#bikeshops — Public Fediverse posts
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An eye-opening new report from Shimano reveals the drop off rates when people feel it is too hard, or too expensive to get their bike serviced.
Also, the rate of past to current bike ownership is cause for concern.
That said, the UK comes off well...
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An eye-opening new report from Shimano reveals the drop off rates when people feel it is too hard, or too expensive to get their bike serviced.
Also, the rate of past to current bike ownership is cause for concern.
That said, the UK comes off well...
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Fremont’s trailside bike shop/coffee shop Cycle & Coffee has ‘unexpectedly’ closed
The shop in the snow, February 2025. From the Cycle & Coffee facebook page.Housed in a small building in the middle of an industrial parking lot just off the Burke-Gilman Trail, Cycle & Coffee (AKA “PIM” for “Power In Motion”) has been fixing and selling bikes since 2018. They shifted to start also selling coffee to people through their bike- or drive-up window in 2019, and the shop slowly transformed from a bike shop that sells coffee to a half bike shop/half coffee shop and eventually to mostly a coffee shop that also fixes up vintage bikes. The beloved and quirky fixture in the neighborhood announced Thursday that they would “unexpectedly” shut down as of January 15.
In a short statement on Instagram, the company said they were “unable to survive the skyrocketing costs of doing business in Seattle, particularly in food service.”
Our Friends and Loyal Customers at Cycle & Coffee (Lovingly known as PIM):
Unfortunately and unexpectedly, today was out last day open as a business. Like many other businesses, we have been unable to survive the skyrocketing costs of doing business in Seattle, particularly in food service.
We are hoping that this is not the official end of Cycle & Coffee, and that a new owner will continue this community. For now though, this is it for us.
We want to thank all of our loyal friends and customers who have been there for us for all of these years and made this job worth coming to. We will see all of you around town!
And to our baristas and bike mechanics: thank you for the memories, friendship, and laughter.
The bike shop portion of the business shifted away from full service repairs. “We are shifting our focus as a shop to align with our passion for restoring and customizing vintage bikes, and doing custom builds for folks getting into using bikes as transportation for commuting, bike touring and bikepacking,” the shop wrote in a note to customers in July 2025.
It’s awful news to lose yet another bike shop in Seattle, though this one is particularly frustrating because it seemed like PIM was working hard to adapt and innovate around what a modern bike shop could look like, mixing coffee service and bike repair while also working with the peculiarities of their location. While the standard bike shop model is facing serious challenges in today’s brick-and-mortar small business environment, we need businesses to keep experimenting the way PIM did. I hope the shop can find new ownership to keep it going.
In case you needed another reminder, support your local bike shop! Bike shops are vital bicycle infrastructure, and what they do cannot be replaced by a website. Don’t buy that bike thing online, order it through a shop. The mechanics there may even have a suggestion for a better option. We cannot afford to keep losing full-service bike shops.
#SEAbikes #Seattle
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Ophelia "Ophie” Chavez
10 July 1943 - 8 June 2025Ophie was known and loved by the bike community as part owner of Winning Wheels Bicycle Shop in Pacific Grove 1986-2024. Some were unaware of her many other talents, e.g., “her patience and kindness with the children earned her the Anne Sullivan Award – a county-wide peer nominated award for educators who exemplify compassion and guidance with children with disabilities.” Learn more about Ophie: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pacific-grove-ca/ophelia-chavez-12411170
Memorial mass Wednesday, June 25, 10 a.m. at St. Angela Merici Church, Pacific Grove https://stangelamericipacificgrove.org/find-us, followed by burial at El Carmelo Cemetery on Asilomar Ave https://www.cityofpacificgrove.gov/our_city/departments/cemetery/index.php. Immediately after a celebration of Ophie’s life will follow at American Legion Hall Post 41 at 1110 Veterans Drive, Monterey.
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Ophelia "Ophie” Chavez
10 July 1943 - 8 June 2025Ophie was known and loved by the bike community as part owner of Winning Wheels Bicycle Shop in Pacific Grove 1986-2024. Some were unaware of her many other talents, e.g., “her patience and kindness with the children earned her the Anne Sullivan Award – a county-wide peer nominated award for educators who exemplify compassion and guidance with children with disabilities.” Learn more about Ophie: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pacific-grove-ca/ophelia-chavez-12411170
Memorial mass Wednesday, June 25, 10 a.m. at St. Angela Merici Church, Pacific Grove https://stangelamericipacificgrove.org/find-us, followed by burial at El Carmelo Cemetery on Asilomar Ave https://www.cityofpacificgrove.gov/our_city/departments/cemetery/index.php. Immediately after a celebration of Ophie’s life will follow at American Legion Hall Post 41 at 1110 Veterans Drive, Monterey.
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#bikeshops : if you make disobliging remarks to your patrons when they bring a dirty bike, it means that you operate a shop for hobbyists only, and you should advertise it as such.
I drive my lovely bike more than 2 hours a day to commute to work through a dirty city. I'm not cleaning it from top to bottom for you every time I need to get a squeak fixed. -
It’s #SeaOtterClassic week in #Monterey County—a 4-day Celebration of #Cycling, April 18-21, 2024. A hearty welcome to our favorite kind of visitors: people who #bike!
Get #MontereyCounty bicycling tips at https://bikemonterey.org, e.g., list of local #BikeShops https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/need-something-maam, bike maps https://bikemonterey.org/2023-bicycle-map-for-monterey-county.html, local bike-on-sidewalk ordinances https://bikemonterey.org/biking-on-sidewalks-plus-examples-of-ordinances-from-monterey-county-california.html, and much more.
Other Spring Bike Buzz https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2024-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.
California poppies and many other flowers are in full bloom here. Enjoy!
#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BicyclingMonterey #BikeMonterey #SeaOtterClassic #BikeFestival #celebration #cycling #festival #Spring2024 #California
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It’s #SeaOtterClassic week in #Monterey County—a 4-day Celebration of #Cycling, April 18-21, 2024. A hearty welcome to our favorite kind of visitors: people who #bike!
Get #MontereyCounty bicycling tips at https://bikemonterey.org, e.g., list of local #BikeShops https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/need-something-maam, bike maps https://bikemonterey.org/2023-bicycle-map-for-monterey-county.html, local bike-on-sidewalk ordinances https://bikemonterey.org/biking-on-sidewalks-plus-examples-of-ordinances-from-monterey-county-california.html, and much more.
Other Spring Bike Buzz https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2024-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.
California poppies and many other flowers are in full bloom here. Enjoy!
#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BicyclingMonterey #BikeMonterey #SeaOtterClassic #BikeFestival #celebration #cycling #festival #Spring2024 #California
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@ascentale @or Tagging @HayiWena, who served faithfully and long on the board of a community bike shop, in case she feels moved to weigh in on your question about starting a bike collective.
#BikeNite #BikeTooter #BikeShops #CommunityBikeShops #collectives #BikeCollectives
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@ascentale @or Tagging @HayiWena, who served faithfully and long on the board of a community bike shop, in case she feels moved to weigh in on your question about starting a bike collective.
#BikeNite #BikeTooter #BikeShops #CommunityBikeShops #collectives #BikeCollectives