Bronx River Bicycle Works

Might b a great place… Might not… I never got past the front door … U have to carry your bike up 1.5 large flight of stairs … No one there helps you… I had 2 bikes with me… Might have been nice to mention in review u can’t get a bike. In there without some muscles and a steep flight of over 25 steps

Old school bike shop. I sold my Trek bike here recently and got a very fair price from Ed. He knows bikes and I wouldn’t hesitate to come here for a used bike. As he says, the older bikes were better built and are a great value compared to what you get new. Found plenty of metered parking.

First off, overpriced! The owner tries to rip you off at every turn. Secondly, the owner is crazy. I waited for six hours in his shop listening to him talk. His reply to my inquiries of when it would be finished was «half an hour», while he worked on bikes that other walk-​in customers brought in. I lived too far to travel without my bike so I completely reliant upon him fixing it. The best part is that he overcharged me for the work. Horrible experience. Would steer clear…

Ted was great fun to talk to and knows his stuff about bikes. Giovanni changed my tire quickly and had no problem showing me how to do it myself.
The shop itself has a personality having once been a tattoo shop and now an indie bike shop.

Absolutely awful service too! I called this store up for basic bicycle shopping information and the store owner seemed knowledgable and friendly. He was an ex-​bicycle messenger and I figured he came up the hard way and really was legit. I travelled out of my way from Manhattan to his shop. All seemed fine as I looked at the bikes. The owner had a story about each one. I found the bike I wanted and it turned out that the owner had to order it. He did not have it in my size. «No problem», I said.
It was at this point that the owner asked for payment in full. I found that slightly odd. My experience was that usually one pays on delivery. The owner also seemed a little volatile. He had a lot of «recriminations» (people had done him wrong in the past — evidently). So, while the owner seemed to be a little bit of a «loose canoon», I wanted the bike. Also, the owner threw into the deal a lock and I paid for some different tires. The owner said it would be ready to go in one week (the bike was being shipped from CA).
A week goes by and the owner doesn’t call. So, no big deal, I call him. He says «the bike is here but I haven’t had time to assemble it. Call me in a couple of days.» I say, «ok, we all get busy».
I call him two days later. He says «the bike will be ready at 11am». I say «fine». Two hours later I walk into his shop. He is just finishing putting the bike together. «All good,» I think. I take the bike for a quick spin and depart.
When I get home I realize the owner did a really shoddy job of assembly. The back wheel rubbed against the brakes. The gears don’t shift properly. I also realized that the owner forgot to give me the lock that was part of our deal.
I call the owner up.
«The lock was not part of our deal,» he says. I say «oh, yes, it is.» The owner tells me he would never «make that offer». Luckily, I pulled out my receipt. I sent him a copy of the receipt and he agreed that he owed me a bike lock.
But, that was enough with this guy for me. It cost me $ 30 to have the bike properly put together and tuned. I never went back for the bike lock. Frankly, this guy has a temper and I really don’t need that kind of volatility in my life. No one does. I will never do business with this person again in my life. I really must recommend that you find a bike or bike services elsewhere.

Terrible service ! This guy removed the tuffy out of my tires when I brung my bike in for simple maintenance for the summer. I brung my bike in on 5÷27÷12 i called him all week he kept giving me excuses why he didn’t get to it. So on 6÷1÷12 I called he tells me it will be ready by the end of the day. I told him I will pick it up on the next day which was Saturday. I came in that afternoon 6÷12÷12 to get my bike but to my amazement it wasn’t ready when I got there. I was pissed then. He was trying to give me free stuff but I didn’t want it I just wanted my bike. I had to get it the next day which was Sunday 6÷3÷12. I picked up my bike it was ready and I hauled ass out of there never to come back never again. I rode my bike home and didn’t ride it again until today 6÷16÷12 when I realized my back tire was flat. So I pumped it up but the air wouldn’t stay in. I took the tire off and checked the intertube and it was a hole in it but I had tuffy in my tire to prevent flats. I bought two tires from a bike store in Brooklyn last year and watched them put them on and put the tuffy inside the tire to prevent flats. But not guarantee against nails. But that is understandable but Bronx river bike removed the tuffy out of both my back and front tire for no reason. I never got a flat when I got those two tires and the tuffy until I saw the flat. The only one that had to take it out was Bronx River Bikes. He kept asking me if I wanted tuffy in my tires and I said I had it in my tires already. But he removed it from my tire when he had it for the week. But I took my bike to Arrow bike store 4053 white plains road. Family oriented bike store I had my flat fixed and had tuffy put in as I watched. Don’t go to Bronx River. Slow and never any customers everytime I came there

As a casual/​weekend warrior rider, I was looking for someone to clean up my bike, check for any needed repairs, tune it up and send me on my way ready for spring. I have dealt with the more «mainstream» bike stores in the past, where to have such service performed, a) my bike would be in the shop at least 2 weeks; and b) the price was usually over the top. I brought my bike to Teddy on a Saturday, had it back by Tuesday — tuned, cleaned (as in full detailing) and ready to ride. And the cost — nominal — under $ 100. Loved the shop itself, a real bikers bike shop — it used to be an old tattoo shop and the ghost of tattos past still linger among the spokes and wheels now occupying the space. Teddy is a grass roots kind of guy — having been a NYC street messenger for many years — he has tons of riding/​biking experience and most definitely knows his craft. Bronx River Bicylcles will now be my bike shop of choice.

Inspired by a recent internet radio podcast discussion of urban commuting, I recently decided to purchase a folding bicycle, as I wanted to ride to work, and I need this type to bypass the mandatory bicycle access via the freight elevator, which only runs during regular office hours.
After frequenting the usual search haunts of Ebay and Craigslist, and then Google for further research and comparison, I stumbled upon this shop in a random post on Craigslist. The KHS Mocha folding bike they had posted met all of my criteria, and was better looking and less expensive than any of its nearest competitors… and not readily available in Manhattan. When I called to inquire further about it, Teddy was extremely knowledgeable about bicycle manufacturers at large, and this one in particular. I bought it sight-​unseen over the telephone, and arranged it pick it up on a recent Saturday.
Teddy suggested Metro North, and I left my East Village apartment early that morning to catch the F, connecting with the former at Grand Central. I arrived in Mount Vernon 30 minutes later to find a «real» bicycle store, and my purchase primed and ready. This place is the «real deal.»
The «real deal,» however, means *really rustic,” as in «Bicycle Shoppe…» from back in the day. It’s lack of desirable urban accessories, and distance from Manhattan prevented me from giving this place five stars.
But I can’t recommend it enough for the basic bike purchase. Teddy knows his game.