The best bike repair stores are places that can fix a flat, stat, or align a skewed frame. Bicycle season usually means an influx of tune up requests, but these bike pros operate year-round with services that range from crunchy hub changes to custom bikes, built from scratch.
Here are the best bike repair stores in Toronto.
10 - The Bike Joint
It’s strictly repairs at this shop, meaning all efforts are dedicated to fixing, not selling bikes. Their services include spoke replacement, adjustments for headsets and brakes (no hydraulic disc ones, though) and bottom bracket repacks. The Flat Fix service ($18.60) is the most basic fixer-upper. Overall tune-ups are $50; for single speed bikes, it’s only $35.
9 - Dream Cyclery
Located on Harbourfront is this store selling new bike parts, accessories, and custom wheel builds. Tune-ups range from $78 to $230, the most basic including adjustments on brake levers, calipers, shifters, and derailleurs, tire pressure checks and lubrication for your chain and pivot point. Plus you’ll get a free bike wash, so your ride looks brand new.
4 - Velotique
The premier purveyor of bike parts, this Leslieville store is a go-to for hard-to-find accessories. They definitely get busy, so make sure to book your bike tune-up online. It’s $80 for a standard tune-up (including brake adjustments, chain lubing and derailleur adjustment). For a more comprehensive tune-up, it’s $150.
6 - Liberty Cyclery
Head to Dovercourt Village to order parts, get a custom bike built, or shop a good selection of accessories like fenders, locks, and tubes. They’ve moved from their original spot in Liberty Village, but like always, they’ll fix up any make or model. It’s $80 for a standard tune-up.
11 - Bicycles at St. Clair
Nice bikes and ugly bikes alike are welcome at this cluttered little store by St. Clair West station. Their services include basic tune-ups for $75, including lubrication, adjustment, wheel truing and spoke replacement, if you need it. The Overhaul ($160) is best if you need work done on the front and rear hubs or bottom bracket.
8 - Toronto Bike Repair
Old bikes get the love they need at this shop near Ossington station, with services like rust- and dust-removal. Though it’s best known for its stock of affordable vintage bikes, all rides are welcome; drop-in for a tune-up and pay $55.
3 - Cyclemania
Sitting right by Chester station is this bike shop that’s been running since 1993. Not to be confused with the Annex bike shop of the same name—there’s no affiliation—Cyclemania does everything from bike clean ups to tire inspections and wheel truing. Tune ups are $45; no appointment necessary.
7 - MEC Toronto
Dave's has been a fixture near Christie and Dupont for over a decade, though its eponymous owner has been repairing bikes for much longer. The store is small and driven by commuter bike maintenance, though Dave is knowledgeable enough to delve into steel frame repairs, wheel building, and the type of work needed to keep vintage bikes on the road. Tune-up service can be slow in early spring, so be prepared to wait about a week.
5 - Ya Bikes!
Located right by Moss Park, this friendly store is also home to Charlie’s Freewheels, a not-for-profit that offers bike maintenance training to at-risk youth. Aside from doing great community work, Ya Bikes! offers a really comprehensive and straight forward services list, like cable changing ($15), fender installs ($15) and tune ups ($50).
by Tanya Mok via blogTO
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