Finding A Shop To Support Your Bike Commuting
Here are our best tips for finding a bike shop you can feel good about visiting, and build a lasting relationship with.
There is no secret handshake. If the shop personnel talk down to you, make you feel unimportant, or give you the impression you’re asking the wrong questions or wasting their time in any way, turn around and find another shop. There’s no shortage of great bike shops in Chicago.
It can be difficult to put yourself in the hands of an expert. But, if you're going to take biking seriously, you have to build a solid relationship with your friendly bike shop, or at least a friendly bike shop employee. And it's definitely one you should feel good about.
Whether you purchase a new bike or use one you already own, your commuter bike will need dependable, regular service to keep in safe and in good mechanical order. Here are the 7 qualities of highly dependable bike shops.
At Cosmic Bikes, we treat your bike like a vehicle, talk to you like a person, and strive get your bike working better than when it was new. We’re definitely less interested in defining what a cyclist should be, and a lot more in facilitating what they could be. We encourage you to find a shop that is as excited about helping you on your journey, as you are about embarking.