I looked for the place where I always hang my bike lock keys. They weren't there. For the first…read moretime ever, I had misplaced those keys...lost them somewhere. But I had an appointment which required me to lock up my bike. Thankfully, this Decathlon was only a five minute bike ride away where I walked my bike in, bought an additional lock to complement the one I already had, and came up with a new system for storing my bike lock keys when riding :-)

Honte au décathlon ! Ils soutiennent la guerre contre l'Ukraine ! N'achetez rien là-bas !read more

Centrally located. My friend forgot her shoes in America when we arrived we needed to get her shoes…read morebecause she was walking around a cold Paris in sandals. We did our research and happened upon this place which was a ten minute uber ride from the 18th arrondissement.

From the owner: Boutique de paintball, distributeur pour les marques Eclipse, Proshar, Dye...la plus ancienne…read moreboutique de paintball en France.

From the owner: Pour les fans de glisse Voici une boutique de sport où vous trouverez un très grand nombre de…read moremarques de chaussures, de rollers et autre matériel de sport. Pour les skateurs ou les rollers, la gamme est large et les prix abordables. Les vendeurs sauront vous conseiller même si le magasin n'est pas spécialisé dans le roller. Et pour les autres sports de nombreux accessoires et matériel sont également proposés.

The store at 80 boulevard Saint-Germain was understaffed when I entered to buy a pair of shoes…read more Of the five staff members whom I encountered, only the security guard greeted me. There was no sales person downstairs. There was only one person restocking merchandise, and he barely had the time to acknowledge me. Nonetheless, I was able to select, try on, and purchase a pair of shoes that suited my needs.

Because Paris real estate is hard to come by, this store is broken up all over the latin quarter. I…read morewent here in summer of 2018. So obviously staff might have changed, but I found the female staff were fabulous and very knowledgeable. First, on my list was to get an Osprey backpack to hike Scotland. The saleswoman was fabulous, asking me all sorts of questions to determine my precise needs. She helped fit me into the right one and I got the color I wanted. In the end I was very happy (and still am) with my Osprey Kyte 48. The tent store is a different story. There were two salesmen in the tent store, one was a condescending prig even if knowledgable. The other salesman, was completely pleasant, patient and knowledgeable. I wanted a light weight tent and he went through all their stock to help me find what I needed, even showing me in the catalogue what was available. I ended up not buying because it just wasn't in my budget at the time. Ultimately, it comes down to who you get, but I'd shop here again, when I am in Paris, which is probably in the next couple of months.