Stape Cycles is a bike shop in downtown Santa Barbara offering new, used, and refurbished bicycles for adults and children at different price points. They provide quality repairs and on the spot service whenever possible. Reviews consistently highlight it as the best bike shop experience in Santa Barbara, praising the honest, fair, knowledgeable, and friendly service. The shop is noted for reasonably priced repairs, often completed quickly within 15-20 minutes while the customer watches. Mechanics offer immediate solutions, explain problems clearly, and perform thorough work, from fixing brake issues and stripped crank arms to installing parts and filling tires. Customers recommend it highly for any bike issue or for finding parts, calling it a real bike shop and the best in town hands down.
Andrew is a great guy with a sweet shop. He’s keeping the funk zone the way it used to be before all the silliness moved in.
July 2025
Andrew is a great person and went for a small bike brake problem and he fixed things so quickly. Always ready to help and best bike shop experience ever in SB.
July 2025
Best bike shop in SB hands down. No bullshit, all honesty. If something is not worth fixing, he'll tell ya.
