Branding for the shop was created by Marcel Batlle, who gave the following description: “The project started with the owner of the shop, a bicycle and cycling enthusiast called Javier Maya, 9 months ago. It features a lounge where customers can watch all the bike races on TV, a lounge area with magazines where they can have coffee and snack, and showers they can use after riding. Pave in Barcelona is not your average bicycle shop. From all I’ve gathered, the resemblance between this contemporary bike shop and a museum is striking. Location: El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spainīarcelona’s Pave has been on my radar for a couple years now and perhaps “the ultimate bike shop”. Cherubim continues to live by its founding spirit of achieving a fusion of innovation and tradition.Ĭlick here to see the Cherubim website and click here to become a fan on Facebook. Three Konno brothers and their frames, Cherubim, 3Rensho and Miyuki, led the early age of the frame building industry in the country and Cherubim is the only surviving brand with the family tradition. Japan has a fantastic cycling culture and we couldn’t look past Cherubim which always comes up when people return from Tokyo.Ĭherubim by Konno Cycleworks was founded in 1965, a year after the Olympic Games in Tokyo. We work with metal and rubber, and will gladly explain our process to you.ħ18 Cyclery first caught our attention when we saw their brilliant video, entitled The Inverted Bike Shop which encapsulates what they’re all about.Ĭlick here to see the 718 Cyclery website, click here to follow them on Twitter and here to become a fan on Facebook. Approaching us with a question shouldn’t be as if approaching an altar occupied by the high and mighty. Our shop is a place where arrogance and attitude have no place. Nothing that we do isn’t so proprietary or secret that a visitor cant peek over our shoulder or ask a question. Here’s how the folks at 718 Cyclery describe their shop:ħ18 Cyclery is founded on the principle that we are practitioners of 100+ year old technology, not the guardians of it. We’ve never been to 718 Cyclery, but they come highly recommended by the people we’ve asked. Check out some video footage of the shop here. The team at AC provide an unparalleled level of service because of their knowledge and love of the sport of cycling.Ĭlick here to see the Above Category website, click here to follow them on Twitter and here to become a fan on Facebook. Chad and his staff meticulously test every product they sell on the rugged coastal roads of Northern California. Founder Chad Nordwall is equally passionate about technology, the aesthetic beauty and the evolution of the modern bicycle. Our loyalty to the products we believe in has led to deep relationships with their creators. It’s a family of fanatics obsessing about bicycles, cycling clothing, wheelsets, and componentry. At Above Category, we carry a very specific range of superlative products, with which we have first-hand, intimate, and extensive knowledge. It’s quite another to use them every day. It’s a fine thing to talk about fine things.
They have a very active social media following and I am one who is always excited to see what they have going on. We’ve never been to Above Category but this shop comes up again and again in our “coolest bike shop” conversations. We have lots more on our list for next time, but if there is a bike shop that you think is your definition of “cool”, let us know in the comments below and be sure to leave some information about it so we can follow it up in this multi-part series. Some are traditional “bike shops,” others are simply “bike spots”, and some are both. But here are some that caught our attention, presented in no particular order. Of course, we’re never going to please everyone and there are certainly other great shops out there. In this post we’ve brought together 10 of the coolest bike shops on the planet, sharing their stories and some photos of their spaces.
Something that teaches me about the sport of cycling. There’s nothing I love more than visiting bike shop that has some character. There are bike shops and then there are bike shops LBSs that provide more than a place to buy and service bikes, a place where you enjoy coming just to spend time with the staff and being part of the buzz.
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