Gear up for a fun season ahead with these Pittsburgh shops, rentals, and repair services.
📍East Allegheny
Visit this small, scrappy shop on East Ohio Street for a used bike or tune up. The shop runs a membership program that includes discounts, free stand use, and more. Want to learn to work on your own bike? Organize a group lesson or request a private session. Call ahead at 412-586-5410 to schedule.
📍Squirrel Hill
Find new bikes, parts and accessories, car racks, clothing, and more at this shop on Forbes Avenue. Already have a ride? They also do bicycle repairs, from minor tune-ups to full rebuilds. Browse the impressive catalog on their site (including e-bikes!) before you stop in.
📍Chateau
Did you know that this North Side spot is the world’s largest bicycle museum and bike shop? It has a collection of 6,000 new and vintage bikes — including some once owned by famous riders like Pee-wee Herman. You can buy, rent, and repair bicycles here, but it’s also completely free to visit and explore!
📍Garfield
What started as a hobby for steelworker Steve Kraynick in the 1940s is now a staple Pittsburgh bike store and repair shop. Every year, volunteers with the shop’s “Bikes Before Christmas” program repair hundreds of donated bicycles for local families.
Bikes of all types, sizes, and in various states of repair line the Free Ride Bicycle Collective. (Courtesy of Free Ride)
📍Point Breeze North
Do it yourself! This collective is a community space where you can learn basic bike repair through volunteering and get store credit in return. The Collective also sells fully-built bikes and everything you need to assemble or repair your own bike. Visit during shop hours to use the tools on hand, purchase parts and ask questions. Want to learn? Join a volunteer night Mondays and Wednesdays.
📍Downtown
Take a guided tour of Pittsburgh, go on your own adventure, or book a group experience at this shop on First Avenue along the Monongahela River. Want something more long term? They also do used bike sales and repairs.
Pedal up to Kindred Cycles on Penn Avenue in the Strip District. (Francesca Dabecco / City Cast Pittsburgh)
📍Strip District
This full-service bike shop offers a range of services, from flat tire fixes to complete overhauls. They also service e-bikes, which are gaining popularity with daily commuters who traverse Pittsburgh’s hills.
📍Lawrenceville
From wheels to chains, this Butler Street spot has everything you need for, as they put it, “two-wheeled freedom machine.” Need help finding parts for repairs? The staff is super helpful and can guide you to the right gear.
📍Downtown
If you want to discover Pittsburgh’s trails or go on a long trip through the Great Allegheny Passage, Bike the Burgh offers rentals for all the gear you need. Or, you can take an urban tour with one of their expert guides for $49.
📍Wilkinsburg
Want to ride a Fern Hollow Bicycle on the new Fern Hollow Bridge? Get a new or used bike, an electric ride, accessories, a tune-up, or a larger repair at this S. Trenton Avenue shop.
📍South Side
This full-service bike shop will give you a basic tune-up or full restoration, polish your old parts, or make you a custom bike with one of their vintage frames. They have clothing too!
📍South Side
Need a good look before you test ride? Thick Bikes has a full inventory of new and used bikes on their website. Stop in for a bike repair, special flat fix clinic event, or — if you’re brave — try to balance on one of their unicycles! Join them Friday evenings at the South Side River Trail below Hofbrauhaus from 7-9 p.m through July.
📍 Larimer
Leading this shop is the former manager at ramp designer at The Wheel Mill (RIP), who’s working to develop a new indoor bike facility to the Burgh. Shop bikes, frames, merch and more online or at the store’s brick-and-mortar. You can even own a piece of The Wheel Mill!
