Recently moved to Edgewood and while I was mentally overwhelmed in the midst of moving chaos, my daughter popped her rear tire while exploring her new neighborhood. Yelp! led me to this place and I'm happy we stopped in. Along with the tube replacement, I also asked Nick if anything else needed a tune up and explicitly said I didn't know anything at all about bikes. This was the perfect opening for him to take advantage of my lack of knowledge - so I was pleasantly surprised when we came to pick up the bike and the cost was extremely reasonable and done in just a few short days. There's nothing like fair service from someone who is friendly and knowledgeable - so my husband and I will definitely be bringing our own bikes here in the near future. read more

Pros- convenient location for the east end folks. Nick was really great, he wasn't "bike snobby" to me and super knowledgeable. Fixed what I needed fixed, made an adjustment that I didn't even realize I needed. Cons- none really, maybe parking, but not too much trouble. Summary- great having a trustworthy bike guy! read more

Nick knows his stuff and is friendly and fair. The shop is adorable, worth a visit even if you don't have any cycling needs. Highly recommend. read more

Excellent repair and maintenance for bikes, especially vintage bikes I have a couple of bespoke custom bikes including a tandem. Nick is the only person that works on my bikes. Expert repair and maintenance for a reasonable price. He is also a very nice guy. read more

In brief: 1. overpriced 2. unprofessional 3. DANGEROUS repairs 4. while trendy shop with cool bikes, if you value your money and your personal safety, please think twice before letting this shop touch your bike. Seems like things have changed quite a bit here since the older reviews were posted below. In detail: I really wanted to like this place - the guy seemed straightforward and I love to support my local bike shop when I can. I've been biking for ~15 years, and while I'm not a mechanic, I am an engineer and I know my way around a bike. I went with my wife to get our (very normal) bikes tuned up and install a rack a couple of months ago, and it seemed pretty standard. When we picked them up, he had elected to make some very expensive decisions that we were expected to pay for, including a new chain (not uncommon), but also a custom seat-post collar to hold the rack (~$50) and a new rear cassette (~$80). He never contacted us to ask if we wanted to go ahead with them - he just did the installations, put in the expensive components, and gave us the bill. It totaled over $400 when we had only ever agreed to pay for two tune-ups. We were very upset and I promised my wife we'd never go back. But the day after that tune-up and 7 times since, my chain has kept slipping off the cassette and into the spokes of the rear shift when I shift; it jams, locks the wheel, and sends me veering. I've barely avoided what could have been 2 bad wrecks. Today it happened again, this time breaking one of the rear spokes. When I took it to my new bike shop, they told me two things that made me even more angry: (1) the previous tune up had set the limit screws on the rear derailleur too wide, allowing the chain to keep jamming in the wheel. (2) the chain itself was installed backwards. While some chains are bi-directional, the one he'd installed was uni-directional and was installed incorrectly. Any competent mechanic would not have made these mistakes. The spokes were totally chewed up after multiple episodes of this, and the chain needed to be replaced. As a result of the shoddy tune-up, I needed to spend over $100 on a new wheel and chain. This experience has taught me a few things about Love Bikes. First, they take advantage of their customers by installing expensive components without our permission. Second, they either do not know how to tune-up/repair bikes properly (which is dangerous), or they're competent but intentionally do tune-ups incorrectly to increase wear and increase future business (which is both dangerous and predatory). read more

Fern Hollow Bicycles - Bikes Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Always helpful, friendly and informative. I especially appreciate that Nick is willing to give advice and pointers even when I come in for quick repairs or parts. Highly recommend this shop. read more

Only bought a couple small things here, but the owner is a super helpful and friendly individual who answered all my questions when I was just looking. read more

How do I love Love Bikes? Let me count the ways: 1. My bill was under $60 2. It is a 5 minute walk from my house. 3. It is a one-man operation. Said man is easy to understand and friendly. 4. My bike tune-up was done in a day. 5. My bill was under $60 Here's the thing. I bought my bike at Performance Bikes. I like them too. But it's a corporate shop and sometimes you get a lil' piece of corporate attitude along with your purchase. That being said, you can also be assured that you're getting quality parts, etc. when you go this route. I also adore Kraynick's. My only hiccup there is that the parts are cheap and quality, but it's more the type of place I visit to work on my own bike as opposed to having it serviced by a tech. Love Bikes fills the gap between Performance and Kraynick's - a shop [literally] around the corner, where you can drop off your ride, know it's in good hands, and still have enough money left over from paying the bill to buy a shiny new My Little Pony handlebar basket... read more

If you live in Lawrenceville and you need any bike repair work, you should go to this guy. He's open five or six days a week in the afternoon and does awesome work at reasonable prices. It's a small shop in alley just off 44th st but pretty easy to find. When you go in to the spot, it's a garage with a bunch of tools and an old TV playing awesomely shitty action movies (Under Siege II) My favorite thing about the experience is the feeling that you are dealing with a completely honest person who likes what he's doing. Yet another fantastic thing in Lawrenceville! read more

Excellent shop, and quick too. This guy has hooked me up on more than one occasion and didn't charge me for figuring out that I just hooked my wheel up incorrectly. Bike repair guys like him are far and few between, and I appreciate it greatly. If you need any kind of maintenance on your bike, go here. read more

My family loves this shop! I bought my Public Bike here and even got the sale price that the company offered online. My husband brought his old bike in for a tune up and I just brought in my dads bike for a tune up, as well. We wouldn't keep coming back if we didn't love the service. It's obvious the owner knows what he's doing and he keeps prices fair. I even came in to have him check that I put a child's seat on my bike correctly...I didn't but he fixed it and didn't even charge me. This is our go-to place and will continue to be. read more

I did my touristy visit of the local bike shops, and this one was impressive. Lots of hard-to-find commuter and practical accessories, plus some really impressive specialty bikes (beautiful Pashley stuff). Really friendly and down-to-earth. read more

This is a great local business in Lawrenceville. I've taken my bike down here for routine maintenance and the guy is very friendly and helped explain anything that I asked. My wife bought her bike from him. We've suggested this place to many people to go to for all of their biking needs. read more

Excellent service and a great vibe to a beautiful little shop. Needed a new screw for my cleat and the owner was nice enough to let me browse his misc items for free. Found one that worked and bought some chain lube in return. Great place. read more

Writing reviews after receiving really outstanding customer service is something that I always tell myself I'm going to do but always get tripped up on the follow through. After my experience at Love Bikes, I made a promise to myself that I'd take a minute to tell anyone who would listen about what a great shop it is. I have ridden bikes in Pittsburgh for over 5 years and have been to most of the bike shops in the greater Pittsburgh area. I live a few blocks from Love Bikes and only recently realized they were there. Wish I had discovered this terrific shop sooner. I personally feel like most bike shop employees fall into one of two categories. They either know their stuff but are cocky condescending jerks OR are super kind and down to earth but have no idea what they are talking about and/or try to oversell you on stuff you don't need. That's been mostly been my experience anyways. Well, I'm happy to report that Love Bikes is the exception to the rule. The owner/sole employee is just a super nice, approachable, knowledgeable dude. Took my bike in because my chain snapped, I replaced it but then found my chain was constantly slipping. Putting a new chain on was the extent of my bike fixing abilities so at that point I decided I needed to take it to a shop. Owner checked my chain to make sure it was long enough (it was), greased it and took it for a ride. He didn't even have to get a block away before he said, "ah, you need a new cassette." He explained my old chain was probably stretched and caused the teeth of my cassette to get worn down. I felt totally comfortable asking about other problems I'd been having with my bike that I'd neglected to mention at other bike shops because I'd always been so desperate to get out of there ASAP. One of my cranks kept coming lose no matter how much I tried to tighten it. Was super nice, told me it wasn't my fault, probably just not getting enough torque to really get it on there if I was using a multi-purpose tool, threw my bike up on the stand and really tightened the crank once and for all. Honestly, I could go on but the point is this bike shop is phenomenal and will be the only bike shop in Pittsburgh I'll go to from now on. Oh! And it was incredibly reasonable cost wise. Had my cassette replaced for about $35 and it was done within 15 minutes. One thing to mention is that since it's such a small store, parts typically have to be ordered so it takes a few days for them to come in. However, unlike a lot of stores, Love Bikes lets you hold on to your bike and then just bring it when the part comes in. If you're like me and get pretty grumpy if you don't bike for a day or two, this is a huge plus. It really annoys me when I have to leave my bike somewhere for 4 days so it can be worked on for 30 minutes. What's the point of just making bikes just sit at a shop, proving their dedication to being fixed, for days on end when they could be outside, being bikes? Anyways, if you love bikes and great bike shops, I promise you're going to love, Love Bikes. read more

This store was fast, friendly, and very reasonable!! Not to mention they did a far better job on the bike for way less money than the big bike stores in the area. Don't go anywhere else!!! read more

Great guy, always attentive, will work with you. Great guy! Knows his stuff. I cant recommended Love Bikes enough! This is a place that will recommend his competitors if he cant do it. Quality customer service. Go here! read more

Fantastic. Don't go anywhere else. I went in with a flat tire and he fixed it in 15 minutes, was super helpful, gave me a free air converter thingy and then charged me TWELVE dollars. SO AWESOME. I wish other businesses functioned as smoothly read more