Good stores in Toronto
Jelly
TIA
Jelly
Alan Thwaits
> Can anyone reccommend any good bicycle shops in Toronto?
Urbane Cyclist is one. It's at 180 John Street (1/2 block north of Queen
and John).
Regards,
Alan Thwaits
Brian Huntley
Alan Thwaits <no...@praxcomm.com> wrote:
> Jelly wrote:
>
> > Can anyone reccommend any good bicycle shops in Toronto?
>
Queen
> and John).
>
chain (all over.) Dukes is pricy and cliquish, but they know their
stuff. Urbane is very friendly. 'Path varies with location and phase of
the moon. If asked for a formal recommendation, Urbane wins.
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Before you buy.
Jelly
<brian_...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>In article <39A3B539...@praxcomm.com>,
> Alan Thwaits <no...@praxcomm.com> wrote:
>> Jelly wrote:
>>
>> > Can anyone reccommend any good bicycle shops in Toronto?
>>
>> Urbane Cyclist is one. It's at 180 John Street (1/2 block north of
>Queen
>> and John).
>>
>I second that, and add Dukes (Queen near Bathurst) and the Cyclepath
>chain (all over.) Dukes is pricy and cliquish, but they know their
>stuff. Urbane is very friendly. 'Path varies with location and phase of
>the moon. If asked for a formal recommendation, Urbane wins.
>
>
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>Before you buy.
Ok thanks for everyone's replies.
Jelly
Dmitry Yaitskov
(not technically in Toronto but close)?
Brian Huntley <brian_...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> In article <39A3B539...@praxcomm.com>,
> Alan Thwaits <no...@praxcomm.com> wrote:
> > Jelly wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone reccommend any good bicycle shops in Toronto?
> >
> > Urbane Cyclist is one. It's at 180 John Street (1/2 block north of
> Queen
> > and John).
> >
> I second that, and add Dukes (Queen near Bathurst) and the Cyclepath
> chain (all over.) Dukes is pricy and cliquish, but they know their
> stuff. Urbane is very friendly. 'Path varies with location and phase of
> the moon. If asked for a formal recommendation, Urbane wins.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Cheers,
-Dima.
Purdy
have hybrids and a few road bikes. Good repair dept. Good swaps. Best bike
store within 5 miles of where I live. Never seen Duke's or Urbane except
maybe at the bike show.
For road I like Bicycle Specialties. Velotique is fun for accessories and
MEC has good value.
Dmitry Yaitskov <di...@home.com> wrote in message
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> What do you people think about the Silent Sports store on Doncaster
> (not technically in Toronto but close)?
>
> Brian Huntley <brian_...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <39A3B539...@praxcomm.com>,
> > Alan Thwaits <no...@praxcomm.com> wrote:
> > > Jelly wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can anyone reccommend any good bicycle shops in Toronto?
> > >
Steve Bratsberg
stuff.
I check $ around town and then phone Silent and compare, I've been dealing
with Silent for about 3 years and I can't find anyone that will beat their $
(except mailorder)
I can't think of a bike store that I have been in on a Sat. and seen so many
people shopping even late in the season.
Been to Duke's (nice store) Chain Reaction, Sports Swap, Boyds, Sporting
Life, McBrides, Cyclepath.
Bought 2 bikes at Silent, one at Boyd's and one at Chain Reaction all had
good $ but like a lot of service oriented businesses its the people.
***** but then again it may be who I deal with at Silent that makes a
difference as well *****
I have always delt with Steve because he ran the store that they had in
Mississauga. I just phone up tell him what I need and he gives me the $.
(and they will bring in the stuff if they don't have it)
YMMV
Steve
"Purdy" <resi...@home.com> wrote in message
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Dmitry Yaitskov
> I will second Silent, I will still drive in from Mississauga when I need
> stuff.
> I check $ around town and then phone Silent and compare, I've been dealing
> with Silent for about 3 years and I can't find anyone that will beat their $
> (except mailorder)
> I can't think of a bike store that I have been in on a Sat. and seen so many
> people shopping even late in the season.
>
> Been to Duke's (nice store) Chain Reaction, Sports Swap, Boyds, Sporting
> Life, McBrides, Cyclepath.
> Bought 2 bikes at Silent, one at Boyd's and one at Chain Reaction all had
> good $ but like a lot of service oriented businesses its the people.
>
> ***** but then again it may be who I deal with at Silent that makes a
> difference as well *****
Yes, that has been my impression too. Too much of a difference I would
say. I bought quite a lot of stuff from them. The reason I asked about
them was, I have a "dual" impression of Silent Sports - and wanted to
know what others think. Good inventory, fun to browse. But, what I
don't like is, often the prices you get quoted (and eventually pay)
can vary up to 10-20% depending on who you ask. Don't think that's
right.
> I have always delt with Steve because he ran the store that they had in
> Mississauga. I just phone up tell him what I need and he gives me the $.
> (and they will bring in the stuff if they don't have it)
--
Cheers,
-Dima.
Dmitry Yaitskov
> Silent Sports is a good large (biggest I've been in) store best for mtb but
> have hybrids and a few road bikes. Good repair dept. Good swaps. Best bike
> store within 5 miles of where I live. Never seen Duke's or Urbane except
> maybe at the bike show.
>
> For road I like Bicycle Specialties. Velotique is fun for
> accessories and
Where are these two?
> MEC has good value.
Yes. Too bad they don't sell complete bikes.
--
Cheers,
-Dima.
Purdy
> "Purdy" <resi...@home.com> wrote:
> > For road I like Bicycle Specialties.
Near that neat Leaside single track ... but they don't sell mtb! Hmm...
don't recall a great mtb store anywhere near there.
> > Velotique is fun for
> > accessories and
The Beach
>
> Where are these two?
> > MEC has good value.
>
> Yes. Too bad they don't sell complete bikes.
If they could keep from getting confused and if the bike makers would let
them, yeah. But there'd be a lot fewer bike stores in Toronto ...
Purdy
> > ***** but then again it may be who I deal with at Silent that makes a
> > difference as well *****
>
> Yes, that has been my impression too. Too much of a difference I would
> say. I bought quite a lot of stuff from them. The reason I asked about
> them was, I have a "dual" impression of Silent Sports - and wanted to
> know what others think. Good inventory, fun to browse. But, what I
> don't like is, often the prices you get quoted (and eventually pay)
> can vary up to 10-20% depending on who you ask. Don't think that's
> right.
I can't confirm that's true or deny that I haven't had indications that it
might be true. I'd expect bike stores, from the nature of the goods they
sell, to require a large markup and I've had indications many places that
there a lot of flexibility, except at MEC.
I'd rather have one fixed price than have to haggle over every nickle. Do
you want to kill your reliable source of bike info over some two bit
purchase? But who wants to be strip-mined?
Doug
Roy Bird
Dmitry Yaitskov wrote in message <878ztma...@home.com>...
>"Purdy" <resi...@home.com> wrote:
>
>> Silent Sports is a good large (biggest I've been in) store best for mtb
but
>> have hybrids and a few road bikes. Good repair dept. Good swaps. Best
bike
>> store within 5 miles of where I live. Never seen Duke's or Urbane except
>> maybe at the bike show.
>>
>> For road I like Bicycle Specialties. Velotique is fun for
>> accessories and
>
I would also recommend Bicycle Specialties. Mainly road but also have a
"folders" corner.
Staff really know their stuff and are very customer orientated.
852 Millwood
Brian Huntley
"Roy Bird" <bi...@bconnex.net> wrote:
>
> I would also recommend Bicycle Specialties. Mainly road but also have
a
> "folders" corner.
> Staff really know their stuff and are very customer orientated.
>
> 852 Millwood
>
>
Folders, eh? Whereabout is Millwood?
TD33
buy a bike or just get a repair? For road and tri stuff nothing beats
Endurosport. Their service is absolutely first class. I have also heard a
lot of good things about La Bicicletta.
Cheers
DD
Jelly <NhO!SPAM-j...@email.com> wrote in message
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Dmitry Yaitskov
> Dmitry Yaitskov <di...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:878ztma...@home.com...
> > "Purdy" <resi...@home.com> wrote:
>
> > > For road I like Bicycle Specialties.
>
> Near that neat Leaside single track ... but they don't sell mtb! Hmm...
> don't recall a great mtb store anywhere near there.
Please excuse my ignorance (I'm *relatively* new here) - but where is
that Leaside single track?
> > > Velotique is fun for
> > > accessories and
>
> The Beach
Um... ditto?
> > Where are these two?
>
>
> > > MEC has good value.
> >
> > Yes. Too bad they don't sell complete bikes.
>
> If they could keep from getting confused and if the bike makers
> would let them, yeah. But there'd be a lot fewer bike stores in
> Toronto ...
Yes, I guess so. Last year I wanted to buy myself a truing stand.
Called MEC and they didn't even know what it was. Eventually they told
me that they didn't carry them. Bought one at an LBS (Silent Sports
BTW), and was really pissed off when a week or so later went to the
downtown MEC store to find much better truing stands at very good
prices in their bike section.
--
Cheers,
-Dima.
Purdy
> "Purdy" <resi...@home.com> wrote:
> > > > For road I like Bicycle Specialties.
> >
> > Near that neat Leaside single track ... but they don't sell mtb! Hmm...
> > don't recall a great mtb store anywhere near there.
>
> Please excuse my ignorance (I'm *relatively* new here) - but where is
> that Leaside single track?
Bicycle Specialties is at Millwood & Rumsey. Toronto single track is found
in the ravines. You would find a good map such as the MapArt books handy for
scoping out rides and the rides that aren't shown for fear of littering them
with thousands of corpses of occcasional riders. Those maps also have the
names of neighbourhoods such as Don Mills, Thorncliffe Park, Leaside, East
York, and heck, you'd even find The Beach and on the eastern end of that,
north of Ashbridge's Bay, on the north side of Queen west of Coxwell you'd
find Velotique. ;-)
The link to the Yellow Pages at www.sympatico.com brings up yellow pages
useful in Toronto. You can search bike stores and find their web sites,
addresses, phone numbers and their major products. There's list of Toronto
bike stores at www.tbn.on.ca too.
> > > > Velotique is fun for
> > > > accessories and
> >
> > The Beach
>
Roy Bird
Brian Huntley wrote in message <8o61ag$nnm$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>In article <j9vp5.823$lE6....@quark.idirect.com>,
> "Roy Bird" <bi...@bconnex.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I would also recommend Bicycle Specialties. Mainly road but also have
>a
>> "folders" corner.
>> Staff really know their stuff and are very customer orientated.
>>
>> 852 Millwood
>>
>>
>
>Folders, eh?
They currently have Birdys, Bromptons, Asamas and a used Moulton on display.
They also produce their own line of highly regarded custom built road bikes
(Mariposas).
>Whereabout is Millwood?
East of Baywiew just south of Eglinton (third turn)
I would also recommend Urbane, although for out of towners, accessibility
and parking is a problem.
At B.S. there is free street parking just around the corner on Rumsey.
I have found that the quality of Cyclepath outlets vary considerably. Also
their prices are not necessarily the best. I have just had a major makeover
done on my 1988 Bianchi. After comparing prices, B.S. were the cheapest (and
did a very good job), La Bicicletta was second and Cyclepath were nowhere
close.
Regards
Roy
Biker
> Near that neat Leaside single track ... but they don't sell mtb! Hmm...
> don't recall a great mtb store anywhere near there.
>
.....youre forgetting about Sandy's Cycle just around the corner from there
on Laird Drive, Trek MTB etc.
REgards,
Tom
The URBAN Cyclist
Toronto, Canada.
Recumbent Low Racer 4 Sale!
Biker
they ae a *Worker's Co-op*! A cycle shop run for cyclists BY cyclists!
Regards,
Tom
The URBAN Cyclist (without the 'e')
Toronto, Canada.
Recumbent Low Racer 4-Sale!
Brian Huntley
"Biker" <t_pol...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> One of the main reasons to shop at the URBANE CYCLIST in Toronto, is
that
> they ae a *Worker's Co-op*! A cycle shop run for cyclists BY cyclists!
>
And so is Bikes on Wheels, in Kensington Market, I do believe.
But Urbane Cyclist is a better shop from my perspective. And for the
person who complained about their automobile parking, it's WAY ahead of
anything in Kensington.
(I saw a guy re-assembling a full-suspension bike Saturday, in a parking
lot near Queen and University. What he was doing driving downtown to
bike is beyond me.)
Roy Bird
Biker wrote in message ...
>
>
>> Near that neat Leaside single track ... but they don't sell mtb! Hmm...
>> don't recall a great mtb store anywhere near there.
>>
>
>on Laird Drive, Trek MTB etc.
>
With the greatest respect Tom, I would not use the words "great" and
"Sandy's" in the same sentence -particularly since Carey left.
Cheers,
Roy
Biker
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roy
>
>
>
>
>
Biker
> And so is Bikes on Wheels, in Kensington Market, I do believe.
>
you stand corrected Brian: Bikes on Wheels was sold to the owner of Curbside
(up on Bloor) and is no longer a co-op. Most of the staff who stayed in
town now work at Urbane. Peter, Andrew, Ed, John, Greg, Nestor.
Regards,
Tom
The URBAN Cyclist
Mark Freedman
: One of the main reasons to shop at the URBANE CYCLIST in Toronto, is that
: they ae a *Worker's Co-op*! A cycle shop run for cyclists BY cyclists!
: Regards,
: Tom
Nice people, but some of the prices are a bit high. E.g. Topeak Road
Morph pump. Urbane - $67. Velotique - $50. MEC - $30. Cyclepath also had
it for $50.
Urbane probably has higher overhead, perhaps related to selling and
servicing bicycles. Much as I'd like them to prosper, that price
difference is just too great (bought mine at Velotique, before MEC
acknowledged such a thing existed).
--
Roy Bird
Biker wrote in message ...
>
However, I am much more impressed with places which are run by real active
cyclists like Bicycle Specialties and Urbane.
>
Biker
> Nice people, but some of the prices are a bit high. E.g. Topeak Road
> Morph pump. Urbane - $67. Velotique - $50. MEC - $30.
its the old story of marketing. If you can buy truckloads of a part then you
get a really cheap price and can sell it cheaper....since we are a small
shop we cannot buy in such quantities; and therefore our prices reflect
this. Besides, stores like MEC can sell their bike stuff cheaper and even
take a loss on it, because they make their money on other outdoor sports.
And if everybody shopped at MEC, Velotique etc, and your local LBS went out
of business, where would you go to get your bike fixed. Toronto has
experienced 2 full-service bike shops close this year alone. Bikes on
Wheels and Bike Ranch. Granted that Bikes on Wheels has been taken over by
Curbside, but it is not the same and neither are the prices. As well people
say they are getting major attitude at Bikes.
Ken McCracken
followup for this thread.
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Mark Freedman
: Just wondering why torfree.cycling.discussion is not included in the
: followup for this thread.
Because my newsource was repeatedly munged during the recent move and
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: Long live torfree.net
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: Hail! or is that Hell!?
Whatever.
: Now coming to you in 56K clunker text mode- ppp if only you knew the
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: Ken
--
Mark Freedman
: > Nice people, but some of the prices are a bit high. E.g. Topeak Road
: > Morph pump. Urbane - $67. Velotique - $50. MEC - $30.
: its the old story of marketing. If you can buy truckloads of a part then you
Interesting that you went to the trouble of deleting my comment that
Cyclepath (full service, for profit) also sells these for $50. For all I
know, McBride's, Duke's, etc. may as well.
MEC is an anomaly, due to private-label items and purchasing power.
But when Urbane charges 1/3 ($17) more than the non co-op stores for an
item, I wonder if you should be carrying it at all.
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