Eduardo’s Bicycle Shop

The woman tending the shop was somewhat rude and the price for a simple tune-​up exorbitant ($ 59 per bike, when it was $ 5 around the corner). Not 1 star because maybe they do a good job, we never got to check that out.

Eddie is the father of all great bike men in New York City. For several decades, he presided over Eddie’s at Amsterdam and 84^th Street. Then he moved North and East to open Eduardo’s. He is extremely knowledgeable, personable, and reasonable, and he has been keeping me rolling happily through Manhattan on two wheels for thirty-​five years.
–Charles Kaiser

Eduardo’s offers great service at great prices. I went to Heavy metal who was charging me $ 75 to change my mountain tires to road tires when I went to Eduardo’s for the same exact tires they charged me $ 50 with installation and had my bike ready in less than 10 minutes. I can easily say I will be returning to Eduardo’s and recommending to others. Thanks Eduardo!

Great experience, came her to pick up some little parts for my bike and he was super helpful and very friendly.
Its nice experiences like this that make appreciate the little business in New York and feel sorry for the rest of middle America who is stuck with Wal Marts and Best Buys.

Got 2 flats on a long ride and glad I found this place. Owner is very nice and bilingual, fixed me up in no time while I watched the Copa final on his screen in the back. He gave me my bad tubes to patch up and use as spares after. And all of this as he was getting ready to close on a Sunday.

If you go to this place for a tune-​up or any work that requires you to return another day, don’t be a dummy like me. Make sure you get a copy of the receipt that outlines the work you agreed on and pay ONLY the deposit until you’re sure they did the work right.
I was totally swindled, I must’ve had sucker written on my face. First they quoted me $ 20 for a new chain or half off with the tune-​up (a reasonable $ 45). Then when I brought the bike in, it was $ 25 for a new chain but the owner would only honor the $ 10 discount. Then he insisted I needed new hand grips, which I agreed to at $ 15 (though now I’m thinking that’s too steep).
He’s the one that told me I should leave a DEPOSIT, and ended up charging me the WHOLE thing when I gave him my credit card so that I «don’t have to worry about two different charges.» By now I was really suspicious but the guy’s really nice, hard to be a jerk to a guy that looks like your grandpa.
Picked the bike up and I have the same old, rusty chain slathered in oil! He tells me he replaced the brake pads instead at $ 15.00. I told him I never agreed to that and I want my new chain as discussed and he claims the receipt doesn’t say anything about a chain. Only brake pads and a tune-​up. I couldn’t get in the store to look at it because he keeps the store locked and wouldn’t open up again for me. All he can say is «if there’s anything wrong, bring it back within 30days.» I tell him, yeah there’s something wrong, I want the chain we agreed to and I’m standing right here in front of the store so do it! He just says it’ll be $ 25 for a new chain and insists he did what I paid for.
The bike’s not even clean, everything’s as dirty as when I brought it in. The only thing to show for the $ 80 I paid is the new hand grips, which are pretty nice. Maybe the other improvements are not so visible. I know little about bikes, but I’m sure I could have got a friend to do a better job for a fraction of what I paid this nut.
UPDATE: So after complaining to the BBB, the owner still maintains that I got what I agreed to. But he was gracious enough to offer me a free brand new bike chain to make up for the misunderstanding. «We’re all human,» he says. Indeed. The chain really is $ 25 less a few cents, so that’s pretty generous of him. I added another star to the score but feel like the overall inconvenience doesn’t justify more. Please understand that I’m not aiming to discourage people from going here, just urging you to be really careful.

This is diamond in the rough of Spanish Harlem. The owner is very knowledgeable and repaired my banged up bike quickly for much less than I thought it would be. I’m glad I found this shop!