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    • CommentAuthorFTMG
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2009
     
    IM TAKING A TRIP TO THE BAY NEXT WEEK AND WAS WONDERING ABOUT ANY GOOD BIKE SHOPS. PREFERABLY IN SF AND SAN JOSE. OH AND IS THERE ANY FIXED GEAR SPECIFIC SHOPS THERE AS WELL. THANKS FOR THE INFO IN ADVANCE. PEACE
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    @oprah, ur caps r on on, btw
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    SF
    Freewheel Bike Shop is on Hayes and there is also one on Valencia
    Boxdog is on 14th right off Valencia
    • CommentAuthorlatron
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2009
     
    Valencia Cyclery
    1077 Valencia Street
    San Francisco, CA 94110
    (415) 550-6600
    www.valenciacyclery.com

    Pedal Revolution
    3085 21st Street
    San Francisco, CA 94110
    (415) 641-1264
    www.pedalrevolution.org
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    I think they are called pacific bikes. it's on fourth street in between market street and the train station. huge bike store. most of the second floor is just fixies.
    • CommentAuthoreaglerock
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2009 edited
     
    Manifesto Oakland
    421 40th Street
    Oakland, CA 94609
    (510) 595-1155
    http://wearemanifesto.com

    Box Dog Bikes
    494 14th Street
    San Francisco, CA 94103
    (415) 431-9627
    http://www.boxdogbikes.com/

    The Freewheel Bike Shop
    914 Valencia Street
    San Francisco CA 94110
    415/643-9213

    1920 Hayes Street
    San Francisco CA 94117
    415/752-9195
    http://www.thefreewheel.com/

    The San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley area (what I call the central Bay Area, the center of the transit system; Marin and the Peninsula/South Bay are really different environments) has tons of good bike shops. Almost every shop has a beefy fixed-speed section (willingly or unwillingly), since the fixed-speed enthusiasm is so big.

    Berkeley - Velo Sport, Missing Link, Wheelgirl, Left Coast Cyclery, Jitensha Studio, Solano Avenue Cyclery, Wrench Science, ReCycle Bicycle

    Oakland - Montano Velo, Cycle Sports, Bent Spoke, Pioneer Bike Shop, Bay Area Bike, Wheels of Justice

    San Francisco - American Cyclery, City Cycle, Roaring Mouse, Bikenut, Ocean Cyclery, Big Swingin' Cycles

    A number of the outlying areas are also worth a look. Southern Marin County (the triangle between Sausalito, Fairfax and San Rafael) has a buttload of good bike shops - especially high-end stuff. I particularly like Bicycle Odyssey on the Sausalito waterfront. Alameda (an island just off the Oakland waterfront) has several shops; Stone's Cyclery (2320 Santa Clara, just off Park Street) has a lot of old high-end stuff, plus modern-era custom stuff like Waterford, Gunnar and Bob Jackson. The Pedaler in El Sobrante (about 10 miles up the freeway from Berkeley, heading towards Sacramento) has a lot very savvy guys, and hosts one of the area's biggest swaps.

    Big locally-based chains:

    Mike's Bikes (several locations, including SF/Berkeley/Sausalito/San Rafael)
    Hank & Frank (Oakland, Lafayette)
    Sports Basement (2 San Francisco locations, Walnut Creek, Sunnyvale)

    Big nationally-based chains:

    REI (several locations, including Berkeley, SF, San Carlos, Saratoga, Mountain View, Corte Madera (Marin), Concord)
    Performance Bikes (several locations, including Berkeley, San Francisco, San Rafael, Mountain View, Campbell)


    Nonprofits/bike kitchens
    Waterside Workshops/Street Level Cycles (West Berkeley)
    Cycles of Change (West End Alameda)
    Trips for Kids/Re-Cyclery (San Rafael)
    Bike Kitchen (San Francisco)

    This is not a comprehensive list by any means; Google for more, or check East Bay Bicycle Coalition or San Francisco Bike Coalition for more.

    The San Mateo Peninsula and the South Bay (San Jose/Silicon Valley/South Alameda County) is an area outside my experience, sez East Bay Ray.
    • CommentAuthorFTMG
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2009
     
    damn eaglerock, youre the man. thank you so much. so much very useful info. now to narrow it down and try to fit it all in. thanks to all the other info from the above people too. thats why i love this site.
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    montano velo is the home of broakland, worth a look, and so is manifesto, those are both right in my area. I've heard a lot about the freewheel bike shop but have never been there
    • CommentAuthoreaglerock
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2009 edited
     
    Posted By: GOBSTOPTODROPmontano velo is the home of broakland, worth a look, and so is manifesto, those are both right in my area.

    If you live in that Mosswood Park/Piedmont Ave area around Kaiser Hospital, you should stick your head into Pioneer as well. It's just off Piedmont right near the hospital, and has lots of cool oldie stuff stashed around.

    Edit: Sorry, I thought you were in Oakland, not Castro Valley. I'm in West Berkeley, so the Piedmont Ave area is barely a 30 minute ride for me. However, if you're going to haul yourself all the way up 580 to Montano and Manifesto, you should definitely stop at Pioneer while you're there. It's about 6 blocks south of Montano Velo.
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    Posted By: eaglerockEdit: Sorry, I thought you were in Oakland, not Castro Valley. I'm in West Berkeley, so the Piedmont Ave area is barely a 30 minute ride for me. However, if you're going to haul yourself all the way up 580 to Montano and Manifesto, you should definitely stop at Pioneer while you're there. It's about 6 blocks south of Montano Velo.


    I'm in between Castro Valley and Downtown Oakland, and when i'm down there, i always stop through those shops to see whats new. Ill definitely have to check out Pioneer.

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