I decided to buy a new bike from Back Alley Bikes this past fall and it was one of my best…read moredecisions yet! They helped me weigh the pros and cons of different bikes to make sure I got the perfect fit. Tamara did a fitting with me to dial in the geometry so it felt even better. AND when my dropper post blew out for unknown reasons, they had it back in order within a day. Super friendly and easy to work with-- highly recommend for new purchase or maintenance or all things bike-related!

Well established independent bike shop run by good people. Excellent mechanical work.read more

I looked online for a way to directly submit my feedback via email and found nothing, so here we…read moreare. I've had decent experiences with TCM - them giving me a screw for me my cleats (and selling me on for a dollar another time - loc tite was not working), selling me tires, assembling a bike that was shipped to me, but the last visit left me cold. I have an old beater Giant hybrid with gear issues. Brought it in to have that looked at, and experienced an aggressive upsell, for tuneup, replace all cables, get new tubes and tires. I said no and got push back that the brake cables were "pretty gunked up" and needed to be replaced. Umm .... still a no. Does clean machines pay it's employees commission on repairs? Kind of got that impression. So I agreed to a tuneup since it was explained that the gear issues would be fixed as part of that. (A tube blew out during the tuneup, stuff happens.) Rode home - gear issues so turned around and brought the bike back in, and after a few minutes was told that the gears were too old and worn to be fixed. Not sure about that, but things degraded two rides later - yesterday the bike was popping out of gear, and I broke the chain I am 100% sure for that reason. I would have appreciated them owning up right up front that the repair was not good, and not trying to shunt me into work I did not want or need.

Bought a bike here recently. Super happy with my experience. I stopped in during the week and…read morelooked at their stock and talked about a few bikes. They encouraged me to test one out too, which was awesome! Then I came back a few days later after they got some more inventory and made a purchase. I am new-ish to biking and found the staff to be very excellent in providing recommendations to suit my interests, budget, and goals. Didn't try to sell me everything in the store, just what i needed and wanted for my new hobby! They adjusted the seat for me and helped me get a pump and some bike accessories. They also have a little repair shop so if I have any issues or need adjustments, I will come to them first! Highly recommend.

Jeff is an excellent mechanic who provides fantastic service at far more reasonable rates than any…read moreother shop in the area. For example, I had a bike that I needed to get stripped down and sent back to the manufacturer for a rebrushing (ti frame), and Jeff charged me $250 to strip the bike, ship it, and then build it back up when he got the frame back. All the other shops I contacted blew chunks for two reasons: they had no reputation for the quality work like PAR does, and they wanted $500+ for the same job! Save your time and go to PAR. You'll thank me once you do!

The shop has a loyal clientele because of the awesome service and high integrity of Jeff, who runs…read morethe place.

We took our e bikes here to get the brakes and tires replaced. The process was very easy at first…read more The lady that helped was extremely friendly. However, we went to pick up the bikes and one of them stopped working on our way home - it wouldn't accelerate. We called and explained the issue. They told us it'd be another $200 (after we'd already spent $1,000 on the tune up) to fix the issue. Our stance was that the bike worked perfectly fine until we dropped it off at the Bicycle Chain. They kept it for a few days and called us saying that it had been fixed. We tried to ride it home and it still wasn't working. We took it back and they told us we have a cheap e bike that'll end up in a land field - that there was nothing they could do. He said he'd tried to switch out the brake because the back brake was in bad shape - we JUST PAID THEM to replace all 4 brakes on both bikes. So, did they charge us for a brake that they never replaced?! The manager proceeded to call my bike cheap again and told me to call the distributor. Extremely inconsiderate. Will NEVER take my bikes here again.

I called in just before dropping off my bike for minor work and they told me it would only take 45…read moreminutes. It took 24 hours. When I called in the second day to ask when it would be ready, they told me how short staffed and overwhelmingly busy they are. But when I go in to pick it up the store is empty except for four employees-- three guys lounging around and one poor woman working her butt off in the back. I get if those guys aren't trained to fix bikes, but then train them. I lived in LA for years and the people living in tents on the streets fix bikes to get by. It's not some prestigious thing that these college kids need to pay their dues and work their way up to... just train them and watch your business succeed.

Fantastic service and extremely knowledgeable technicians! It's great to have a local bike shop…read morewith opinions you can trust!

Cyclists, pay attention: Recently I rolled my recumbant trike and fatally bent my rear deraileur…read more My usual bike wrench unexpectedly closed so I went on a hunt and found Red Mill Bike shop at Hampton Pointge. That's right, HILLWSBOROUGH once again HAS A BIKE SALS AND REPAIR SHOP. Their worik is good, timely, and reasonably priced. Pass the word to all the peddlers in the area to to support our local bike store (LBS).

Jon was able to help me on short notice to install a toddler bike seat after I gave up trying to…read morefigure out the instructions! He was kind, responsive, and very reasonably priced. I feel much more confident knowing the seat was installed properly!