will either be returned to you or taken off the cost of your repair. You are in charge of repair costs while you are loaning a bike, and if its lost of stolen you are responsible for the total value of the bicycle loaned. Note that loaner bikes are free, although if you value the service, we do welcome donations, which is returned to our non profit programming. Win win !
Ready to Ride!
Once it is ready we will give you a call to come pick it up! We'll book you in to our docket (turnaround varies from same day in slow periods to a week or more depending on the extent of work and time of year).
Important Notes:
Tune-ups typically do not cover the cost of replacement parts beyond consumables like bearings, grease, basic cables and housing.
Please pick-up your bike after you have been notified of it's completion within 14 days. Bikes left longer than 2 weeks are subject $2/day storage fees.
Bikes left longer than 90 days are considered abandoned and may be donated or sold to cover the cost of the work completed.
*Sorry, we currently do not work on bicycles with gas powered assist or store them in our shop for safety reasons.