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    Comrade Cycles

    4.9 (203 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Bike repair and maintenance

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    2 years ago

    Have continued to use Comrade Cycles over the past few years and every time is a positive experience. Highly recommend!

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    5 months ago

    If you're a bicycle courier this is the place to go. Their professional and know what you need to get the job done!

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    1 year ago

    Great and fast service. They really try to give you the best and exact parts without overselling anything not needed.

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    10 months ago

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    2 years ago

    Every time I go I'm delighted with the service and expertise. Sharp as a whistle. Thanks again for many years of capable guidance.

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    2 years ago

    Highly recommend. Very knowledgeable and helpful staff, low pressure attitude, great inventory, excellent service.

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    2 years ago

    Have been and will continue to be the best bike shop in the city...always fair/honest/reliable without an ounce of pretentiousness

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    5 years ago

    Absolutely love this place. Folks are friendly, welcoming, patient, and extremely helpful. I can't recommend this place enough.

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    5 years ago

    I love Comrade Cycles. Everyone is so nice and knowledgeable and their prices are so reasonable. Great customer service.

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    7 years ago

    Honest. Fair pricing. Quick turnaround time. This place is the best bicycle repair shop in Chicago.

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    7 years ago

    Great bike shop with helpful staff! Usually a quick turnaround, and reasonable priced.

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    In response to the (mostly) positive reviews to this place, I trusted them to provide quality…read moreservice. My rating is due to bike service issues, not personnel. The workers were what you'd expect as far as being nice - but the mechanics are amateur at best. After my first disappointment with their routine "maintenance service", I wanted to give them another shot with my brakes. After all, I yearn to have a good relationship with a local bike shop. And sadly, it's a bigger disappointment than my first visit. I asked for them to bleed both brakes. I received a call saying they're "fine" and suggested NOT bleeding brakes; but the pads and rotors were caked in oil and other residue (I cleaned them both 3 days ago). But I figured you gotta trust the pros, right? Wrong. I figured they'd replace the pads, clean the rotors and call it a day. After all, I hadn't sanded the pads this past time and they are getting old (10 months). Nope, just VERY poorly sanded the existing brake pads, cleaned the rotor below my normal standard and was charged nearly $50. For that. To sand 4 little brake pads and (presumably) apply some rubbing alcohol to the rotors. $50. Look at the picture of the brake pads after they serviced them. Lmao. I could have done that for $2 at home since all I need is a little more rough sand paper. Ha. And no, it didn't help my brakes at all. They produced very little friction, we're extremely loud and there was even a clicking noise from my drivetrain on my ride home I haven't even diagnosed yet. I just had to write this review. Ha. Should have just told them to screw off and bleed the damn brakes. To me, it's simple. This is a classic big city bike shop that is money hungry. $50 for that is LAUGHABLE. I could take this to my hometown bike shop and for that money they'd do a bleed, drivetrain clean, fork pressurization, frame clean, etc. And after all that, I still need my brakes bled. They didn't do it. Ha. EDIT: Attached is the video of my new wheel sound! I think it's just the dork disk, but still.

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    The best local business I've used in at least a decade…read more I got a great hybrid bike at a great price, that I'm still loving a year-plus later. And everything like tune-ups, oiling, and flat repairs are free. (Ron fixed the flat by replacing the tube.) After a year, one of my gears started skipping a gear, which I pointed out when he replaced the inner tube, and Ron pointed out where the wiring had frayed some--probably whacked against something, he said--and he immediately stripped it all out, replaced it and fine-tuned it expertly. No charge. Had me test ride it around the block, to be sure. The 1st thing that impressed me, though, was when I came in looking in August, there were a ton of bikes, but I'm 6'1" and Ron said none of them were big enough for me, but he would get more in 3 days, so call back then. I really respect someone who WON'T sell me something, because it's not right. They're very close so I stopped by a few times, we talked more, and he had a big enough road bike, but he said what I'd been describing was a hybrid, and if that's what I wanted, I should wait. He went over the pros/cons of each, and I said definitely a hybrid. He said he got far fewer, so I checked in every week or two, and in November, 3 months from the start, he had a hybrid big enough. It was perfect, and I bought it. I wanted a more comfortable seat, so he had me pick the one I wanted from all the bikes and he swapped it in. I bet 99% of customers would have gone somewhere else long before, so he'd given up most of his chance at a sale, and could have easily sold me on a shorter bike being ok, but wouldn't do it. Ron is super-nice and great to talk to, and his wife Sonja is too, so it's always a pleasure. Love this place.

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