Bike shops in New York

Hi all,
Does what it says on the tin really. Going there in March and need recommendations please

Thanks

RA Cycles in Brooklyn is well worth a visit. Not sure how much track/singlespeed kit they stock though.

I just got back - Abridged version: trackstar?. 2 good shops in Lower Eastside (Bikeworks + ?) , another couple in Brooklyn. (King Kog + ?)
I can't find the exact link I was looking for but there have been a couple of threads:
http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/1484/the-big-apple/
http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/2597/in-nyc-good-fixie-spotsshops/
http://www.londonfgss.com/discussion/2064/nyc/

Take a big suitcase.
A big list here, but not all that up to date.
You can hire SS (not sure about fixed) from Manhattan Velo on E17th by Union Square.

Trackstar and King Kog are both great.

Is it Bicycle Habitat in the Lower Eastside, i went there and they were pretty friendly. Trakstar was shut.

Great guys, thanks for all your help. Should be enough to keep me going! ;-)
Graham

i was there in september and december, obviously trackstar and nyc vello, there was a really neat shop in brooklyn, i think it was on grant street, around Havemeyer, maybey\ a little past it. Foodswings is also right there. good eats

Hi all,

Off to New York at the begining of Feb and wondering if anyone can spread a little light on the places and bargains to be had- obiviously most stuff will be cheaper on the whole, but was maybe thinking of trying to grab a new frame to start a build with..any such places spring to mind-also any ideas on bringing back to blighty without having to pay the tax over £140 allowed-maybe just a big suit case straight face and straight through the green lane?

Already pencilled in King kog

Cheers

just put/keep it in a (carboard) bike box and say its your bike and that you took it with you. i bought one back mid year and no hassles

Bike Works NYC in LES is also worth a gander

use the search must be at least three threads like this

Absoultely right same thing posted but two weeks ago-can't stop a boy being a bit excited though...

Given that sodding Mail article, it wouldn't surprise me if this week's Time Out has a bike section in it's "NYC Shopping" feature. Haven't read it yet...

Simpson79 any ideas on bringing back to blighty without having to pay the tax over £140 allowed..

Take receipts/leaflets/whatever off the frame, whack it in a box, put some cloth in there, and tell them it's a tent if they ask. It worked for us.

Oh, don't write stuff like "My mum has AIDS" and "I've got the clap" on your box, didn't go down too well with border control.

NYC board told me these.

Trackstar
Bike Works
City Bikes
NYC Velo
Bicycle Station
Affinity Bikes
KingKog
Continuum
B's Bikes in greenpoint, driggs and manhattan

Kingkog was closed tho.

That's coz King Kog is always closed. :p

It's not a trip to New York without lunch at Barney Greengrass: The Sturgeon King. Nothing to do with bikes, but.

Cheers all,
like the tent idea chug it,
thinking about I'm going with the missus sure shes taking a big suitcase may just sneak it in there-then she can talk it up as a clothes airer or whatever....probably be no stranger than th cr*p she'll be bringing back anyhow.

Another thing seen seller on ebay.com as shop called bikezilla in Brooklyn does anyone know whether they have a retail unit?

affinity have nice pursuit frames, but don't know the cost or have much info on them, if you could source any info from them that would be great
they have a website, with four pics and no email

I am headed off to New Jersey on wednesday, with a day in NYC on monday.
Apart from the usual sight seeing type stuff, i want to fit in a trip to a bike shop. Pick up some cheap parts and smuggle them back in.

Sooo anyone know of any with a nice fixed selection around that way?

Also, if anyone desperately wants anything, if you can give me the £/$ upfront, ill see what i can do.

Arrospok perhaps?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=bike+shop&near=lafayette+street+new+york&sll=40.717111,-74.000688&sspn=0.007498,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=40.720136,-74.000945&spn=0.014994,0.029182&z=15&iwloc=E

thinks this is the one I went to, its on lafayette just opposite a shoe shop called Clientelle. Had some nice stuff. I think theres another thread on this though somewhere.

dude search new york or nyc, seriously so many threads on this

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread3079.html
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread2866.html

http://www.londonfgss.com/search.php?searchid=111991

King Kog is closed Mondays and Trackstar is WAY overpriced