Category: bike store

Word on the street is that my man, Andres, at Bicycle Repairman Corp is having a 15% off all bicycles sale July 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Not a bad time to buy.

Next time you’re in my favorite bike store, Bicycle Repairman Corporation at 40-21a 35th Ave in Astoria, please congratulate Andres! This is a man who, through Guatemala and Mexico with his family in tow, traveled from Columbia to the U.S. via boat, foot, train, bus, and truck. And no, it wasn’t easy. And no, it…
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I just discovered this online store. Velo Orange. He has some really good stuff.

Just opened: L.I.C. Bicycles. 25-11 Queens Plaza North.(718) 47-BIKESI bought a few small things from here. You can’t beat the location, just off the Queensboro Bridge bike path. He said Andres at the wonderful Bicycle Repair Man Corp isn’t too happy with him right now. But I think Astoria/Southern Long Island City can support two…
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I was buying a bike tire at my favorite Astoria/Long Island City Bike Store (Bicycle Repair Man, 40-11 35th Ave, tel: 718 706-0450. Open 10 – 7, closes around 2 on Sunday). And was eyeing the Continentals 3000. They’re expensive ($45-$50), but I’ve had good luck with them. He only had yellow. I didn’t want…
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One year ago I reported on the opening of a new Astoria bike store. A good one. One in whose hands I would trust my nice bikes. Unfortunately, it opened right after a spend a lot of money building two bikes. So I didn’t actually have a need to go there too much. And when…
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One of the problems with New York is there really aren’t many good bike stores. A good bike store has two qualities: 1) they know more about my bike than I do, and 2) I trust their mechanic with my bike. A lot of bike repair is simple, but time consuming. It’s easy to imagine…
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