Bicycle Shops in Tacoma, WA

“I had a bike shipped from another state to their store to assemble it and they were amazing from the first contact to me picking my bike up! The bike runs great and they were kind and understanding the whole way. Wes and the whole team there is great. Highly recommend.”

“Took a buddy there to purchase his first full squish bike today. We are both pretty new to mountain biking and everyone was super helpful and answered all of the dumb questions we had. Will be the only shop I goto from here on out.”

“I wanted to change my 1971 Sekai ten speed to a 15 speed so I could more easily pedal up hills. But you can’t just slap on a 3 inch granny gear. The front crank of a ten speed isn’t designed for 3 front gears - sprockets. However, I had an old broken down mountain bike, and those all have 3 gears on the front.I wondered: could I swap the front transmission from the 21 speed mtn bike to my ten speed?I looked online and there is no information on going from 2 to 3 sprockets. In fact, lots of people are going from 3 to 1.So I carried my two antique bikes into Second Cycle and explained my crazy idea. They didn’t bat an eye. “Try it!” they said, “it might work”.The mechanics showed me how to mount my bike in the bike repair stand and pointed to the wall of Park brand specialty bike tools. They explained the hourly rental rates, which were very low, and said to grab them if I had questions.I’ve worked on bikes for 50 years, but this was uncharted territory for me. I’d completely forgotten how to remove links from a new chain, or how to pull a stuck crank. It was super nice to have friendly and knowledgeable mechanics available when I got over my head. They showed me what to do, but made sure that I did the work. And tools, wow, they had a tool for everything!Whenever I needed a new part or cable, they had one on hand. One part isn’t even made any more, so they found a 50 year old used part in a bin that was perfect.I was there 3 hours, but when I saw that new transmission working perfectly, I was pretty stoked.Second Cycle is a great resource for Tacoma. There are a few other bike shops in town, but this is the only one offering rental work space for DIY people who need access to specialty bike tools. I was very impressed and will be visiting them again.”